Best transformations of useless crap category..........

[Reeltarded]

I wouldn't leave my phone laying around if you guys were expected to be close. Next call I get takes it out of standby, the ringtone is 118db.. but I am sure it would sound sweet.

[Phil_S]

I think Aleks ought to be awarded post of the week. Out of nowhere, a 1st rate amp fix-up and video clips!!!

[chopstuck]

Yes the matcher counts and wow what a nice job too. Very tidy.
Maybe certified government wire-er tidy.

That Sunn is no fair. They were supposed to be flaky looking on the inside.
My Solarus had a Dyna MK amp board inside, plus a SS trem on a PCB, plus some Sunn specific wiring to boot. Yours is all nice and stuff ---cool.

Ragnar be proud !

Now in Dutch, niemand means no-one or nobody.

Is Aleks getting all Nietzsche on us ?

[Prairie Dawg]

I forgot the link. Here's the story on the tube matcher. You can build one too.

http://judyboxamp.blogspot.com/2011/05/ ... lding.html

[M Fowler]

Great old amp projects guys.

I sure do remember that Baxtercat TV amp.

Estey organ amp converted to Marshall 18w plexi.

Mark

[VacuumVoodoo]

Now in Dutch, niemand means no-one or nobody.
Is Aleks getting all Nietzsche on us ?

I don't know, maybe. The family legend says my ancestors sort of adopted this name a generation or two after the Spanish Inquisition, when they found a temporary safe haven in one of Germanic states. Apparently they were one stubborn and persistent bunch characterized by the motto: "Niemand ist Mein Meister" (Nobody is my Master). That first word stuck as family name. I carry it proudly.
Glad you guys approve of my Warrior Resurrection. I don't do many restorations as the cost is often more than market value of the amp. Some amps are worth the cost nevertheless. I have a couple clients owning old beat-up classics that they insist on keeping fully functional and road worthy.

[gldtp99]

Here's a Knight model 93 PA head converted to a Fender 5e5-ish circuit:
[IMG:800:600]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/ ... t93005.jpg[/img]

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[IMG:800:600]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/ ... t93003.jpg[/img]

[IMG:800:600]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/ ... t93002.jpg[/img]

This is from several yrs ago---- the amp was bought by a local recording studio (not for its looks)--- was used for a couple of yrs then sold to one of their customers----then later bought back by a recording tech from the same studio who took it on a regional tour with some band--- running through an Avatar 2x12 that i supplied him with thru a trade for a Vox 4x12 (made in Vietnam---i still have it--- but now it runs WGS CL80's).
This is the last PA conversion that i used the orig transformers (i'm amazed that these have lasted yrs after pics were taken----the iron and associated orig wiring looks pretty bad).
I've done many PA conversions since this one but usually gut everything and use new iron to start out with----- often Super Reverb-type PT's from CE when i want to use a tube rec.
I recently re-did an older Knight head for another guy but it's much better looking and has all new iron, etc---also just finished a Challenger 30 conversion with a 6L6GC x 2, 5U4GB rec, Princeton Reverb-type circuit (no reverb but has the reverb recovery stage), fixed bias.
No pics of the last two mentioned---these sell as soon as they're finished to locals.
Right now i'm rebuilding a Sound City 120 that i got in partial trade for a rebuilt Bogen CHB35A-to-hotrodded Plexi conversion (no pics of this one either)--- this SC 120 had a Stancor 100 watt OT pushing EL34 x 4 and somebody gutted the orig circuit and tried to build some Marshall-type something inside---some of the worst amp work i've ever seen---- the ground wire for the bias circuit came loose (bad solder joint) and it fried the EL34's and also carbon arced an output socket between the plate and heater pins.
I gutted everything except the good orig Partridge PT and orig Cliff speaker jacks--- and I'm building up an Early 70's 4-Input Hiwatt circuit------- i had a spare SC 120 OT (orig Partridge) and i'm using new Hiwatt-type turret boards I had on hand for scratch built Hiwatt clones that few around where i live are interested in. A local band wants this one for bass guitar use when it's finished.................................gldtp99

PS--- here a link to a Facebook pic of the 40's Knight i rebuilt and sold to the band "Mammal Virus"--- link below.


The pic has altered made to look "antique"--- the amp has been repainted---black on the bottom and Rust-olem Textured gray on top---it looks good----- only the amp shell was re-used (and two orig gray Dakaware chickenhead knobs), everything is new inside---circuit is very similar to the green Knight above--- 6L6GC x 2, cathode biased.
I can sell these rebuilt pieces of old crap, locally, almost as fast as i can make them---- but some very nicely built 'real' amps sit here and gather dust---such as a mostly Metro 50 watt Plexi---looks great, sounds great--- but they want old rebuilt pieces of crap instead--- i don't get it.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Ma ... 0164318419

[Structo]

That is a very cool color on the Knight.
Weren't those sold as kits back in the day?

[chopstuck]

Thanks, Alex I guess the rest of us will have to be satisfied with being named after physical locations, topographical features, parts of buildings and skill sets.

I like your story better.

Marc Giebels
(part of a house where the roof ends)
probably got wet a lot in 1600's

[gldtp99]

That is a very cool color on the Knight.
Weren't those sold as kits back in the day?

Yes, Knight (Allied Electronics from Chicago) did sell all kinds of kits but i'm not sure if this model was available in kit form or not---- this one orig had a turntable and tone arm mounted on top (see the holes).
I have two similar Knights here but without the turntable---- they are two-tone gray and hammered silver with gray knobs instead of the greenish color of the one in the pic.
I'll rebuild them one day---i also have a very cool old Webster 6L6 x 2 awaiting a rebuild (has enough pot spaces to do a 5F6-A/Marshall-type build)-----also a couple of Stromberg-Carlsons, a Rauland, a Bell, and some Bogens and other Knights--- all waiting to be re-done.
Another approach i sometimes take is to use the iron from 60's-70's PA heads in new builds----- here's a SE 6L6GC 10 watter using iron pulled from a Bogen CHB10A----modded Marshall #36-type preamp:
[IMG:800:600]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/ ... ed/001.jpg[/img]
more pics:http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f112/ ... e%20Ended/
Sound clip of SE 10 watter: http://soundcloud.com/gldtp99/zw3

[Baxtercat]

...speaking of tung oil, I found a use for my little bottle of it this week.
The drummer's parent's held onto this empty bug condo for decades. After hosing it out I added a Bell phono/tuner chassis, a Weber 10-inch speaker, and some leftover radio dial glass.

[before]



[after]


I've replaced 5 or 6 caps, swapped in two old 6L6s and an SS plug-in module [for the 6V6s and 5Y3]...also some glass 6V preamp tubes for the noisier metal body ones. It still runs cool [so far] and sounds strong and clear.

I'll have to add handles. It seems a little impractical compared to a small Tolex combo, but I couldn't resist that old radio wood.

[Structo]

Cool!

I had an old radio cab I got from my grandfather.
It was gutted and he used it to store some fishing tackle.
I was going to try to restore it but it got lost in a move years ago.

It had some really nice veneer on it.

I think this was the family radio where they would gather around and listen to their favorite shows.

[chopstuck]

Nicely Done !

I suppose it's different things that keep us up at night.