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HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
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HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
EDIT: Actually his amp was different, the control panel was at the front.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It was owned by the sellers father for many, many years and gigged hard through the 70s and ‘80’s until the 90s when it was put into storage (in less than ideal conditions).
Electronically it’s 99% complete, but has had a hard life with plenty of invasive repairs along the way.
It’ll need a thorough check over, lots of caps and possibly one transformer replacing, two new EL34s and the rectifier looking at, as it looks like the GZ34 appears to have been replaced with solid state diodes (will know more tonight when I whip the lower chassis out). The footswitch is completely missing, as is the mains cable.
On the other hand, cosmetically, I’m at a bit of a loss...
The chances of finding the original Tolex is uber-slim, but I’m researching what might be available. May have turned up some alternatives from a bookbinder friend...
A plus point is that the actual cabinet is solid (albeit needing some tidying), which is good.
I’m tempted to just strip all of the crap vinyl off it and see what’s what.
In an ideal world, the easiest (but challenging) option would be to find a decent shell. However that might take a long time, but I have seen a few over the years.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
Used to bang crackle and pop and frighten the hell out of me as a kid so it was always used with a look of terror on my face - especially when it used to start warming up and crackling - I can remember turning it off with a broom handle (off switch on the chassis on the back) to not get too close to spitting evil thing!! Of course, hindsight now tells me it probably needed a re-valve and it did actually get serviced with new ones when I was old/wise enough to understand what the issue was.
I so wish I still had it - it got traded for a Les Paul actually to a guy from Exeter way called Glenn - I wonder where it is now...
https://imgur.com/a/lAKV7LV
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
https://i.imgur.com/xSbwFPe.jpg
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
For what it’s worth, as original these are actually genuinely Class A - almost uniquely for a guitar amp - but achieve it by running the power valves at well over the rated 25W (which Mullards will take, others may not). The HT voltage is also right on the limit for the 500V first filter cap rating and would likely have exceeded it with the original PT and a solid-state rectifier. No idea what it will be now...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Looks like ‘Ivory Croc’ would do it...
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
At present, I’m kind of torn between the ‘just getting it working’ route (for now) and a longer-term restoration project.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
Re. above - I reckon acetone will dissolve it. Will dig some out later.
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
Forum feedback thread. | G&B interview #1 & #2 | https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/
You could possibly be better rebuilding it as a 30, it will be much less hard on those speakers, which have somehow miraculously survived.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein