This just went for $361 on ebay. I plan on building one from scratch and I’ll be lucky to do it for that.
What’s the difference between my amp and that one? Well, I’m not actually sure sonically. Mine (a Crestline Skylark) has push pull 6QA5’s. That one is [...]
Entries from January 27th, 2008
The One that Got Away..
January 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Gear
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Mods to the working GA-5
January 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Amp mods, Gear
Of course I’m gonna mod it, this ain’t a museum!
I’ve already done my 3 prong conversion, but now it’s time to make this thing more fun. Reminder for those reading along in sequence: I have two GA-5’s, one of them is the project that is not yet working and the other [...]
Tags: Attenuator·GA-5·Gibson Skylark·Mallory·Mods·T8
Debugging the GA-5T : Fixed Rectifier
January 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Amp Repair
So.. those of you following closely (both of you :-), will recall that I had last determined that an idiot had put in a couple of diodes in place of the 6X4 rectifier tube. Amazingly, this person may have owned a multimeter, because he seems to have recognized that the diodes [...]
Tags: 6X4·Diode·Rectifier·Weber Copper Cap
3 Wire ground your amp without ruining it's value.
January 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Amp Repair, Gear
This is actually why I took the Paleoelectronics.com domain in the first place. I got tired of hearing how an amp tech had cut out the old 2 wire cord from a classic amp to make it safer.
You certainly need to get an earth ground hookup in these old two wire amps, but [...]
Tags: 3 Wire Plug·Grounding