Fender Super
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http://www.sltrib.com/news/5116759-155/draper-pulls-shelter-sites-after-hundreds
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srh88
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is your avatar an old fender tweed?
Fender Super
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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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srh88
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very nice
Sir Napsalot
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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
Fender Super
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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!!!)
Sir Napsalot
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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"
Fender Super
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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!
twostrokenut
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Nice amps.
Sir Napsalot
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I think I still have some oxblood w/stripe grille cloth
I have several yards of Fender silver/black
I have several yards of Fender silver/black
Fender Super
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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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Unclebaldrick
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Stay on topic or you will get banned. Oops, sorry, thought this was GC.
Sir Napsalot
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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:
Fender Super
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That's what I mean by a "bias pot." same thing. Can't hurt the tubes, either hot or cold.
Sir Napsalot
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That's a good point, I should thank the mods for their indulgence
Thank you, mods
Fender Super
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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.
Sir Napsalot
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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
I got these out of the dumpster:
Fender Super
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Fender Super
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AWESOME. How does the 12BY7 compare to the AY7? How do you like them?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
I got these out of the dumpster: