Tube Amp Archive

Thanks everyone. This will be a players amp. I will never sell it. All I want to do now is retube the thing and learn to bias it. Maybe that will fix the reverb issue. any specific cleaner I should be using on these pots? Also those caps you are mentioning .. . I won't find them at a local electroni...

Gibsonman63 wrote:Very nice, unmolested amp. The cardboard covered electrolytics need to go. There are more on the other side of the chassis under the doghouse.

I can do that. What type are preferred?

Here are some photos. The power chord has already been switched over to three legs. The inside looks pretty well taken care of as apposed to the outside. What kinda of corrosion am I looking for. On the grounding plate there is some orangish/brown color at the solder joints.. flux maybe? The caps lo...

Sorry if I made it sound as if I didn't pay a dime for it. I paid $1350 which I know is a great deal. It has sentimental value to her and she didn't just want to sell it to somebody she didn't know. Anyways, I appreciate the notes of caution. I feel confident in my aibility to exercise the caution n...

Hi everybody, I just acquired a 1966 vibrolux reverb from a friends late father. She doesn't play so its mine now and it sounds amazing. Right way I noticed it needs new tubes. I want to do the work on it myself but I have never worked on tube Amps before. I have an electronics degree but mostly in ...