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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gibson Skylark'
Skylark Rebuild : Last things first
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Amp mods, Skylark Rebuid, Uncategorized
Debugging the GA-5T : I never thought I would write this…
February 19th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Amp Repair
But I have done it! The amp sounds great. Some contact cleaner, a 3 prong mod and then I’ll button up the cab and give it a final run through, but I think I finally got it.
I’ll save the final bit for last, because I want to do a quick walk through [...]
Tags: Debugging·GA-5T·Gibson Skylark
Debugging the GA-5T : A new beginning
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Amp Repair
As you’ll have probably guessed by now, I don’t really know what I am doing. The GA-5T had a nasty buzzing that was independent of volume. So I re-did the power filter caps and now I have a hiss/buzz that is dependent on volume. I have run through with a [...]
Tags: Debugging·GA-5T·Gibson Skylark·HP 1725a·Oscilloscope·Signal Generator·Signal Suite
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