Real Time Restoration | '68 Fender Twin Reverb Pt 3
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2024
- Here's a nice hour long real time work video for the real amp geeks out there.
Not for those with a short attention span.
Yes, this WILL be on the test...
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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)
When measuring the resistors on the output tube sockets I said “screen grid resistors” but meant to say grid stoppers. Live narration while thinking about the work instead of the words…
Boring video? I don’t think so. I’m here to learn as much as possible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insight Sir.
Thanks for this Lyle! I love the old school long-format videos! "The bias wire for the 3 people watching this far" Ha! Hardly. Do not underestimate the intelligence, patience, curiosity, the low-tolerance for B.S. that your discerning viewers have. Your stuff is the best to learn about vintage amps, electronics, and just relax to your voice as you work.
Boring!?!! Being a nerd I'm glad your doing a lengthy video, showing the actual time it takes to work on any amplifier with experience, knowledge and insite on how each amp works in depth. So Lyle, it's never boring but educational for all that appreciate excellence... Have a banana!!🍌
Gotta agree with the others: These long form videos are really valuable and enjoyable for me. There's really no substitute for looking over the shoulder of an experienced craftsman while they do their work. All sorts of subtle nuances come through. I'm an amp tech and amp builder, and I'm still learning from you Lyle. Many thanks! Have a banana.
I'm glad to see everyone prefers the long format. Save yourself all that editing time, Lyle!!!
Don’t threaten me with an hour long video on an amp that I want right now.
Have a banana!
Hi Lyle ,boring video ? you know we love and miss those beautifull long videos and now in 4k !! , I still watch your playlists for Deluxe Reverb, Princeton, those were the days when your channel grew up and now everybody knows how you work, It´s a win - win situation IMHO, we enjoy and learn and you gain subs and potential customers. I´m glad you came back to the "golden days" off long repair videos, that´s where you shine and show your expertise to the world. Remember, there may be 20k subs that don´t even know your troubleshooting and repair superb skills. Sorry, English is not my main language and you are an English Major, my writing must be a nightmare to read. Cheers, have a nice weekend!
You write well enough that I had no idea English isn’t your first language.
It doesn’t hurt that I like what you write. ;)
Thanks.
I enjoy the longer videos. Sometimes it takes me a while to get through the whole thing but i eventually do. Thanks for sharing these. (Edit) Made it to the end. I especially liked that part. 🍌
You can speed up the video by 25% and turn the captions on ---- I did!
40 minutes in and I’m still here. I’m going to see this through. Thank you.
I, like many others, enjoy the raw footage and long runtime. No need for fancy edited, it's overrated and so many nuances are missed.
More of these please 👍
These long videos are amazing. Listening to you narrate your work is a huge opportunity to learn. Keep em comin! Thanks Lyle.
Lyle, as a starting repair tech with not much experience with vintage amps, this video is a godsend. I currently have an almost stock 1977/78 TR on the bench. And your videos are a big source of knowledge and confidence for me. No short span attention here. I will be studying this video meticulously. Thank you so much for making your content.
Personally, I like this length of a video better than the shorter videos. It shows the real nuance and what it takes to do things correct and the amount of time to that. I would like to see you do some work on a early USA made Fender hot rod Deville 410, and also a Fender Blues jr if possible. Have a banana.
I honestly enjoy free form videos like this. Especially when it’s your channel, Lyle!
So good! I saw the little "horn" of solder on the two twisted caps and thought "I would reflow the joint to get rid of that"...and sure enough, a few seconds later you did it! Have a banana!
I personally like the shorter videos with a busy life sometimes my time is limited and I can squeeze in a short video. But I did watch this all the way through. I think you should do some longer ones because you're also a great teacher and it comes out in the longer videos. Just remember us folks who like the shorter videos as well. It's been a while so I might just have a banana.
This was not boring at all!
Love all the work you do with these amplifiers.
Not to mention the extra time and effort you put in editing/putting out these videos.
Merci beaucoup, c'est vraiment apprécier Lyle!
And have a banana .🍌
10 mins still watching. Love that radio voice while taking my 1 hr coffee break. Solder sucker saved my bacon many times. Expensive but useful. Headed over now to have that banana…
Love the long format videos, very much appreciated! So informative and fun to watch! Best Sunday evening program…much better than any Hollywood blockbuster! Keep them coming!👍
While I work on my stuff I get to listen to you work on your stuff. This is perfect arrangement.
I didn’t find it boring at all. Watched the entire vid mate. Excellent work and great tips for us wannabe/DIY’ers who are not close enough to engage your services. Thanks bro!
You have a warm soothing voice with a dry wit and enough interesting material to keep me infotained for hours.
Happy to see you fumbling with the bias board screws. I’ve spent frustrated hours on that seemingly simple task. Makes me feel like less of a banana!
I personally love the long videos; there is a lot of technique in the way you do your work. That sort of gets lost on short content. But, seeing these longer version shows how much work goes into the shorter videos.. Camera angles/focus/settings, Mic placement, editing out stuff you don't want in. Just a raw video of what processes go into each amplifier while all are different. Thanks for the uploads Lyle.
If it helps, I am MUCH MORE likely to watch a long , thorough repair video . I am not nearly as likely to be interested in short ones.
Cheers
Well, definitely everyone should have a banana! Thanks for doing this Lyle. I'm an amateur builder. I've been watching you're channel for a bit, and I'm grateful to be shown some of your techniques in a full length video. Probably ought to check out some of your early videos.
Have a banana 🍌 I'd rather spend an hour watching this than an hour watching two (or more) people yakking about it. There, I said it and I'm not sorry.
I own two of these amps and a Vibrolux Reverb. I may have to send you my 400PS as I think that one might be over my head. Thank you for sharing.
Have a banana... Headed back to Detroit next month for the lecture only portion of Bruce Egnator's advanced amp building theory seminar. I'm glad I did it in two parts because it gives me time to digest the amp building portion and start to ask more questions. Gotta love all the anecdotes that Bruce shares as he apparently has worked with quite a few people in the business. Just ordered ceramic disk caps for a 6L6 vibro-champ build and now going to order the ones you suggested instead. I prefer to watch the work being done as most my questions are about the little details. Amazing content, thanks!
Great! Thanks for the info on ceramic disk caps. And thanks for the banana - I’ve been on the lookout for a while. I really appreciate you sharing the long form vids - so much technique that can’t be communicated any other way.
Fellow tech with far less experience. I’ve learned a lot from you. It’s pretty cool that we use a lot of the same parts. I love me some Vishay caps. I really didn’t expect that food fight at the end. Never saw a banana roast on a soldering iron before. 😂
Hi Lyle, wonderful video! Thanks so much for posting the whole she-bang. I was especially happy to see you chasing an errant screw around in the chassis when you were putting the bias board back in. I have chased many a screw around in numerous amp chassis myself through the years, and I always thought that was something the pros probably never do... because they're the pros, you know, and always I felt foolish when a screw got away from me. But watching you lose that screw *and get it back very patiently* made me feel better about my own amp adventures. And if I may say so, it enhances my admiration for your work too. I will now have a banana, per your recommendation at the end! Keep up the great work!
NOT boring in the least bit. This kind of stuff, I would imagine, a lot (most?) of your subscribers like to watch.
An hour well spent in my opinion.
I love these types of vids showing the nitty gritty details of the work. Have a banana!
Have a banana. 😂 I’ve been geeking out on these videos for two or three weeks now.
This format is the best format!
I actually dig this long format.
One thing about this video that I actually like a lot and you seem sorta self conscious about is the fact that you're doing things like calling the parts the wrong name and dropping a screw into the chassis... Bc they're things that happen to everyone occasionally and sometimes the very highly edited amp tech footage available on UA-cam can make it seem like they're not... When everyone edits out all the difficulty the amp presents it can make you question like... I could have sworn those were tiny, fiddly screws but maybe my hands just don't work good 🤷 also I think sometimes people with amps that need work can come to expect that repair is a quick and cheap process and it's usually not so I enjoy the long form content and also I think it's important...
The longer the video, the longer you keep me company! Thanks Lyle. Have a banana!
The banana soldering joints are a good tip.
I love a long format video.
I watched the whole thing. It's nice for me to see that I'm not the only one that can get frustrated with wires and solder not cooperating. (Love the pretty solder joints)🍌
Bring on the hour + vids!👍
This video is good prep for me before I work on a friend’s ‘74 Twin Reverb. It’s cosmetically in great shape and has factory JBLs. I hope the inside is in as good a shape as the outside.
Have a banana Lyle! 😂
Love these ‘original’ format vids. Especially this one…as I have a ‘74 Fender Twin with the orange JBLs.
When you’re into it all goes by quickly. Nice work as always. I continue to learn more and appreciate. Thank you 58:37
Lyle, thanks for the long video. It's a learning thing. The amount of info in this video is greatly appreciated. I think us nerds learned your doming technique. Thanks for sharing. Have a banana!!!
Had to watch it in pieces but I finally reached the end! Great video, as nice as the more concise 'normal' videos are it is nice to actually see the work being done sometimes. Have a banana!
🍌 The beauty of watching you perform all of the actual work is that everyone can see all the little bits of technique such as how to trim leads and place components, move wires around, etc. just little stuff like that. Except for when your hands are in the way. Then we can't really see 😆🙃
I have no problem watching this
Thanks Lyle!
Cheers 🍻
Havabananya
Haveabanana. Love seeing the process. It’s almost like zen therapy…
I love to hear your thoughts as you work on these old amps. Its the kind of knowledge you can't acquire anywhere else these days and you clearly have a lot to share. Also, its not that I'm addicted to bananas. Its just like my body has developed a massive banana deficiency..
This format is like ASMR to me, relaxing yet educational. I will watch it more than once.
Thanks! I’m going to have an espresso and think about how I hate bananas.
Long format = way better for me. Love it!
This is one of your best videos, hope you make more like this when it works for you
Like the long form and new title arrangement. You've inadvertently created the standard for professional video presentations on the matter. We can't even use the title option with the horizontal line separator anymore because it feels like we are stealing your style 😂.
I'm watching for the second time. I like the detail.
I enjoy the longer videos. So thank you Lyle & Have a banana!. Cheers.
Wow. Thanks for the long vid. 🍌
Funny how the plural of Chassis is 'Chassis". ; )
Great video!! If it was easy and only took 10 mins people would service their own amps. Because it is difficult to do and you go the extra mile to make everything look and work well you get multiple amps per day people bring to you. Keep up the good work!! Have a banana
Been here the whole time. Paused a couple of times, but watched it all the way through. Hava Banana! Spelling intentional.
Thanks for sharing this video, I saved it for Sunday morning viewing. I thought a long time back you were going to keep that tip of the domed solder joints a secret.
I'm watching the whole thing with great appreciation. I own this same amp and feel really fortunate that I can see the whole process. Pure gold. Thanks so much, Lyle!
All I can say is my boat is floating.
Watched the whole thing, and even backed it up to re-watch the trem capacitor part. Great video. Thanks for making it.
Nice long format video sets expectations.
Have a banana!
This always helps me unwind from work. Thank you for your time 🍌
I won't tell a soul. I had a banana and peanut butter sandwich the other night for the first time in ages. 😊
A lot of bananas I see. I like to solder from the back, so I can see all the leads have mechanical connection to the eyelet board.
More videos like this please. Excellent learning opportunity.
1 hour completed. I made it to the end. Have a Banana.
glad to have seen the whole solder proces, prettyfying included! Love watching work on old twins.
Had a banana after 1 break. Great video Lyle.
Haha, have a banana. Thanks for the video, I personally love the long ones 🤙
I watched the whole thing and I thought it was great. It was good to see some actual soldering done and all the narration and tips were excellent. I will be doing all of this to my 67 Deluxe Reverb and except for the filter caps it's all original. This will be my first time on the board and watching you was very helpful. You provide lots of excellent information!
+1 for the long format.
Thanks for the video.
I have a whole bunch of really high quality TRW mil spec wire wound 2 watt 470 ohm resistors that look almost just like carbon comp resistors. I might send some to you, Lyle. They are all very well within specs and they are NOT carbon comps, but cosmetically, they do look the part to most people. I have 100s of them and I cannot think of anyone else I'd rather send some too. It's my turn to watch mom, so I am still here after 30 minutes and 40 minutes, and... 50 minutes and...... and it's always a pleasure to watch Lyle's meticulously fabulous workmanship being plied to an iconic Fender amp. I am supposed to be closing down and took in a Hammond B3. Doh! It's waiting for two caps & then it's back on the truck. We all need some prettification!
I want to see chassis grounds in a longform! 🤘🤘 (banana)
And the world is watching! :D
Great video. Love the "real time" long format!! Thanks
havana banana. I was distracted during the part about pretty domed solder joints so I guess I'll never know.
Lyle is the Cat Daddy of Amps!!! Love the long videos!
You know those web cams they aim at eagle’s nests? 💡
My kind of content! 🙌
I have the same solder sucker. It's really slick/slippery; feels like it's Teflon coated or sprayed with DFL.
So I used my 16lpi gunsmithing checkering file and checkered/knurled the barrel.
Mmmm....grippy.
Not only did I have a banana, but it was a domed banana. Hell yeah...Many thanks, Lyle!
I just finished watching the whole video.
I always enjoy watching you work... there's always something to learn, even with repetition!🍌
Thanks for the long form, have a banana
I like these Long videos
Have a banana! Such great info as always Lyle, thank you so much!
I Love this format. Thank you Lyell. You knowledge and attention to detail is inspiring.
Bless you, have a banana. Long live the dome!
Boat floated sir!
Yes, your videos are best LONG! I usually don't watch too long of a video except yours for some reason. Maybe its the tone of your voice (Im not joking)
Made it! ( ok, so i used 1.5X and fast forwarded when there was a little too much knuckle sandwich) . Banana time!
Hav-a-banana or 2 Thanks, enjoyed the whole video !
This is how you learn technique in point to point and listening to what is critical and what isn't.
As someone who is also Australian and lives over the other side of the country to Brad (the sun shiny side haha) vintage audio amplifier techs here, that know what they're doing is hard to find, so had to learn for myself online with videos such as yours Lyle,and Brad's and Uncle Doug just to name a few,I don't play guitar,or dabble in fixing problem guitar amps,but alot of things still apply to audio tube amps.Thank's for all your knowledge Lyle.