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srh88 said:
is your avatar an old fender tweed?
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It is a clone of a 1959 Fender Super I built around 10 years ago. Same circuit, Mercury iron, Mallory 150 coupling caps (like the old ones), I think I got the last Eminence Legend 102P speakers ever made. I get a boner when I play through this amp. Fucking great! I got the cab and bare chassis from Mojo. Most components from Hoffman amps, speakers on Ebay, LED pilot lamp from I don't remember.
 
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Fender Super said:
It is a clone of a 1959 Fender Super I built around 10 years ago. Same circuit, Mercury iron, Mallory 150 coupling caps (like the old ones), I think I got the last Eminence Legend 102P speakers ever made. I get a boner when I play through this amp. Fucking great! I got the cab and bare chassis from Mojo. Most components from Hoffman amps, speakers on Ebay, LED pilot lamp from I don't remember.
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very nice
 
I restored my neighbor's '56 Princeton that he got at a garage sale, it was spray-painted black (which was cool to do in the '70s) I even rechromed the chassis and re-silkscreened the lettering. When it was done I took it around to music stores and showed it off
 
Sir Napsalot said:
I restored my neighbor's '56 Princeton that he got at a garage sale, it was spray-painted black (which was cool to do in the '70s) I even rechromed the chassis and re-silkscreened the lettering. When it was done I took it around to music stores and showed it off
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That's awesome! What did you use for filter caps? I usually use F&Ts now, because Atoms are overpriced and F&Ts have tighter tolerances. If you want a tweed chassis for that, it's not that spendy from Mojo. You can find Princeton cabs on Ebay, too. My cabs are finished in a 1:3 mix of Bullseye Amber Shellac and denatured alcohol. Three coats, air dried. Easy to re-apply (though I never do, getting it beat up is FUN!!!)
 
Fender Super said:
That's awesome! What did you use for filter caps? I usually use F&Ts now, because Atoms are overpriced and F&Ts have tighter tolerances. If you want a tweed chassis for that, it's not that spendy from Mojo. You can find Princeton cabs on Ebay, too. My cabs are finished in a 1:3 mix of Bullseye Amber Shellac and denatured alcohol. Three coats, air dried. Easy to re-apply (though I never do, getting it beat up is FUN!!!)
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I didn't do anything to the circuitry, strictly cosmetics

I did clean up a couple of scratchy pots and switches, but the amp was working fine otherwise

This is my '74-ish Musicman "sixty-five"

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Sir Napsalot said:
I didn't do anything to the circuitry, strictly cosmetics

I did clean up a couple of scratchy pots and switches, but the amp was working fine otherwise

This is my '74-ish Musicman "sixty-five"

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VERY cool! The one thing about that is I'd say re-doing the filters would be appropriate, esp if the amp wasn't used for a long time. They do go bad and a bad filter cap can destroy the power transformer. Then you're getting into some money, esp for Mercury Iron.

Here are my three. All are clones of '59s. I built the Champ and the Super. A friend in Nashville built the Deluxe.

The TweedStack! ;)
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Just an FYI, I use old, old preamp tubes, usually '50s-era pulls that test well, but I use current manufacture power tubes, in my case, reissue Tesla 6L6GCs. NOS rectifier. I was lucky I learned early to keep one hand behind my back when testing the initial voltages when you plug the amp in and fire it up for the first time. B+ was right in the middle of the range, once I turned the bias pot up a little. The way it's set up, I won't be able to red-plate the power tubes. I can bias by ear that way. I like that. I use JJ 6v6s in the Champ and the Deluxe. Again, very old pulls for preamp tubes. Those old preamp tubes are almost indestructible.
 
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Fender Super said:
It is a clone of a 1959 Fender Super I built around 10 years ago. Same circuit, Mercury iron, Mallory 150 coupling caps (like the old ones), I think I got the last Eminence Legend 102P speakers ever made. I get a boner when I play through this amp. Fucking great! I got the cab and bare chassis from Mojo. Most components from Hoffman amps, speakers on Ebay, LED pilot lamp from I don't remember.
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srh88 said:
very nice
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Sir Napsalot said:
I think I still have some oxblood w/stripe grille cloth

I have several yards of Fender silver/black
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Stay on topic or you will get banned. Oops, sorry, thought this was GC.

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Fender Super said:
Just an FYI, I use old, old preamp tubes, usually '50s-era pulls that test well, but I use current manufacture power tubes, in my case, reissue Tesla 6L6GCs. NOS rectifier. I was lucky I learned early to keep one hand behind my back when testing the initial voltages when you plug the amp in and fire it up for the first time. B+ was right in the middle of the range, once I turned the bias pot up a little. The way it's set up, I won't be able to red-plate the power tubes. I can bias by ear that way. I like that. I use JJ 6v6s in the Champ and the Deluxe. Again, very old pulls for preamp tubes. Those old preamp tubes are almost indestructible.
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I mostly use NOS RCAs for preamp/inverter, I have a few 12AX7, 12AT7, and 12AY7 (a little softer, some blues players like them). I have an old Sencore "Mighty-Mite" tube tester.
My Musicman is real easy to bias, it has a trimpot on the chassis and you just measure the voltage drop across a resistor. It has 700V rails so it's kinda hard on tubes, but has lots of headroom before it starts breaking up and I play clean so it's great for my style.

I sold this NOS Gold Monarch on eBay for $200- pulled it out of the dumpster when a local stereo shop went out of business:

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Sir Napsalot said:
That's a good point, I should thank the mods for their indulgence

Thank you, mods
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BTW, I have AY7s in the Deluxe and Super. I like the lower gain. I can get a good roar, esp from the Super. I select and amp appropriate to the venue. If I need more volume, that's what the SM57 is for.
 
Fender Super said:
BTW, I have AY7s in the Deluxe and Super. I like the lower gain. I can get a good roar, esp from the Super. I select and amp appropriate to the venue. If I need more volume, that's what the SM57 is for.
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I have a really sweet RCA 12AY7, it's probably from the '60s.

The 12AX7 in my amp right now is an RCA that was in a box of electronic junk at a yard sale- I asked how much for just the tube and they said $1 :mrgreen:

I got these out of the dumpster:

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Sir Napsalot said:
I have a really sweet RCA 12AY7, it's probably from the '60s.

The 12AX7 in my amp right now is an RCA that was in a box of electronic junk at a yard sale- I asked how much for just the tube and they said $1 :mrgreen:

I got these out of the dumpster:
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AWESOME. How does the 12BY7 compare to the AY7? How do you like them?
 
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