The Nitty Gritty | '68 Fender Twin Reverb Pt 2
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- The work has begun, and so much of it is just cleaning, taking one's time, and being methodical.
Patience will be rewarded.
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These are things I get asked about a lot :
Amp Tech Gear Used :
Hakko FX-951 soldering station
Weller SPG 80L soldering iron (chassis work)
Rigol DS1054Z digital oscilloscope
Thsinde 18B+ digital multimeters
Kester 60/40 solder
Techspray #4 No-Clean Desoldering Braid
Below are things that make this channel possible that people don’t usually think about. If any of these companies want to send me new and wonderful toys, I’m open to that. I can’t take free stuff when it comes to the amps I review, etc, but for the stuff below, bribe away!
Microphones/Audio Equipment :
Guitar Amps : Royer R-10 Hot Rod and/or Shure SM57 (noted in videos)
Voiceover Bench : sE Audio sE8 (small diaphragm condenser)
Voiceover Streaming : Shure SM57 with shockmount and windscreen
Voiceover Mic Arms : Elgato Wave Mic arms
Guitar Mic Stand : Gator Frameworks short weighted base stand with boom
Mic Cables and Guitar Cables : Mogami/Neutrik
Mic pre : MOTU M2
DAW : Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro 16 running Sonoma 14
Plugins : No effects other than level matching/normalization unless a recording
specifically has reverb etc added in post (rare, various Waves plugins)
Monitors : Yamaha HS7s
Monitor Stands : Gator Frameworks Desktop Clamp-On Stands
Monitor Isolation Mounts : IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck Minis
Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (main)
Headphones : Sony MDR-7506 (alternate)
Video Equipment :
Camera : Sony ZVE-10 with SmallRig Cage (main)
Lens : Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (main)
Lens : Sony ZVE10 kit lens (rarely used)
B Camera : Apple iPhone 13 Pro (rarely used)
Tripod : SmallRig 71” with SmallRig Fluid Video Head
Streaming Mount : Elgato Master Mount S with SmallRig Ballhead
Bench Light : SmallRig RC 120D
Bench Light Diffusor : SmallRig Lantern Softbox
Bench C-Stands (light and overhead camera) : Neewer Pro SS Heavy Duty
Streaming Light : SmallRig RC 120B
Streaming Diffusor : SmallRig Parabolic Softbox
Streaming Light Mount : SmallRig 148CM Wall Mount Boom with Triangle Base
Various Other Lights : Neewer LED Panels with Neewer Softboxes
Video Software :
Davinci Resolve 18
Paul Leeming LUTs
Adobe Illustrator 28
Adobe Photoshop 25
Ecamm Live (streaming software)
About 15 years ago, I built a Ceriatone kit HC30. I made one critical mistake and sent it to Lyle, who at the time was a member of a forum since closed. When we talked about my error (I had reversed heaters on one tube), I heard this voiceover voice like Morgan Freeman's tell me my screw up. I am so happy all of you get to enjoy Lyle's knowledge and content now!!! Lyle rules!!
Every time I hear a Twin on your channel I miss my '78 silver face Twin, as impractical as it was. Nice clean up on this one, Lyle.
Still play my 75 Twin every day. Master volume is my best friend.
It's great to see another repair tech taking into account be outer foil of a film capacitor. I love you work. It shows that you love it too.
Having watched many of your videos, and despite none of these amps being my own, I would just like to say in summary: Thank you for giving a shit from start to finish, at every turn.
I played a Twin in my old band. My bandmate had the loudest solid state amp in history, and my Super reverb couldn’t keep up. So I bought a Twin and lugged that heavy bastard all over the PNW for a couple years. Can’t say I miss moving it, but it was a great sounding amp. That solid state Fender my buddy had still gives me nightmares- it would blow away a full Marshall stack in shear loudness- I wouldn’t have believed a 12” speaker could be so loud if I hadn’t experienced it.
Man, these are the best amp tech vids on YT.
Thanks David. I have a lot of friends on here who are also great techs, so I can’t wear that hat, but I appreciate the thought.
A little spritz of WD-40 in a cup of coffee gives a nice nutty flavor...#TheMoreYouKnow 🙃
I rewired a 2008 reissue using a kit during the pandemic. Great amplifier. Doesn’t like certain gain/fuzz pedals though when compared to Marshall amps.
Nothing like a Lyle amp video especially when the words nitty gritty appear in the title❤
Love a good nut cleaning and shiny knobs. Fine work sir.
Pretty work as always!
Another great video Lyle! You’ve had some great amps through the door as of late. Keep up the great work!
A drop of blue Loctite on the transformer nuts would prevent them from loosening again.
It’s looking good Lyle. Can’t wait to hear it after you’ve finished.
Agreed WD-40 smells amazing. I want cologne that smells like WD-40!!!
Love your Style Lyle. Keep on pickin' Cowkidz
I like how the spring retainer looks but if the bear trap is better for functioning without vibration then I'd rather have those too.
those early brown turds (brown and yellow or Paktron brown turds) are really good caps; the rarely fail and i believe they are pretty much the exact specs as the blue ajax-- the latter brown turds and blue blobs aren't as good. These actually go back to at least 63 as they were used on the brown VVerb.
Should last another 50 plus years when you're done. Looking good!
Adam West"s Batman meets Hamlet....cliff hanger. 👍
Another +1 for the sweet aroma of WD-40 👍
little did we know that Shakespeare was a tube fan...
What would have been the idea behind swapping all the plate resistors to metal oxide? Noise? If I understand correctly a plate resistor would be one of the few places with enough swing for carbon comps to work their VDR magic.
You understand correctly. MOs are “better” resistors in terms of spec than CCs. But CCs aren’t really noisy in a Fender circuit and their spec “flaws” lead to some interesting distortion characters.
However sloppily installed, the previous MOs would have sounded ok. But kind of sterile.
If this was a high gain amp I’d be using 2W MFs for plates and such.
5:30 been using WD40 since gawd 70s ?
Smells fine to me. In fact it smells like progress 🤣😂🤣😂 in that maybe you removed that stuck bolt etc
Cheers from NZ😎🤘🎸
The smell of WD40 always reminds me of my grandfather.
Had a girlfriend a lifetime ago that also thought WD-40 was an aphrodisiac. She just loved the way it smelled. I wonder if cilantro tasted like soap to her, too😀
Cilantro is evil.
@@PsionicAudio, "if loving [Cilantro] is wrong, I don't wanna be right"! I don't know if I'd say I love it, but I like it; then again I like anchovies, and salmon and tuna, and pickled herring, marinated octopus, and all kinds of fish that you don't like, so we'll just have to disagree, and you can take my opinions with some large coarse grains of kosher salt, or pink Himalayan, or whatever you prefer !😉
You lack the gene to detect its true awful odor. In short, you smell terrible.
@@PsionicAudio , I'll allow that there might be something "fishy" about me, but definitely not stinky!
@@PsionicAudio , My sister is in Iceland right now and I told her she should sample some fermented Greenland shark in my honor, because if I was there I probably would, just so I could say that I had tried it. I've never been to Indonesia, but if I went there I suppose I'd have to try some durian fruit.....
What method did you use to determine the foil end on those capacitors?
"tastes do vary" just don't be drinking the WD.... 🤪
Serious question Lyle...what do you think of the WD-40 contact cleaner vs. De-Oxit?
Different solvents for different purposes. WD40 should never be used in pots, switches, or tube sockets. DeOxit doesn’t remove/penetrate/protect against rust.
Like comparing shampoo and Simple Green.
@@PsionicAudio Sorry...maybe I wasn't clear. WD-40 makes a specific contact cleaner - similar product to DeOxit. I was just wondering if you have used WD-40's competing product and what you thought of it compared to DeOxit.
?? Do you ever use dielectric grease?
No. It traps particles that then become conductive. Short term “solution” (not really), long term problem (really).
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