Re: tube rectifier on a 1983 fender concert

[Andrew Wimhurst <awimhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philippe,

It breaks my heart to see someone wasting their time on an amp like 
this... You bought this amp because you have a small budget, but you 
will SINK a lot of dough into it and it will still sound half-assed.

What did you pay for this amp? If you can get a refund there MUST be 
something better somewhere in Europe... Surely there's enough of a 
brains trust on harp-l to guide you towards a better amp?

Andrew

PS. I'm telling you this because I care. My first amp (15 odd years 
ago) was a Boogie Studio 22. What a joke. Boy did I learn my lesson.


On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 09:56 AM, 
harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Message: 24
>    Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:29:07 -0400
>    From: The Bernadettes <mdestefano@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: tube rectifier on  a 1983 fender concert
>
>
> Philippe,
>     Yes, first you should have a thorough knowledge of woking on tube
> amps, you'll be dealing with very high (and lethal) voltages in this
> part of the amp.  If not, the work should be done by a pro amp tech.  I
> would look into the module type Copper Cap rectifier that is built and
> sold by Weber VST, this is a solid state that functions the same as a
> tube type rectifier.  It would much easier to install one of these
> instead of trying to cut a new tube socket and install and auxillary
> filament transformer for a tube rectifier.  Information about the 
> Copper
> Cap rectifier can be found on the Weber website at:
> http://www.webervst.com
> I'm not going to get into the details on how to install it here, most 
> of
> that can be found on the Weber site, if you're still not sure on the
> installation, then the work should be left to a pro tech to do.
>
> Good luck and work safely,
> Don D.
>
> philippe Cabrit wrote:
>
>> hi!
>> i'm looking for a mod
>> i now have a 1983 fender concert 4X10 and i want do a mod for the
>> rectifier...
>> someone here know one?
>>
>> philippe
>>
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