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Okay, y'all know I am obsessed with cheap old Premier amps.
Well, I just bought the Holy Grail of Premiers, a 1955 Model 71
with a single 12" and two 3" treble speakers. Same amp Link
Wray used to record "Rumble." " Yoo Hoo! And, best of all, it
looks to be entirely original and in excellent cosmetic shape.
Which leads to my dilemma: it has sat for 20 years, and I am
sure some of the caps and resistors are shot. Ditto a tube or
two. I plan to re-tube, as I have all the replacements, and then
save the old originals. But should I recap and replace resistors?
And how does one test them? I usually work with an amp tech,
but am pretty handy and want to get more hands-on.
Any advice? Can someone point me to a vintage amp restoration
site? And will changing these parts suck value from this ol' box?
Maybe I am crazy, but when I see "all original tubes & etc." I think
the amp has either never been serviced or never used and is
long overdue!
Please advise before I go and do something wrong!
P.S. My band and playing are coming along fine.
Have a good tech. replace the caps (STRONGLY recommended), check the tubes,
especially the power tubes. You're not hurting the value, and it really is
the thing to do if you intend to play it. If you don't service it, with caps
that old, you're running quite a risk of damage to the amp.
Keep us posted.send a pic?
Good luck!
-Brad
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Ehringer [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:58 PM
To:
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Vintage Amp Advice Please!
Okay, y'all know I am obsessed with cheap old Premier amps.
Well, I just bought the Holy Grail of Premiers, a 1955 Model 71
with a single 12" and two 3" treble speakers. Same amp Link
Wray used to record "Rumble." " Yoo Hoo! And, best of all, it
looks to be entirely original and in excellent cosmetic shape.
Which leads to my dilemma: it has sat for 20 years, and I am
sure some of the caps and resistors are shot. Ditto a tube or
two. I plan to re-tube, as I have all the replacements, and then
save the old originals. But should I recap and replace resistors?
And how does one test them? I usually work with an amp tech,
but am pretty handy and want to get more hands-on.
Any advice? Can someone point me to a vintage amp restoration
site? And will changing these parts suck value from this ol' box?
Maybe I am crazy, but when I see "all original tubes & etc." I think
the amp has either never been serviced or never used and is
long overdue!
Please advise before I go and do something wrong!
P.S. My band and playing are coming along fine.
.
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