New 1969 Fender Twin Reverb Day!

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Re: New 1969 Fender Twin Reverb Day!

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:20 am

i love the UL twins. it's easily one of my favorite amps of all time. never owned one though. they always seem to be more than im willing to spend.
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Re: New 1969 Fender Twin Reverb Day!

Post by HNB » Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:34 pm

I heard back from Solderhaus today. It should be ready Friday. He said there was actually a strange ineffective mod made to it. I guess it looks like someone tried to attach the reverb circuit to the normal channel. (They didn't do it right.) He is putting it back to stock. He said my caps in the can were bad and leaky. He thinks the bias capacitors are actually fine to keep as they are. He doesn't understand why someone would do it that way, but it works well. Sounds like once that mod is reversed and the three prong power cord is done, it will be finished. He said those old tubes are still working great and that a lot of the capacitors are still good. The guess is it wasn't ran very much. He also agreed that the speakers (while inefficient) sound pretty nice with this amp.
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Re: New 1969 Fender Twin Reverb Day!

Post by HNB » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:21 pm

My twin is home! It sounds wonderful! I am really happy it got a full checkup and a new grounded power cord.

Image20181019_201402 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Turns out my foot switch had an issue that I hadn't caught. He fixed that and undid that odd reverb mod.

Image20181019_201336 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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