Tube Amp Archive

Yup that looks just like mine. Except like I said mine has Mallory/sprague orange drop capacitors so I wonder if someone had put those in after the fact. There seems someone had done some mods to this amp at one point but took them out judging from some crudely cut holes oddly placed in the chassis....

Mine has a 1” eyelet style board for the preamp and a lot of terminal strips holding flying components. No PCBs. When I originally took this amp apart I was banking on using all the original components and maybe replacing any as needed. The resistor leads are too short to do that on this build, but ...

So if you are wanting to use the 450 chassis and iron for a Dumble-type build...I say go for it. Plenty of real estate to work with and you can slap in the V1, V2 and V3 boards quite easily. Plenty of pre-amp tube holes to choose from as well. I would toss the crappy void-filled cheap plywood cabin...

The circuit is not too far removed from the Fender AB763 though the reverb and vibrato circuitry are notably different. You are correct, the iron is actually of exceptional quality and was made by Northlake Engineering and was based on the Woodward Schumacher Fender iron but Northlake was known for...

Awhile back I bought a Plush super 450 4x10 combo in an auction for what to me felt like a good price for a Fender replica. The thing was pretty thrashed and I only got to play one show with it before it burnt up some resistors on the power tubes. Upon opening it up I decided to take on the journey ...