HawkeyeKane
1261 posts
Nov 20, 2012
12:25 PM
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I haven't posted in some time now, I know. I've been in training for my new position at my office and haven't had a great deal of time at home to post either.
But I just made a deal today that made me make a little time to post because A: I can't resist sharing...and B: I'm curious to see if anyone else has one.
I just made a trade in at my usual local music shop. I finally bid my reliable Peavey Vypyr 15 adieu. What I put it toward is an Alamo 2566 Fury.
I havent taken any pics of it yet because I made the trade on my lunch break and haven't had the time. But she's about a 25W, single 15" bass amp running on a single AX7 preamp and a pair of 7868 power tubes. She's in VERY good shape, just needs a dusting and a solder-joint once-over, and probably a three-prong power cord mod.
Anyone have one of these babies? I'm anxious to get her spruced and screaming.
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Hawkeye Kane
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MJ
513 posts
Nov 20, 2012
1:37 PM
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Hawkeye, I owned one a few years ago. It was a nice little amp. Sort of Champlike as I remember. I think I sold it while financing some other project. You will be happy.
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HawkeyeKane
1262 posts
Nov 20, 2012
1:58 PM
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MJ, is it rectfied by diodes? Is that why it only has three tubes? And you wouldn't happen to have a schematic for it would you?
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Hawkeye Kane
Last Edited by on Nov 20, 2012 2:13 PM
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MJ
514 posts
Nov 20, 2012
2:12 PM
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Hawkeye, If I remember correctly,the fury I had was a SS rectified amp. .
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jbone
1113 posts
Nov 20, 2012
4:24 PM
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one of the amps i narrowly missed about 20 years ago was an alamo with twin 10's. it was a severely excellent harp amp and i just could not find the cash to grab it.
yours sound to be another great alamo amp and maybe a killer for harp.
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HawkeyeKane
1263 posts
Nov 21, 2012
8:00 AM
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@MJ - Yep, mine is SS rectified as well. Found the diodes last night when I opened her up.
I cleaned her out and fired her up last night at Hipbone's place. Found out a few things in the process.
First, she has a matching set of Sylvania tubes. Green stamps, so I doubt they're the original tubes, but they're in great shape.
She has not one, but two output trannies. I dunno if this was common to find in old tube driven bass amps or not, but it kinda blew me away.
The speaker appears to be the original CTS alnico. Although, I don't recall ever seeing a CTS with a silver dustcap before. Odd. It still had it's insulating fiberglass wrapping around the back of it too.
Once I got her blasted out and the pots, sockets, and jacks cleaned, we fired her up and started experimenting with her. She has delicious tone, and muscular output. Found out the RMS rating actually ranges between 25 to 30 watts, so for appearance's sake, I guess I'll say she's a 30-watter if asked. ;-)
For only being a single speaker unit, she's a HEAVY sumbitch. I think partially because her construct appears to be actual wood instead of particle board or plywood. The speaker's an alnico as I said, so the weight can't be entirely attributed to the 15.
She still needs a little work. The wood strip that the chassis back cover screws to is split, so I need to glue that up. And I need to try and get a bead on some spare power tubes....preferably ones that aren't EH. But the 7868 is getting rarer every day. Funny how I always seem to go for the amps with the oddball, out of production tubes.
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Hawkeye Kane
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MJ
515 posts
Nov 21, 2012
8:31 AM
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Hawkeye, It is likely that one of the 2 transformers you are seeing is a choke. post a pic.
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HawkeyeKane
1264 posts
Nov 21, 2012
8:46 AM
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I'll get one up in a couple hours.
EDIT: Sidenote....is it just me, or did Alamo seem to have a tendency to name their amps with monikers of cars or monikers that sounded like cars?
Fury, Jet, Dart, Capri, Challenger, Titan, Futura, Embassy, Electra, Fiesta, Montclair, Galaxie, Paragon...nine of those jump out at me right off the bat as models of autos from yesterday and today.
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Hawkeye Kane
Last Edited by on Nov 21, 2012 9:56 AM
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MJ
516 posts
Nov 21, 2012
10:11 AM
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Maybe the auto industry was taking their names from Alamo. Heh Heh.
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HawkeyeKane
1267 posts
Nov 21, 2012
12:28 PM
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Here she is....
And here's the shot of the underchassis with the two trannies visible behind the power tubes.
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Hawkeye Kane
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HawkeyeKane
1271 posts
Nov 23, 2012
10:12 AM
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Bumping this...
Ever since securing the amp, I've searched off and on for some online resource about Alamo amps. No dice thus far outside of the usual harmonycentral reviews. And no turnouts on finding the schematic yet either. Anyone know of a good place to dig up info on these babies?
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Hawkeye Kane
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