Help Identifying Amp Chassis

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dtbradio
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Help Identifying Amp Chassis

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Hi All!

I picked up this amp chassis for $20 today. No tubes or documentation included. The only markings are a stamped circle with "32E" inside. The over-all circuit appears to be push-pull using some kind of octal power tube like 6v6, 6l6, etc (pin 1 unused, pin 3 [plate] tied to one side of opt primary, pins 2 and 7 heater). Here's where the odd comes in. The screen grid pins (pins 4) are tied to the cathodes (pins 8), which are tied to what appears to be a filter capacitor positive voltage node. Both grids are tied together, and go to the 9-pin octal style socket. The power supply uses solid-state rectifiers, and appears normal enough. There appears to be both main B+ and a single-diode negative voltage source, and there is what looks like a bias POT with no guts which is NOT tied to the power tube grids. I can't figure out what exactly its purpose was. There doesn't appear to be any specific groudnign scheem, as some grounds go to chassis, while others tie together in a semi-star style. My gut instinct is to just gut it and start a build from scratch. However, if this is a bit of a rare amp configuration worth a possible resurrection, I'd consider that undertaking.

Any help/input appreciated!
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Re: Help Identifying Amp Chassis

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The output tubes are 7591s. Pinout is different from 6L6. Here's a link to my amp schematic that uses 7591s...

http://sluckeyamps.com/hammond_2/AO-63.pdf
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Re: Help Identifying Amp Chassis

Post by Stevem »

This is what you have, since I have one I recognized it right off the bat.
This was for Accordion use.

You have the chassis from the power amp/ speaker half.

The other half had Godzillin 12AU7s in it.

The Au7s where in the tone generator section.

On a side note the Ot in these amps is a perfect match other then not having the primary wires sheilded for mid 50s Gibson amps the are about 25 to 30 watts and use 6L6 type tubes.

That’s where the Ot went that I pulled out of my Cordovox chassis.

The PT in your may or may not be good.
It was a tad small for powering all of those filaments and would burn up over time.
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