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 [...]
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Debugging the GA-5T : Fixed Rectifier
January 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Amp Repair
Tags: 6X4·Diode·Rectifier·Weber Copper Cap
Debugging the GA-5T (How not to rectify)
December 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Amp Repair
As noted previously, the amp had a loud hum with no inputs connected and the volume and tremolo turned all the way down. Nothing I could do for it, I was going to have to open the case.
So I took off the back to have a first look. And sure enough.. there [...]