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Re: I've been offered this old...

Post by JSett » Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:43 pm

øøøøøøø wrote:
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That’s going to need some rework.

Price accordingly.

Don’t turn it on unless you’re fucking sure high voltage isn’t on that exposed terminal strip—it’s a death trap if so. Even if powered off, there could be deadly voltage exposed.

Also, tolex appears to be the wrong texture and a sloppy staple job; seems apparently unoriginal.

Could be worth the work to restore, but it’ll be a project
I agree with all of this. The tolex was the first thing I noticed in the pictures. The terminal strip is wild and I certainly wouldn't be putting my hands in there without the usual safety discharges occurring first. I am in need of a project...my idle hands are itchy :D

I'm still waiting back on some more pictures but price-wise we're probably in the world of £650 / $800.
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Post by øøøøøøø » Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:35 pm

power transformer mounting looks like a bodge, as well.

If you look closely you can see that the endbells' mounting hardware is for the vertical orientation... someone seems to have rigged up something to mount it in the horizontal way seen here.

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Post by JSett » Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:39 pm

øøøøøøø wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:35 pm
power transformer mounting looks like a bodge, as well.

If you look closely you can see that the endbells' mounting hardware is for the vertical orientation... someone seems to have rigged up something to mount it in the horizontal way seen here.
Oh yeah! Good eye. What a weird thing to do. Maybe I'll pass on this then...if I could see it in person id be able to make a more educated assessment but I'm going to guess that the insides of this are highly likely to be a clusterfuck.
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Post by 46346 » Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:41 am

GGJaguar wrote:
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According to this website the Tremolux was the only head of the blonde era to use a tube rectifier.
Oh, that guy again. ;D
But yeah, that's correct. Only the T'lux had a tube rectifier.

*almost*
...my early 1961 blonde Bassman 6G6 head has a GZ34 rectifier
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that didn't last long, though, as they soon went to the 6G6A circuit and the recto went solid state
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