I have a 63 6162. It has been EL84 Swapped but I’m getting a vibration when some low notes are played. I’m in AL and can’t find anyone who is competent on working on this amp. I bought it for 200 bucks 6 years ago and want it to finally be running right. What do you suggest?
That's super kind of you to say. Sometimes when I'm making these videos I'm wondering "man, who would want to watch this stupid crap", then I'm always surprised to see there is an audience of good people willing to give it a click. Thanks for the comment.
Your videos are awesome bro!! I have been educated so well by you man!! Plus your vids have such a strong attentiveness to using humor to get a point across. Other people are so serious. You sir have convinced me to get back into amps and repair!
Hi dude! Been watching your vids for quite awhile now. Was trained on "solid state" in tech. Cheraw, sc. Always wanted to learn tube tech, and learning from you. I work in Industrial motor control in plants around the area. My interest in electronics began at an early age from many family musicians. It took the 'net for me to get back around from industrial control to jcm800 (born 1/22/70). I digress. Keep up the great work....
I love watching you sort out these messes, even though I look at all of that chaos and have no clue WTF is going on lol. GL on the move. Keep up the awesome videos.
Exceptionally good video!! I loved the way you shared more of the "dirty work" like soldering, mounting caps, etc. Good luck with the new house!! I don't envy you having to move your guitarsinal of stuff though!
I couldn't sleep so this post came up and I am so glad! The Reverb sounds more like a delay. It gives the amp the Valco sound Jimmy Page and even Neil young used to get "that sound". So this amp is putting out about 20 watts? The Tremolo sounds strong! It is a great grunge amp. Good luck with the new house move! Welcome to autumn. I think I will go to sleep now and dream of tube amps! Thankz
20 watts can be loud as fuck with a high sensitivity speaker back in the 30s and 40s when most stuff was tube driven with like....10 watts to play with.......they still got LOUD back then it was all about efficiency......today power is cheap, so we can send 500w to anything we want
Another excellent vid. I was sorta surprised about the reverb tank being double boxed. I seriously don't believe the Valco designers would have imagined these amps being around for years.
In terms of longevity, to be honest, they are usually in better functional condition than Fenders of the same age, mainly due to the types of capacitors used.
Great stuff Brad, this was so funny too. On top of learning about the amp, your humor was so cool and it’s fun to laugh a bit right now. We just went through Hurricane IRMA, spent a week without power in 90°heat/100%humidity weather and it's nice to laugh a bit so thanks! But...... You really have to tell me though, how do you keep a level head when responding to these, well I’m not saying what but these people that feel that they should tell you that they don’t like the way you say certain words, or they don’t like the way you do something, or they just think you did something wrong and felt it's their job to correct you. This is your f...ing site! Damn, it just pisses me off when I read that drivel. Sometimes I just want to jump in and tell them what they can do with their asshole comments. Your site isn’t the only one... Very proud of you not just jumping down their throats and telling where they can put it if they don’t like it. You have a great channel here, I’m really glad I found it. You, your attitude and your sense of humor make it all worth while.
Thanks a million, Buddy. I've grown to look forward to your thoughtful commentary. I always appreciate it. Sorry for your misfortune. Things will get better, I'm sure of it. As for the negative comments, eh, it's the internet, can't let it get to you. I know how to be a troll too if they press the issue. ;)
I bet the over spray from the contact cleaner in your cup of coffee adds some real zing to the morning!! LOL. Great video, very informative!! Thanks for sharing!! LOVE the surf guitar bit at around 37:00 minutes, and again at the 43:00 minute mark! Awesome!
20:39, "Booze, Vicodin, Hookers, and contact cleaner", the "four-fecta" of perfect bliss, Gregory House, M.D.. I enjoyed your performance very much, thanks for a fun video!
Picked up some tasty licks from the demo! Keep up the great content. Really enjoy the vidoes. Inspires me to start tinkering on the gear, which in turn makes me pick it up more often. Thanks for the inspiration brotha! Edit: Also think is the best sounding amp I've heard yet on the channel.
HAY: I WAS JUST GOING THREW SOME READING UP ON MY AMP (AMPEG G-212 ) AND I CAME ACROSS THIS, The 'Folded-Line' reverberation delay line, manufactured 'by the beautiful girls of Wisconsin, U.S.A., under controlled atmospheric conditions' (quote from device's label) is mounted within the screened chassis enclosure and did not give feedback at any time during our tests, at any Volume level. I WAS WATCHING ONE OF YOUR VIDEO'S THE OTHER DAY AND YOU WERE READING SOMETHING ABOUT ( BEING MADE BY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ) I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD READ ANYTHING LIKE THAT ? BUT THIS MAKES THE 2ND TIME IN MY 53 YEARS I SEEN THE PHRASE USED.. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH YOU'RE VIDEOS :) THUMBS UP..
When you reached around from behind with the contact cleaner to give it that extra squirt while cleaning the jacks. One of the greatest moments of that amplifiers life.
One suggestion for a future video: How to find a good amp and/or guitar tech. I would love to have someone like you fixing my stuff but for the ones of us who don't live in the US that's not really an option. I know it's not your kind of video but it would be very useful. Keep up the great work!
Ha, better speakers than an early Super Reverb! I'm a huge fan of all the Jensen Q series speakers. Working on my little project and another treat from you two days in a row, thanks!
The funny thing about the 1960s is, before the flood of imports, everything from the highest end, most expensive amp to almost the cheapest base models were similarly constructed with good, American made components.Today almost everything is made in China, even the expensive stuff, and the boutique builds are uber expensive, and probably rightly so considering the labor costs.
The Guitologist You're correct about the labor costs. The accurate replicas I build are mostly labor. I usually build 5E3's and 5F6A's and the research time I put into the builds was extensive. I also include that into cost. I still come at least $400-$500 under what Clark or Victoria charges but I don't have the overhead. I just love old amps and your channel is as close to heaven on earth I could imagine. Top binge watched by far!
hey brad. i recently fell in love with your channel and i want to say keep up the great work. p.s. i hope to see you one day working on something like a sound city, hiwatt or a selmer.
I love your vids man!!! On this one i woulda put 10 seconds of jamming at the beginning so i didnt have to skip to 37:30 to hear it. I had to watch it twice. either way... ROCK ON MANG!!!!
I've done that in some past vids and it went over well if I recall. Might edit in a short burst of something in the beginning of some future vids. Thanks for the suggestions.
I appreciate your knowledge in electronics, fixing amps and stereos etc. I love your guitar playing as well. I worked in electronics, mostly TVs and VCRs in the past but now more recently I started restoring synths, amps, guitars, guitar electronics, and I'm a musician as well... You inspire me my friend. Keep bringing good instructionals. :)
Hey great info and repair walk through on a classic amp, never heard one played through before, sounds nice! Nice playin too, very much my cup of tea, some cool licks there. Hey man is that an old blue body Del-Rey I see hangin on your left there? looks just like one I got years ago from a friend, banged up a bit and the connections are all screwed up, but a cool looking surf guitar none the less. Took it to a local music store a couple of years ago, the guy there didn't think much of it and kinda discouraged me from puttin money into fixin it up. He told me to frame it and hang it on a wall! First time checkin out your channel, I've subscribed ~ gonna check on the rest of your videos too. Stay cool!
yeah that was weird maybe they didn't want maybe that was a "200" dollar wire they were worried about. Nice work man.gonna have to get some of that nylon cleaners, I got 3 patch bays and a bong.Nice interstellar overdrive at the end there really dig your style of playing as well
Can you use high temperature tubing on the wires to protect the tube bias leads from getting charred, a 470k yellow, mauve, yellow, silver might be better, love the sound of that amp.
Mellow Othello, vi-brater tah-mater or in the immortal words of Mose Allison: "...PLEASE try to make it rhyme"... Another award-winning video. thanx and... cheers
Are they using the the cardboard box the reverb units were shipped in as their housing as well? Just hole saw a couple of openings on the side and good to go.....
HI..Nice video...I grew up on a supro single ended ..1-vol...great litlle amp ..then it got stolen many yrs ago..what year is that Gibson at the end...it looks old but has the stop tail??..I have a similar 2pu one..Thanks...DH
brad, you don't have to help me not see the daylight... i haven't seen the daylight in years... I enjoy your videos though.. even the few cringe moments where i realize i make similar mistakes on my own stuff.. keep it up!!
Damn that amp sounds so good! Nice work! p.s. As a musician who has moved several times with a bunch of equipment much like yourself, good luck with your move. You have a huge task ahead of you LOL Good Luck!!
Well good luck......hehehe Its never the last time hahaha sorry man. But what a horrible problem to have though. Good Luck hopefully everything makes it safe and sound!
I watch every one of your videos and I have an amp that my dad got me custom made that supposedly is similar to this...but this thing is bad ass! Pm me for what your expecting to get out of one of these price wise and I'd love to work something out....we have a collection of 1950-1970 era amps and I love to learn more from you about what makes them tick!
Hiya Guitologist, I noticed someone else posted about that soldering iron that you are using in this video. I really haven't noticed it before in other videos, but am curious about its make and model etc, please? It sort of looks like its homemade to some degree.
Hey professor, is there any way to slow the tremolo speed way way waaay down? I've always thought that if you could, it would almost be like having a phase shifter or a Leslie rotary effect built in...
Is that iron big enough? I'm sure it comes in handy for soldering to the chassis. So, why were the old tubes red plating? Gassy? Open grid connection? Usually, I'd think it was a leaking blocking capacitor, but no mention was made of that.
Great servicing and playing and really enjoy the humor and clips,so what would you be asking for one of those amps and how many watts are they Cheers!!really enjoy your channel,i love to tinker!!Have a great weekend,ps good luck with the new house!!
Brad I have always wanted to ask but never have, I have a 64 Gretsch 6159, it sounds good no problems what so ever, but should I have the electrolites replaced? Is it better to play it safe with old amps and replace the caps?
I have one, actually called a Gretsch "Bass Amp" on the original white logo yours is missing. These were identical to the Valco made "Supro" amps. Mine is a 1961-62 and has a Chrome handle (original) that looks like it should be on a 1950's GE refrigerator door. The earlier models had 3 channels - 1) Bass, 2) Guitar, 3) Acordian (YEP!) with Tremolo and cheesy Reverb. An awsome amp just as it twin brother the Supro's. I've turned down $2,000 for mine fully restored. I still use mine for studio gigs for retro Blues and R&B recordings.
@@TheGuitologist Sorry, you're right. Dragged it out of the studio closet and it's a Gretsch 6159/Supro 1688T Bass /Guitar Amp 35W 2x12 Jensen's. I restored it in 2001 for studio work. See attached pics. [img.gg/ww9ap0H ]
Another masterful job, Brad, and BTW, I also liked your recent Silvertone hi-fi function reassignment surgery...that was primo!Just out of curiosity, what do you consider to be the downside of the 6CZ5s in comparison to the 6973s?
Stuff used in this video:
Hexacon Soldering Iron: amzn.to/2jTcxIP
RCA Tube Manual: amzn.to/2wLiatI
Nylon Brush: amzn.to/2wLDlvW
Electro Harmonix 6973 Tubes: amzn.to/2yvs1WE
Fluke Model 87 Multi-Meter: amzn.to/2fmMyrV
Thanks for referencing the RCA manual. I always wondered where those values that you toss around came from.
I have a 63 6162. It has been EL84 Swapped but I’m getting a vibration when some low notes are played. I’m in AL and can’t find anyone who is competent on working on this amp. I bought it for 200 bucks 6 years ago and want it to finally be running right. What do you suggest?
Nice job as always. You have so much patience with your patients.
Taking some of the magic and mystery out of old amps one at a time, in a good way. Great video.
Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!
A lot of good nuggets in this video. Thank you, Brad!
Good lord that sounded great when you were finished! I wish I had 1/2 your talent in repair and playing!
That's super kind of you to say. Sometimes when I'm making these videos I'm wondering "man, who would want to watch this stupid crap", then I'm always surprised to see there is an audience of good people willing to give it a click. Thanks for the comment.
Your videos are awesome bro!! I have been educated so well by you man!! Plus your vids have such a strong attentiveness to using humor to get a point across. Other people are so serious. You sir have convinced me to get back into amps and repair!
My favorite sounding amp that you've repaired so far, subscribed!
Thanks man. I have a Valco Playlist you might find interesting if you enjoy this sort of tone: ua-cam.com/video/ZBcuvC4l1C4/v-deo.html
So remember kids: Always lube your brush before insertion. God I love this channel :D
Surely you mean "Make sure bush is lubed before a good poking"?
Hi dude! Been watching your vids for quite awhile now. Was trained on "solid state" in tech. Cheraw, sc. Always wanted to learn tube tech, and learning from you. I work in Industrial motor control in plants around the area. My interest in electronics began at an early age from many family musicians. It took the 'net for me to get back around from industrial control to jcm800 (born 1/22/70). I digress. Keep up the great work....
Man that is a sweet-sounding amp. Excellent work fixing all the various problems.
Great job man,like always.Hope the move goes quick and easy for you and the fam.Can't wait for the new tinker/jam cave vids,thanks Brad.
Thanks, Bob. I have plenty of ideas. Just need the time.
Thanks for cheering me up. Had a truly shitty weekend and the jack socket cleaning section made me laugh for the first time since Friday.
Your finger nails are gnarly mate. That being said love the channel, keep them coming
Man what a cool sound! Good job! Great playing!
Thanks!
Oh Brad,that was one of the funniest services I have seen so far.Thanks man.
Anyone catch the mini-sweep in there? Nice job on dialing that down to proper numbers Brad. Look forward to seeing the new workshop.
I love watching you sort out these messes, even though I look at all of that chaos and have no clue WTF is going on lol. GL on the move. Keep up the awesome videos.
I really enjoy your videos. Real world fix it stuff. My Dad always said you can fix just about anything and I love old amps.
Your dad sounds like my kind of guy. Self-reliance is the number one virtue a person can possess, I think.
Exceptionally good video!! I loved the way you shared more of the "dirty work" like soldering, mounting caps, etc. Good luck with the new house!! I don't envy you having to move your guitarsinal of stuff though!
It's something I'll try to do more of if people seem to like it. Balancing act of not making the vids too long also.
Just love your show. And the gems you find are awesome.
This My Relax channel...Love the Amp Repairs...And your cool Playing..thnks for happiness
Not quite angsty sounding, but a good kind of nostalgic longing. Hard to describe the feelings it was giving me.Your playing and the tone. I dig it!
Thanks, Brian.
I couldn't sleep so this post came up and I am so glad! The Reverb sounds more like a delay. It gives the amp the Valco sound Jimmy Page and even Neil young used to get "that sound". So this amp is putting out about 20 watts? The Tremolo sounds strong! It is a great grunge amp. Good luck with the new house move! Welcome to autumn. I think I will go to sleep now and dream of tube amps! Thankz
20 watts can be loud as fuck with a high sensitivity speaker
back in the 30s and 40s when most stuff was tube driven with like....10 watts to play with.......they still got LOUD
back then it was all about efficiency......today power is cheap, so we can send 500w to anything we want
I didn't take any measurements, but I'd say at peak, probably around 12 watts.
All the best with the mammoth move to you, Mrs Guitologist and the Guitologist brood, Brad.
Another excellent vid. I was sorta surprised about the reverb tank being double boxed.
I seriously don't believe the Valco designers would have imagined these amps being around for years.
In terms of longevity, to be honest, they are usually in better functional condition than Fenders of the same age, mainly due to the types of capacitors used.
Great stuff Brad, this was so funny too. On top of learning about the amp, your humor was so cool and it’s fun to laugh a bit right now. We just went through Hurricane IRMA, spent a week without power in 90°heat/100%humidity weather and it's nice to laugh a bit so thanks!
But......
You really have to tell me though, how do you keep a level head when responding to these, well I’m not saying what but these people that feel that they should tell you that they don’t like the way you say certain words, or they don’t like the way you do something, or they just think you did something wrong and felt it's their job to correct you. This is your f...ing site! Damn, it just pisses me off when I read that drivel. Sometimes I just want to jump in and tell them what they can do with their asshole comments. Your site isn’t the only one... Very proud of you not just jumping down their throats and telling where they can put it if they don’t like it. You have a great channel here, I’m really glad I found it. You, your attitude and your sense of humor make it all worth while.
Thanks a million, Buddy. I've grown to look forward to your thoughtful commentary. I always appreciate it. Sorry for your misfortune. Things will get better, I'm sure of it. As for the negative comments, eh, it's the internet, can't let it get to you. I know how to be a troll too if they press the issue. ;)
Oh worry 'a worry 'a worry... (;-p)
Great video, yet again!
Your best vid so far. Great job.
Thanks, Edwin. Glad you enjoyed it.
if i ever need an amp worked on id honestly send it to you, you're definitely amp savvy! Great vid and cool old amp!
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Sean.
Well I just fell in love with that dirty tone and delay-ish reverb. I need one now hah
Wait til you actually play one. First time I did, it was like throwing a switch. Modern amps just don't feel right somehow.
Nice vid. I can see you rocking out with gray pants, pink shirt, and a green jumper.
Man, you were really rocking out there, nice!!!
kev keelan thanks, kev
Great video, Brad! I learn all the time, thank you!!
awesome playing, mate!
With my "new" Gretsch recently arrived, this is right down the alley of what I'm searching for in an amp, Guitologist ... :)
I bet the over spray from the contact cleaner in your cup of coffee adds some real zing to the morning!! LOL. Great video, very informative!! Thanks for sharing!! LOVE the surf guitar bit at around 37:00 minutes, and again at the 43:00 minute mark! Awesome!
Congrats and good luck in your new house!
I always wait for the test drive... You could have a section for lessons and one for the band all unedited, just post them... Great stuff...
Love your vids keep em up
love that bluesy song at end of guitar repair!
20:39, "Booze, Vicodin, Hookers, and contact cleaner", the "four-fecta" of perfect bliss, Gregory House, M.D.. I enjoyed your performance very much, thanks for a fun video!
Enjoyed this video
You do a lot of cool stuff
Picked up some tasty licks from the demo! Keep up the great content. Really enjoy the vidoes. Inspires me to start tinkering on the gear, which in turn makes me pick it up more often. Thanks for the inspiration brotha!
Edit: Also think is the best sounding amp I've heard yet on the channel.
What a beautiful looking and sounding amp.
Excellent tube service...!!! Now that Valco is a tone tank
HAY: I WAS JUST GOING THREW SOME READING UP ON MY AMP (AMPEG G-212 ) AND I CAME ACROSS THIS,
The 'Folded-Line' reverberation delay line, manufactured 'by the beautiful girls of Wisconsin, U.S.A., under controlled atmospheric conditions' (quote from device's label) is mounted within the screened chassis enclosure and did not give feedback at any time during our tests, at any Volume level.
I WAS WATCHING ONE OF YOUR VIDEO'S THE OTHER DAY AND YOU WERE READING SOMETHING ABOUT ( BEING MADE BY BEAUTIFUL GIRLS ) I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD READ ANYTHING LIKE THAT ? BUT THIS MAKES THE 2ND TIME IN MY 53 YEARS I SEEN THE PHRASE USED.. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH YOU'RE VIDEOS :) THUMBS UP..
Sounds fabulous!!!
When you reached around from behind with the contact cleaner to give it that extra squirt while cleaning the jacks. One of the greatest moments of that amplifiers life.
One suggestion for a future video: How to find a good amp and/or guitar tech. I would love to have someone like you fixing my stuff but for the ones of us who don't live in the US that's not really an option. I know it's not your kind of video but it would be very useful. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the suggestion. Never know, I may use it.
The Guitologist hope you do xp
Probably my favorite sound in here so far. Ace.
Yeah, hard to beat this tone...with anything.
You should jam on one of your rare Japanese guitars sometime. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you rip on one. Also sounds great as usual!
sounds amazing
nice playing skills btw
Sounds beautiful at the end :)
Ha, better speakers than an early Super Reverb! I'm a huge fan of all the Jensen Q series speakers. Working on my little project and another treat from you two days in a row, thanks!
The funny thing about the 1960s is, before the flood of imports, everything from the highest end, most expensive amp to almost the cheapest base models were similarly constructed with good, American made components.Today almost everything is made in China, even the expensive stuff, and the boutique builds are uber expensive, and probably rightly so considering the labor costs.
The Guitologist You're correct about the labor costs. The accurate replicas I build are mostly labor. I usually build 5E3's and 5F6A's and the research time I put into the builds was extensive. I also include that into cost. I still come at least $400-$500 under what Clark or Victoria charges but I don't have the overhead.
I just love old amps and your channel is as close to heaven on earth I could imagine. Top binge watched by far!
Great work, Nice sounding amp, I'm using a 60? Silvertone with no pedals, great speaker distortion on these amps.
hey brad. i recently fell in love with your channel and i want to say keep up the great work.
p.s. i hope to see you one day working on something like a sound city, hiwatt or a selmer.
Maybe one day...
I love your vids man!!! On this one i woulda put 10 seconds of jamming at the beginning so i didnt have to skip to 37:30 to hear it. I had to watch it twice. either way... ROCK ON MANG!!!!
I've done that in some past vids and it went over well if I recall. Might edit in a short burst of something in the beginning of some future vids. Thanks for the suggestions.
That is a great tone - especially with reverb and tremolo added. I wonder, is that other big mic being used to capture the room and even the picking.
That's pretty sweet tone!
I appreciate your knowledge in electronics, fixing amps and stereos etc. I love your guitar playing as well. I worked in electronics, mostly TVs and VCRs in the past but now more recently I started restoring synths, amps, guitars, guitar electronics, and I'm a musician as well... You inspire me my friend. Keep bringing good instructionals. :)
sounds awesome!!!
+Jeff Beck I agree. Love these things. I have two if you want one.
Hey great info and repair walk through on a classic amp, never heard one played through before, sounds nice! Nice playin too, very much my cup of tea, some cool licks there.
Hey man is that an old blue body Del-Rey I see hangin on your left there? looks just like one I got years ago from a friend, banged up a bit and the connections are all screwed up, but a cool looking surf guitar none the less. Took it to a local music store a couple of years ago, the guy there didn't think much of it and kinda discouraged me from puttin money into fixin it up. He told me to frame it and hang it on a wall!
First time checkin out your channel, I've subscribed ~ gonna check on the rest of your videos too. Stay cool!
yeah that was weird maybe they didn't want maybe that was a "200" dollar wire they were worried about. Nice work man.gonna have to get some of that nylon cleaners, I got 3 patch bays and a bong.Nice interstellar overdrive at the end there really dig your style of playing as well
I appreciated the few bars of the Smashing Pumpkins u snuck in this video! Not a lot but just enough to be recognizable to fans w a good ear…
That's a thing of beauty!
Just awesome sound
Can you use high temperature tubing on the wires to protect the tube bias leads from getting charred, a 470k yellow, mauve, yellow, silver might be better, love the sound of that amp.
Could have done that, yes, but moving the wires precluded the need. They looked bad, but weren't burned through.
I'm not sure if its just your fine demo playing
but that's a great sounding reverb...
It's not just my playing. The reverb is really neat.
The sound of that Tele on the Gretch... magical.
can u put together a compilation of you playing on different amps? Like maybe just 1 hour of you jamming..that would rock
Mellow Othello, vi-brater tah-mater or in the immortal words of Mose Allison: "...PLEASE try to make it rhyme"...
Another award-winning video.
thanx and...
cheers
Are they using the the cardboard box the reverb units were shipped in as their housing as well? Just hole saw a couple of openings on the side and good to go.....
great sounding.
HI..Nice video...I grew up on a supro single ended ..1-vol...great litlle amp ..then it got stolen many yrs ago..what year is that Gibson at the end...it looks old but has the stop tail??..I have a similar 2pu one..Thanks...DH
brad, you don't have to help me not see the daylight... i haven't seen the daylight in years... I enjoy your videos though.. even the few cringe moments where i realize i make similar mistakes on my own stuff.. keep it up!!
Great find! I’ve got a 6161 and it screams with a les paul.
Damn that amp sounds so good! Nice work!
p.s. As a musician who has moved several times with a bunch of equipment much like yourself, good luck with your move. You have a huge task ahead of you LOL Good Luck!!
One step at a time. I'll get it done. I've never had this much stuff before and tried to move it all. Hopefully this is the last time.
Well good luck......hehehe Its never the last time hahaha sorry man. But what a horrible problem to have though. Good Luck hopefully everything makes it safe and sound!
I watch every one of your videos and I have an amp that my dad got me custom made that supposedly is similar to this...but this thing is bad ass! Pm me for what your expecting to get out of one of these price wise and I'd love to work something out....we have a collection of 1950-1970 era amps and I love to learn more from you about what makes them tick!
I love the blue one. Is that the domino?
Woohoo! That is a very funky soldering iron!
It's a Hexacon: amzn.to/2wImrCX
Thor called. He asked for his iron back, please.
beautiful !
You scared the SHIT out of me with that eye-popping guy while cleaning the jacks LOL
Best of luck in your new home !! p.s. My father wanted to teach me electronics but I was into guitars not the workings of amps
I appreciate that, brian. Almost time to start packing in earnest.
Hiya Guitologist, I noticed someone else posted about that soldering iron that you are using in this video. I really haven't noticed it before in other videos, but am curious about its make and model etc, please? It sort of looks like its homemade to some degree.
Hey professor, is there any way to slow the tremolo speed way way waaay down? I've always thought that if you could, it would almost be like having a phase shifter or a Leslie rotary effect built in...
Used by Kinks too I think? The one they had they slashed the speaker cones inside to give it more Distortion.
Hats off !
Is that iron big enough? I'm sure it comes in handy for soldering to the chassis. So, why were the old tubes red plating? Gassy? Open grid connection? Usually, I'd think it was a leaking blocking capacitor, but no mention was made of that.
Great servicing and playing and really enjoy the humor and clips,so what would you be asking for one of those amps and how many watts are they Cheers!!really enjoy your channel,i love to tinker!!Have a great weekend,ps good luck with the new house!!
blkjckgtrnut thanks!
Brad I have always wanted to ask but never have, I have a 64 Gretsch 6159, it sounds good no problems what so ever, but should I have the electrolites replaced? Is it better to play it safe with old amps and replace the caps?
I'd really enjoy seeing you build an Echo-sonic amp ..... you'd get a zillion views :)
I need a back cover for a 50s Gibsonette g8 amp any idea where to find one?
I have a 64 gtech valco with no tolex on can you help.me, and I need a master volume switch also and missing 1 tube
That 6162 really likes the Gibson doesn't it! Sounds real good!
This amp sounds really cool. I wish I could find a modern equivalent at a budget price.
Supro Blues King 12 sounds similar and costs as much as a blues jr
good luck with the move!
The two Phantom shaped guitars canoe paddles behind you there the white one and the blue one are those Domino or the teisco?
One's a Domino, the other is a "Del Rey".
I have one, actually called a Gretsch "Bass Amp" on the original white logo yours is missing. These were identical to the Valco made "Supro" amps. Mine is a 1961-62 and has a Chrome handle (original) that looks like it should be on a 1950's GE refrigerator door. The earlier models had 3 channels - 1) Bass, 2) Guitar, 3) Acordian (YEP!) with Tremolo and cheesy Reverb. An awsome amp just as it twin brother the Supro's. I've turned down $2,000 for mine fully restored. I still use mine for studio gigs for retro Blues and R&B recordings.
The 6162 wasn’t a bass amp. That was a different model.
@@TheGuitologist Sorry, you're right. Dragged it out of the studio closet and it's a Gretsch 6159/Supro 1688T Bass /Guitar Amp 35W 2x12 Jensen's. I restored it in 2001 for studio work. See attached pics. [img.gg/ww9ap0H ]
Another masterful job, Brad, and BTW, I also liked your recent Silvertone hi-fi function reassignment surgery...that was primo!Just out of curiosity, what do you consider to be the downside of the 6CZ5s in comparison to the 6973s?
chokkan7 lower plate voltage max.