Tube Amp Archive

nuke wrote: ↑Thu Sep 04, 2025 12:12 am
I'm curious what speakers are in it?

Sorry, I meant to post this yesterday...back to school time has got me turned around.

I'd be curious to know what kind of speakers these are too, I don't recognize them.

Okay, you've all got me feeling more confident about this project. I'll start with the caps/tubes and go from there. I'm in the middle of building a 5E3 for a friend of mine so I've got to finish that first but I REALLY want to get started on the Super Reverb. Maybe I can finish up his amp while I w...

Dr Tony Balls wrote: ↑Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:11 pm

6L6? There should be no 6V6 tubes in his amp.

You read that right, there's one 6v6 and one mystery tube. I found that odd.

Edit: You got me wondering so I went and pulled the tube again....was afraid my old eyes had played tricks on me.

I assumed that the electrolytics would have to be replaced but only because they're really old. I've read that you need an ESR tester to really test them so I figured they'd just get replaced. I've also read that it's a good idea to replace the screen resistors and the grid stoppers as well. Should ...

I picked up a (as far as I can tell) 100% original 1965 Super Reverb yesterday. In spite of some noise/hiss it's running and sounds pretty good. The tubes are all old and there is at least one 6v6 in it (I can't tell what the other power tube is, the label has worn off). The tremolo and reverb are w...