If you aren’t familiar with the real McTube, it’s a one tube foot pedal type pre-amp. It was designed by a guy named Fred Nachbaur and is by all accounts a very cool device. It uses a 12AX7 as a two stage pre-amp in much the same way that many other guitar amps do. The [...]
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The One that Got Away..
January 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Gear
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 a classic single ended 6V6 like [...]
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Mods to the working GA-5
January 27th, 2008 · 8 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 one is the [...]
Tags: Attenuator·GA-5·Gibson Skylark·Mallory·Mods·T8
3 Wire ground your amp without ruining it's value.
January 19th, 2008 · 4 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 you [...]
Tags: 3 Wire Plug·Grounding
My Current Setup
September 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Gear
As I stumble down the path of building/acquiring amps, I should stop and take note of what gear I have right now. Guitars : Fender Stratocaster (2001) : This is an entry level Mexican strat (not Squier) and is completely stock. I bought it new in 2001 (I think). Epiphone Les Paul Standard (1997) : [...]
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