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‘76 Twin 135 from the 9th ring of hell - it is.

Discussion in 'Amp Tech Center' started by Luthier Vandros, Jan 19, 2021.

  1. Jan 19, 2021 #1
    Luthier Vandros

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    Here’s the amp that thought me the lesson about bringing old amps inside before cleaning them outside. Something with more legs than I flew out of the chassis and I can’t find where it went. Anyway I have a load of pics, but I’ll start with this one. The master volume pot that typically breaks on these.

    I measured a dead spot along its rotation and decided to open it up to attempt a fix. Seems intentional? Can anyone verify before I spend money on a new pot? Tia![​IMG]
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    Alrighty. Going to try to transplant a 1meg track into this old girl. Updates soon.
     
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    Is this a pull-boost MV?
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    Yea it is. I was able to transplant a new strip from another cts 1meg pot over.
     
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    E5RSY

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    Surprised you got into it. Thought they were sealed. It should've looked like this (with the green plastic pull-switch housing) if it was original:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    That’s the one. Only 4 tabs stand in the way of getting inside. Keep the green side south and you won’t have to guess where the wiper goes lol.
     
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    BobbyZ

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    What's on that track? It's kinda multicolor looking.
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    It’s the plastic wafer
     
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    I thought the UltraLinears were introduced in 1977? Got a serial number there?
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    My bad, Wally. She’s long gone, son. Been knee deep in nasty Vox restos. Funny how these amps come in waves. Last month was twin reverb season lol. My arms grew an inch and I lost an inch of disc space!
     
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    Milspec

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    I would be more worried about what that thing was that escaped.

    I still remember when I first moved to this old house and went down to the basement laundry room one morning. On the steps coming up was a big old fat bull snake. Freaked me out and I chased it acrossed the basement floor to where it made it under the chest freezer. I had to go to work and didn't have the time to continue the hunt so I let it be.

    When I got home, I moved the chest freezer...no snake. Looked around and found nothing. Next morning, there was a nest of bull snakes hiding in my clothes drier.

    I don't allow things to get away since then, if they enter the house....they get killed, no exceptions.
     
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    Luthier Vandros

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    No way! No snakes for this guy.

    Once that sucker took off, I kept feeling like something was landing on my neck. Damn shirt tag!
     
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