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Skylark Rebuild : Last things first

December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Amp mods, Skylark Rebuid, Uncategorized

This is what the old girl looks like right now :
Now it’s not going to matter one bit if I don’t do anything about the looks, but it would be nice to get her cleaned up. There is no way I am going to be able to clean around the silk-screened lettering or [...]

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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 [...]

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Background

September 30th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Amp Repair

I spent about 10 years doing all my playing direct into a computer or a headphone amp.
Finally, I crawled out of the shell and started looking for an amp I could play at home at night and also in a studio/practice situation. I settle on the “Lil’ Lanilei” by Tris at Songworks. However, [...]

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