telecaster911
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Today I tore into the bandmaster. I did some housekeeping inside the amp. One of the heater wires on a power tube was not soldered to the pin. If these are the original sockets, and it looks like they are, then it was like that for the past 42 years, just through the hole and bent over. I also put a 1 ohm between the cathode and ground on both power tubes so that I could set the bias. I then sprayed all the pots and cleaned the jacks. A three prong line cord was next. Minor problem, the only line cord that I had is larger in diameter, so when I get a chance, I need to open up the plastic strain relief. I couldn't get it to close around the cord enough to get it through the chassis hole. I put a zip tie around the cord on the inside for now. I cleaned up the head cabinet and the faceplate and knobs. I haven't done anything with the hardware yet. The tubes are still the ones that I had lying around. Tubes coming soon.
Here it is on top of my 2 12
Here's a wide angle.
Here are the clips. Just some random bad noodling, but this is about the amp's tone. Recorded totally dry, no post recording anything.
Normal channel (which seems to have a bit more gain than the vibrato channel)
volume 5 treb 5 bass 6
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%205%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
volume 7
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%207%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
volume 10
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%2010%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
Vibrato channel
volume 7 then 10 speed 5 intensity 4 initially, then up around 7 for both towards the end.
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vibrato%20channel%20vol%207%20then%2010%20treb%205%20bass%206%20spd%205%20int%204.mp3
Here it is on top of my 2 12
Here's a wide angle.
Here are the clips. Just some random bad noodling, but this is about the amp's tone. Recorded totally dry, no post recording anything.
Normal channel (which seems to have a bit more gain than the vibrato channel)
volume 5 treb 5 bass 6
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%205%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
volume 7
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%207%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
volume 10
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vol%2010%20treb%205%20bass%206.mp3
Vibrato channel
volume 7 then 10 speed 5 intensity 4 initially, then up around 7 for both towards the end.
http://hc.bloodyvelvet.com/files/129/vibrato%20channel%20vol%207%20then%2010%20treb%205%20bass%206%20spd%205%20int%204.mp3