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Install - 3 Prong Power Cord on a Vintage Fender Amp
This file will show you how to replace the old 2 prong power cords to the updated 3 prong on a Vintage Fender Amp. We highly recommend doing this as a 2 prong power cord can be very dangerous causing you get get shocked or even blow blue flames out of your mouth every time you touch a microphone.
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Popular Amplifier and Effects Tone Stacks
Included in this file is the 7 most popular tone stacks. Included tone stacks are Fender,Marshall,Vox,James,Big Muff,Bench,E-series. All tone stacks are set to a flat frequency but by altering the capacitors,resistors and pot values you will change the overall sound. These tone stacks are a great starting point for the DIY amp and effects builder!
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Vintage Fender Amps Year/Month Codes
The following file will help you date your Vintage Fender Amp. On the inside wall of your amp cabinet, there may be a tube location sticker which shows the tube layout, model number, production location etc.. There may also be some letter date codes rubber stamped on this sticker. These date codes will contain two letters of the alphabet which refer to the year and month of production, and may be interpreted as follows:
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Dating Pre-CBS Fender Amplifiers
Fender amps made after 1953 had a date code stamped on the tube chart located on the inside of the cabinet of self-contained amps and inside the amp head on piggy-back models. Sometimes the factory stamped the tube chart code onto the amp chassis too. Look for two small letters in rubber-stamped ink but be sure not to confuse the date code with the production number, the model number, or the serial number.
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Tube Characteristics and substitutions
Some quick and dirty subs and some tube data such as recommended bias current and appx voltages. These subs are all taken from the Tube Substitution Handbook sold by Antique Electronics Supply. or provided from the net.
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Proper Care of your Tube Amp
Tube Amps are generally going to be just as reliable as their solid-state counterparts if you just observe the following things about them. Besides that tube amps kick butt... Read ON....
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What does biasing an amp mean?
When people talk about biasing an amplifier, they are referring to setting the idle, or quiescent, current in the power output tubes.  All tubes must be biased, both preamp and output tubes, but it is not always clear whether or not the bias needs to be adjusted when changing tubes. Read on.....
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A little about Groove Tubes
Guitarists both yesterday and today can be linked by one piece of equipment: The tube amp. With all the strides in transistor amp technology, guitarists still prefer tube amps. Why do tube amp designs sound and feel differently from solid-state? Simply, tubes work differently. Read on.........
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Guitar Amplifier Types
There are many different types of guitar amps on the market today from the combo amp to the full stack. You also have a choice from a all tube amp to a hybrid design. Below we included some descriptions of each.
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