New Amp Day....

ESchap

Looks all original bar the two blue mains caps.  Is it properly earthed and the "death cap" removed??

Gassage

ESchap said:

Looks all original bar the two blue mains caps.  Is it properly earthed and the "death cap" removed??

Death cap?

ESchap

Old fenders had a cap in the mains feed.  If it goes, then you can have a live chassis - not good.  May well have been removed, but it should have a 3 core mains lead and the earth wire of the three should be firmly attached to the chassis.  If not, get it sorted, you won't de-value the amp.

ICBM

Gassage said:

ESchap said:

Looks all original bar the two blue mains caps.  Is it properly earthed and the "death cap" removed??

Death cap?

Is there a cap from the ground switch to the chassis? If so, you need to remove it and fit a 3-wire power cable so it can be earthed properly. I can't see it but it's probably hidden behind the switch if it's still there.

They're so called because if the cap shorts, depending on the switch position the amp chassis could be connected directly to the mains live, and so will your guitar strings. You might want to avoid that .

If you're really set against changing the mains cable, at least have the cap replaced by a modern 'Class Y' type which are purposely designed for safety-critical applications which could lead to a shock hazard and are guaranteed to fail to open-circuit rather than a short.

not_the_dj

West Midlands emergency services on standby...

capo4th

Model ? Blues Deluxe? 

merlin

So my Tweedy Deluxe that I bought from @Trude at the beginning of July is the single most amazing amp I've owned so far. Point to point hand-wired and a really good late 50s Tweed Deluxe copy. Cleans up like a dream from the guitar and has a really versatile array of tones available, and to top it all...ALL my guitars sound amazing through it. Plus it's as light as a feather. 

I couldn't wait for/afford a genuine one, and I think I've got an absolute peach. really high quality components etc etc blah, blah. 

@Gassage, please post some sound files or videos as soon as...we need to hear it! 

And once again, congratulations! 

usedtobe

Did anything else survive the fire? And I use the term survive loosely, obviously..

TheMarlin

@Gassage ;
how does it compare to the 57 Deluxe you sold to me?

Lew

Fuck yea

tone1

I take it that this wipes the slate clean in regards your Mum voting Brexit? 
Amp looks cracking! Enjoy 

Gassage

TheMarlin said:

@Gassage ;
how does it compare to the 57 Deluxe you sold to me?

Paul,

A deeper fix of the same flavour. Insanely dirty.

JohnnyN

Sweet! Congratulations

ruoma

Is that Jensen an alnico speaker? How does the speaker compare to the j20's blue?

chugington

Very very nice - some old tubes in there too?

Gassage

ruoma said:

Is that Jensen an alnico speaker? How does the speaker compare to the j20's blue?

Respectfully, how can you compare a 58 year old speaker with a new one?!

ruoma

Well, I would think of things like response, feel, attack, tightness, bottom end etc. 

Gassage

Hmmmm- well, it's tough to describe- the whole amp is as dirty as hell. The speaker, so all have told me, is the abolsutely key. It's warmer than new ones for sure. Headroom isn't a feature of this amp- it's designed to be dirty

RiftAmps

@gassage has it been reconed?

Gassage

RiftAmps said:

@gassage has it been reconed?

Chris- how would I tell other than taking it out? Not sure.