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Here you can hear it rather easily.. Around 15 sec into the clip you hear the initial attack/ drop/ bloom/ feedback harmonic takes over..You can also hear a burst of swells around 1:00 into it..Depending on the proximity of the cab/guitar and intensity of the swell can either go right into feedback...

you learn something new everyday.

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I pulled this from a magnatone amp and get no reading on it. From the magnatone schematics it seems like a 5148 or 4007 would do the job, but I am curious if I can find an exact replacement out there? Little help guys?

thanks in advance.

IF you build a Deluxe Reverb type amp you can use either 6V6 or 6L6GC power tubes with the 6K6 OT the Deluxe uses. You won't get more power with the 6L6 tubes, they'll be somewhat cleaner sounding than the 6V6's. The thing you do need to consider is heater current. The 6V6 heater draws .45 amps; th...

I want to build a deluxe that can run on 6v6 or 6L6 but most of the info I have found around the net gives very broad detail to what is safe and what is not. I know I cant use a regular deluxe power transformer because the 6L6 will draw too much. The output transformer is also an issue because of im...

There was a bandmaster floating around a few years ago on Ebay that had been modified by D for a friend of mine named Dave Green. Dumble used to do that back then. He said though "don't connect my name to this amp". I guess he was protective of his reputation even then. I know someone who has one o...

i noticed this thread on the hoffman forum. can i use this in a dumble? http://www.el34world.com/Forum/index.ph ... pic=7957.0[/url]

wow that was fast! thank you

hi i am new to this forum and i am glad i found it. i am trying to build a dumble clone and have tried to use my 5v taps from my heybore bassman transformer so I don't have to get a separate transformer. can i plug them straight into the relays?