gone close it up please
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Mike Goldring
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gone close it up please
sold locally this morning
Last edited by Mike Goldring on 26 Feb 2011 10:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
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John Klang
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Vintage Amp
That amp has the look of Danelectro....They were making the Silvertone amps for Sears in the 50's and 60's..........I had several of them thru the years.
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Jay Fagerlie
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Cool little amp
I've had a few of these over the years and they are real fun.
BUT TAKE NOTE!!!
Everyone look at the picture-what do you 'not' see?
A power transformer, that's what. Add up the numbers of the tubes...12, 12, 35, 50, etc....they add up to about 115...all of the heaters are in series and connected to the line voltage. There is usually a dropping resistor in there somewhere to make up the difference....
Be very careful with these amps, there is no isolation through a transformer, so the 'ground' side of the amp, depending on which way the power plug is plugged in could be at wall voltage!
Just make sure you don't grab any mic stand while holding the strings, always touch the mic stand with the back of your hand, never the palm...that goes for any metal item that may connect to ground.
I don't want to scare anybody off, I've never been shocked by one of these amps-just a heads up for everyone...these amps are not 'dangerous' to own or use-they are just like any other electronic product from the non-polorizing plug era.
Jay
I've had a few of these over the years and they are real fun.
BUT TAKE NOTE!!!
Everyone look at the picture-what do you 'not' see?
A power transformer, that's what. Add up the numbers of the tubes...12, 12, 35, 50, etc....they add up to about 115...all of the heaters are in series and connected to the line voltage. There is usually a dropping resistor in there somewhere to make up the difference....
Be very careful with these amps, there is no isolation through a transformer, so the 'ground' side of the amp, depending on which way the power plug is plugged in could be at wall voltage!
Just make sure you don't grab any mic stand while holding the strings, always touch the mic stand with the back of your hand, never the palm...that goes for any metal item that may connect to ground.
I don't want to scare anybody off, I've never been shocked by one of these amps-just a heads up for everyone...these amps are not 'dangerous' to own or use-they are just like any other electronic product from the non-polorizing plug era.
Jay
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Mike Goldring
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re old amp
Yeah I remember getting shocked occaisonally as a kid when we played, you learned real quick to be careful about touching mikes, other guys guitars etc...
And playing barefoot on concrete floors was a big no no!
I'm trying to remember when everything started going to the 3 prong grounded outlets and ac power cords, late 70s?
Anyway as Jay mentioned as long as you are careful these type amps are fine to use.
And playing barefoot on concrete floors was a big no no!
I'm trying to remember when everything started going to the 3 prong grounded outlets and ac power cords, late 70s?
Anyway as Jay mentioned as long as you are careful these type amps are fine to use.