Would be lovely to have Slowhand try that amp when finished; wouldn’t it? 😉 I agree with the choice of trying to reform the electrolytic caps first. If that doesn’t work then re-stuff them.
looking forwards to the end result. Personally i wouldn't trust the electrolytic caps. over time tiny holes in the membranes can form, leaking and passing the high voltage. This can not always be measured with a simple multimeter. They can measure within spec on the multimeter, but be quite dangerous. i think mr. Carlson from mrcarlsonslab has made a viideo about this. you should be able to find it on youtube. He deals with fixing valve based electronics on his channel
Stuff that can cap. Actually I would recommend stuffing ALL of those old electrolytics. Measuring their value on a multimeter will not tell you if the cap is leaking. Nor will an ESR meter. You would need to test it on something like a Heathkit IT-11 or better yet one of those testers that Mr. Carlson's Lab created. I understand wanting to keep everything original, but those old electrolytics are not going to yield a better sound & they pose a huge risk of failing & destroying very valuable components in the amplifier. Losing that beautiful output transformer would be a huge shame just for the sake of using tired old electrolytics. If the electrolytics have not failed yet they will eventually. It could be days, weeks, years but considering the potential damage I personally wouldn't take the chance. Newer caps would get the amp working & sounding as it did when Clapton & Green were using them in the 60's. And you'll have peace of mind knowing that your amp is safe & reliable. Someone is gonna have a fun time building that thing. Wish it was me. Excited to see how this turns out!
Dumb-ass joke dept.: "I've a headache, whatever can I do?" "Go sit on a stove..." An 'ass-burn' is in me poor befuddled brain 'cause I was wondering if you're gonna go with a 5 volt tube type 'rectal-fryer' to give the KT-66's their proper 'sag' (?) I'm off to check pt 1... Please forgive me if me questions have been answered already... Cheerios, mate
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Can't wait for the finished product bro
Its coming soon!
Raon, you have truly gone above and beyond with your parts. The amp will be the definition of "Special".
Thanks so much!
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Ramon ❤😊
You too
I can’t wait for the beast 👌
Ill keep you updated James
Looks like this will be a great, interesting build! Hope you can get a few years out of those aging components.
Thank you 🙏 🎸🎸
Would be lovely to have Slowhand try that amp when finished; wouldn’t it? 😉
I agree with the choice of trying to reform the electrolytic caps first. If that doesn’t work then re-stuff them.
Thanks I’ll try that approach 🙏🎸
fantastic level of detail where have you get all those era parts buddy
looking forwards to the end result.
Personally i wouldn't trust the electrolytic caps. over time tiny holes in the membranes can form, leaking and passing the high voltage. This can not always be measured with a simple multimeter.
They can measure within spec on the multimeter, but be quite dangerous.
i think mr. Carlson from mrcarlsonslab has made a viideo about this. you should be able to find it on youtube. He deals with fixing valve based electronics on his channel
Brilliant thanks so much for the advice
Ramon, really hoping this 'project' works out for you ! - what are you going to run it into ? is there a 4x12 with green backs lurking.....
Stuff that can cap. Actually I would recommend stuffing ALL of those old electrolytics. Measuring their value on a multimeter will not tell you if the cap is leaking. Nor will an ESR meter. You would need to test it on something like a Heathkit IT-11 or better yet one of those testers that Mr. Carlson's Lab created. I understand wanting to keep everything original, but those old electrolytics are not going to yield a better sound & they pose a huge risk of failing & destroying very valuable components in the amplifier. Losing that beautiful output transformer would be a huge shame just for the sake of using tired old electrolytics. If the electrolytics have not failed yet they will eventually. It could be days, weeks, years but considering the potential damage I personally wouldn't take the chance. Newer caps would get the amp working & sounding as it did when Clapton & Green were using them in the 60's. And you'll have peace of mind knowing that your amp is safe & reliable.
Someone is gonna have a fun time building that thing. Wish it was me. Excited to see how this turns out!
Many thanks indeed for the sound advice!
Dumb-ass joke dept.: "I've a headache, whatever can I do?" "Go sit on a stove..."
An 'ass-burn' is in me poor befuddled brain 'cause I was wondering if you're gonna go with
a 5 volt tube type 'rectal-fryer' to give the KT-66's their proper 'sag' (?) I'm off to check pt 1...
Please forgive me if me questions have been answered already... Cheerios, mate
Hi bro!