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- Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:27 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: 1967 Gibson GA5T - filter cap replacement and other updates?
- Replies: 5
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Did the filter caps, went OK,new problem
Filter caps went well, used 3 x Illinois caps, easy job, worked OK afterwards, hum was gone = success! As long as I had it apart, decided to replace the old black beauties with orange drops, now no sound from amp (very very quiet). Checked my work vs schematic, can't find any clue of what went wrong...
- Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:23 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: Gibson GA5T 1967 - help! Stopped working after cap replace
- Replies: 1
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Gibson GA5T 1967 - help! Stopped working after cap replace
I have an all original 1967 GA5T - startedto hum with volume at zero, filter caps. Replaced, all worked well. Should have stopped there BUt, like an idiot, I just had to keep going. I replaced the 2 x .01 mfd Sprague black beauties with orange drops as well as the 10 mFd sprague polar. Now, no sound...
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:31 am
- Forum: Technical Discussion
- Topic: 1967 Gibson GA5T - filter cap replacement and other updates?
- Replies: 5
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1967 Gibson GA5T - filter cap replacement and other updates?
Anyone know where I can get a replacement for the 3 way (20/10/10 450V) paper cap? I have some hum, started as only on initial warm up then subsided, getting worse, doesn't subside now, living on borrowed time. As an option, I assume I could use 3 separate caps if I really had to but would rather tr...