Larry Abela
1 post
Feb 25, 2013
3:12 PM
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Was going to buy a used vht special 6.
Up popped a 1957 Gibson GA 5. Got that instead. Looks about 2-3 years old. Lovely gold Gibson nameplate
No hum. Slight hiss. Darn loud!
Will try and post pics later.
Tubes
6V6 RCA radiotron made in USA 6V6 gt 57-17
12ax7 Sylvania D7V 744 green printing
5Y3 RCA radiotron made in USA 57-12
Jensen speaker
Are these suitable tubes.
All the best
Larry
Last Edited by Larry Abela on Feb 25, 2013 3:13 PM
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bluemoose
851 posts
Feb 25, 2013
3:21 PM
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Follow the "Harmonica forum how-to" link above the forum topics. Scroll down a bit for instructions on embedding videos, links, pictures, etc.
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bonedog569
840 posts
Feb 25, 2013
7:04 PM
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basdicaly - upload pic.s to photobucket or similar photo host online, then copy the 'embed' link and past it into your post here.
Old Gibsons are great amps... You'll enjoy.
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Larry Abela
3 posts
Feb 26, 2013
6:22 AM
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Thanks Hawkeye
Last Edited by Larry Abela on Feb 26, 2013 7:26 AM
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Larry Abela
4 posts
Feb 26, 2013
6:22 AM
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Last Edited by Larry Abela on Feb 26, 2013 7:23 AM
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HawkeyeKane
1504 posts
Feb 26, 2013
6:44 AM
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@Larry
To embed the pictures so they're visible in the thread, you need to use the HTML tag from photobucket. I'll go ahead and encode it here for you so it's visible.
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Hawkeye Kane
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bloozefish
80 posts
Feb 26, 2013
8:38 AM
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nice amp! and yes, those tubes you mentioned are usually high quality.
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Greg Heumann
2031 posts
Feb 26, 2013
8:40 AM
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Nice! This is the amp Charlie Musselwhite used on the Ben Harper album. He bought 2. I just rebuilt the 2nd one for him. With the 12AX7 I could only get the volume to 2; it was very feedbacky. A 12AU7 in its pace allows you to get the volume to 7 and doesn't negatively effect the tremelo. Simple change to make it more harp friendly.
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/Greg
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Rick Davis
1350 posts
Feb 26, 2013
8:55 AM
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Larry, change that power plug, man... You don't wanna get zapped. Have a tech install a 3-prong grounded power cord.
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
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Larry Abela
5 posts
Feb 26, 2013
10:43 AM
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Rick.
Going into a tech Friday for that very reason and a check up.
Greg.
Doesn't have tremolo.
Larry
Could these be original tubes?
Thanks
Larry
Last Edited by Larry Abela on Feb 26, 2013 10:46 AM
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HawkeyeKane
1507 posts
Feb 26, 2013
11:05 AM
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"Could these be original tubes?"
Back in those days, amp builders tended to keep tube brands the same when fitting them in any given amp. I'd say your RCA's might be original, but the Sylvania might be a replacement. Or vice-versa, the Sylvania original, and the RCA's replacements.
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Hawkeye Kane
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SuperBee
962 posts
Feb 26, 2013
11:52 AM
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Nice one !
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Larry Abela
6 posts
Feb 26, 2013
12:16 PM
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Thanks
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Larry Abela
7 posts
Feb 26, 2013
12:18 PM
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Yikes. Too big
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Jehosaphat
449 posts
Feb 26, 2013
12:30 PM
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@Larry
Nice amp
I don't know the 'proper way' to shrink photos so all i do is put the photo onto my desktop then right click it and select "send to email..."
Up pops a choice of sizes i choose small or medium.
Then when the Email comes up with the photo attached i save the photo to my desktop,put it into Dropbox and viola there i have a photo i can embed.
Last Edited by Jehosaphat on Feb 26, 2013 12:32 PM
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Rick Davis
1351 posts
Feb 26, 2013
1:17 PM
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j-fat... if you are using a Windows computer you can right click and select "Edit." The photo will open in Paint, where you can easily change the size and lots of other things.
Look for the "Resize" link in the upper left. I usually resize photos to 600 pixels wide for use in this forum.
For example, this photo is 600 pixels wide:
1955 Oaktron 6-inch 4-ohm reconed alnico speaker that will be going into my little Marvel amp.
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-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
The Mile High Blues Society
Last Edited by Rick Davis on Feb 26, 2013 1:22 PM
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