Then there is "This Amp"

Platefire · January 6th, 2007, 10:50 AM

Direct from the cow pasture here is the latest production of Platefire Amp Works. Some folks would be ashamed to show something like this but I wear my shame with dignity, Har!

For me(and I might be the only one) think it's cool when you can re-work these old peices and utilize the existing features and this one does have some features! IMHO this would be the kind of amp LIL Abner would play at Dog Patch. The circuit is a combination of Fender Deluxe 5C3/5D3---Mostly 5D3 but with a 5C3 (6SC7) phase inverter.
I just felt you amp builders and lovers needed to experiance this to bring your
Guitar Amp 101 up to date. Platefire

Rizo · January 6th, 2007, 10:57 AM

Did that start off as a reel to reel?

Tim Armstrong · January 6th, 2007, 11:00 AM

Definitely need more details!!! Pictures of the insides, maybe? Speakers?

Too cool!

Cheers, Tim

Disastercaster · January 6th, 2007, 11:05 AM

Man, that is incroyably cool. Looks like an Echolette or something!

Wally · January 6th, 2007, 11:13 AM

Okay, Platefire, you win the contest for best use of an upside-down reel-to-reel housing a guitar amp. Too cool! 'Real-to-Real' for sure.

Jaybird · January 6th, 2007, 11:14 AM

Put some arms and legs on that and goodbye housework! Cool and creative. How does it sound/

getbent · January 6th, 2007, 11:55 AM

dig the handle!

stax · January 6th, 2007, 12:38 PM

I just hate it when i see amps cloned down to the finest detail, this is what its all about imo. great job, congrats, love it.

Sidney Vicious · January 6th, 2007, 12:44 PM

So freakin' ugly that it is cool -

looks like something the Soviet Army would have used -

you gotta give more details.

Platefire · January 6th, 2007, 12:58 PM

Wow! I'm really surprised that others like this kind of stuff besides me. Thanks!

Yeah it a Revere Reel to Reel that I bought about 6 months ago at a flea market for $20.00. I've had is stashed out in the storage shed and over the Christmas Holidays I took it out to decide what to do with it and as I began to study it the project kind of took on a life of it's own. I'll add
some other pictures of the inside circuitry. It true cluttery point to point. The original tube configuration was 12AX7/6SC7/6V6GT/6K6GT and 6X5GT Rectifier. The 12AX7 and 6V6GT was the only tubes dedicated to audio and all the other was tape recorder related. The original single ended 4 Ohm output transformer was replaced with a push/pull OT form a Dean Markley Spectra combo that had push/pull 6V6's. So all old circuitry was removed--12AX7 was rewired like 5D3 Deluxe except one input, I used the 6SC7 for phase inverter and cathode grounding/bypass like the 5C3 Deluxe but wired the rear of phase inverter like the 5D3 because it is a self balancing circuit (the 5C3 was not self balancing) for push/pull operation to power tubes. Presently I'm using a 12AT7 in the 12AX7 position because I didn't have a 12AY7 on hand and I wanted to cut inital gain down. It sounds real good to my ears with a nice measure of clean head room and nice bluesy grind past 12:00 Oclock on the volume. I used existing old filter cap cans for filtering DC and even though they are original, it is running real quite at this point. It is an amp head only and has to be connected to a seperate 8 Ohm speaker cab.

KC · January 6th, 2007, 01:07 PM

A-plus!

Roli · January 6th, 2007, 01:18 PM

That's beautiful.

charlie chitlin · January 6th, 2007, 01:20 PM

Danger...danger....Will Robinson.....

Platefire · January 9th, 2007, 11:12 PM

Just thought I would add the link to the before/after pictures on this project now that I got them all up. Platefire
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ttocsb...sbob/my_photos

refin · January 9th, 2007, 11:26 PM

We need sounds....fire that puppy up and give us samples!

Stuco · January 9th, 2007, 11:35 PM

very cool, I don't know any of the amp lingo but I love the looks of that thing.

SOUNDMIXER · January 10th, 2007, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie frey

Danger...danger....Will Robinson.....

Damn, you beat me to it!

How about some sound bites then?

Westerly Sunn · January 10th, 2007, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getbent

dig the handle!

Real chic, man... That is the word, right?

Val-tone · January 10th, 2007, 01:21 PM

Oh my gosh, I have the same exact thing! Except mine is a combo unit with a 10" extention speaker!

It's always been on the back burner to restore, it's just that I'm a little intimidated when it comes to electricity and wiring. The cord it came with disintegrated so when I macgyverized it with a newer cord nothing happened, but then nothing happened before I spliced the cord either.

I'll attach pictures tonight or tomorrow

Twangmeister · January 10th, 2007, 02:45 PM

Oh yeah, that's the R2D2, but I'm waiting for the more powerful CThreeP0.

Definitely dig the whole vibe!

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Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 8,813	Definitely need more details!!! Pictures of the insides, maybe? Speakers? Too cool! Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

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Jaybird Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 190 9 Photos	Put some arms and legs on that and goodbye housework! Cool and creative. How does it sound/ __________________ Blaaaa blaaaaa, waaaaa waaaaa, razzle dazzle, do dah, zzzzzzzzzz.

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getbent Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Age: 48 Posts: 9,437 37 Photos	dig the handle! __________________

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Wally Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 3,739	Okay, Platefire, you win the contest for best use of an upside-down reel-to-reel housing a guitar amp. Too cool! 'Real-to-Real' for sure.

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stax Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brentwood U.K. Age: 52 Posts: 307 9 Photos	I just hate it when i see amps cloned down to the finest detail, this is what its all about imo. great job, congrats, love it.

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Sidney Vicious Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Posts: 1,066 6 Photos	So freakin' ugly that it is cool - looks like something the Soviet Army would have used - you gotta give more details.

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Platefire Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Louisiana around Many Posts: 316	Just thought I would add the link to the before/after pictures on this project now that I got them all up. Platefire http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ttocsb...sbob/my_photos __________________ On the Right Track now Baby<><

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refin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Panhandle Age: 52 Posts: 1,907	We need sounds....fire that puppy up and give us samples! __________________ "For You,Lord,are good,and ready to forgive,and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You." Ps. 86:5 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/refin_music.htm MASTER VOLUME? WHAT'S A MASTER VOLUME?

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Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 2,937	very cool, I don't know any of the amp lingo but I love the looks of that thing.

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Val-tone Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Milwaukee, WI Age: 42 Posts: 621 5 Photos	Oh my gosh, I have the same exact thing! Except mine is a combo unit with a 10" extention speaker! It's always been on the back burner to restore, it's just that I'm a little intimidated when it comes to electricity and wiring. The cord it came with disintegrated so when I macgyverized it with a newer cord nothing happened, but then nothing happened before I spliced the cord either. I'll attach pictures tonight or tomorrow __________________ Is it raining, is it snowing Is a hurricane a-blowing Yes, the danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing

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Twangmeister Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lost Angeles, CA Posts: 1,238	Oh yeah, that's the R2D2, but I'm waiting for the more powerful CThreeP0. Definitely dig the whole vibe! __________________ "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils." http://www.myspace.com/jeremendelsohn