Steppin' Wolfe

There are LOTS of old 5U4s in circulation still, and their prices are correspondingly affordable. I'd get an old one instead of the...

Without fully understanding the technical aspect, I have been accustomed to seeing the different resistance readings on OT primary...

Turns out those halves are identically-built... but those halves are not identical. What matters in a transformer is that it has enough...

Number one: you don't have a meter that can measure impedance. You are measuring the DC resistance of the two halves of the primary...

Me either.

Well, since Texas tea is another name for crude oil..which is black, I suppose something close to black could be someone’s idea of a...

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If the first sentence in this quote is printed at me, I do not think I was being insulting. As for ‘fixing’ checking, how do you go...

At any rate, in this day and age, the consumer is protected in most cases since most retailers offer a return policy. Since such a thing...

Nice amp. I would inspect that grille cloth carefully. I do not think it is original, but I am viewing fr9m a challenged perspective...

I picked up this 1976 SF Deluxe Reverb about a month ago. Original except for recent electrolytic cap replacement. It sounds great!

You're getting to the point where you'll need a signal generator & oscilloscope to sort this out to actually see the signal flow. DCV...

Well, the subject of the thread is a nitro finish on a Gibson. Polyurethane or polyester paints are another subject. And….they will...

Re: lacquer checking. Lacquer is sensitive to sudden variation of temperature. And…certain polishes can help prevent checking. I have a...

My experience is that ‘invariably’ has (so far) actually been ‘never’ :) I’m not denying it could possibly happen, just that...