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Stevem wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 10:35 am

The first Fender combo amp to use a 15” speaker came out between 63 and 64 and was called a Vibroverb.

6G5 Brown Pro had a 15.

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sluckey wrote: ↑Wed Oct 01, 2025 2:54 pm These chassis were 17.00 x 4.00 x 3.00b but only .04" thick! That's less than 1/32"!

1/32" is 0.03125" Still 40 thou is thin.

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ClassicTone pair (40-18005 PT; 40-18009 OT) from just after they closed their doors, 2021 I think. Leads are cut but should be long enough for most installs. Plenty on OT.
$150 for the pair plus shipping. PP preferred. Sold.

RomesInMil wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 4:25 pm

jabguit wrote: ↑Sat Sep 13, 2025 10:34 am

4AR5? maybe 5AR4?

Does it feel good to correct someone for a obvious and unimportant typo? I hope your day was a little better.
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wow! I guess spelling, grammar and logistics have no place on this forum......

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OK here might be another clue, using a bulb limiter, I get surge when rectifier is plugged in, replaced the socket, same issue, replaced the 4AR5 same issue.....dont see obvious short.... voltage harness unplugged, is fine, plugged in its fine, as soon as the rect is plugged in surge.... are my pro...

Which amp? The damnable Mark IVs and Vs make it very time consuming to lift the PCB. I'd solder new filter caps to existing leads if it was my own amp. "I talked to a new tech (old one is in retirement now) about the filter cap replacement job that my Mesa Mark III amplifier needs." this should be ...

Phil_S wrote: ↑Tue Sep 09, 2025 2:12 pm

pdf64 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 08, 2025 11:30 pm I guess White claw is a beer?
What is a 'TF'?

Can't help with "TF" except to say, I don't think it is the last two letters of WTF...

trans former?

Colossal wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 10:55 am

jabguit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 10:49 am

FourT6and2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:20 pm The typical arrangement in these amps is two 50/50 caps wired in series-parallel for a total of 50uF filtering.

how does one series/parallel 2 caps?

They are two 50uF + 50uF caps in the same envelope (F&T, ARS,etc).

well then - that's a horse of a different color....

FourT6and2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:20 pm The typical arrangement in these amps is two 50/50 caps wired in series-parallel for a total of 50uF filtering.

how does one series/parallel 2 caps?

especially big 100n orange drop caps are prone to wiggling and breaking their leads. happened to a couple amps I've owned over the years...

my $0.02

different speaker?

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