Belcat 20R Service I had a Belcat Tube amp in my workshop. this was distorting but not in a nice way. It really made your ears hurt! This is a Fender Blues junior copy. The rectifier is solid state and there are three ECC83’s and the output is two EL84’s. I tested the valves on my tester just to make sure they were OK and they were perfect. I again replaced the output protection diodes […]
VHT Special 6 Ultra Valve Amp I am currently working on a VHT Special 6 Ultra Amp. This is an amp head and this one has a 1 x 12 Goodmans greenback equipped close backed cabinet. This amp is only 5 watts. It makes a nice little practice/ bedroom/ studio amp where you can sound as if you playing through a fully cranked up Marshall 200 watt stack..great fun. These amps are very competitively priced
Safety First – For European Owners of Imported Vintage Guitar Amps from North America I was having an email discussion with a friend in the USA who had an original Blackface Fender Super Reverb amp. So it is obviously pre 1969. Ams of this era oonly have a live and neutral connection and no earth ( ground) connected on the powerline. There is a switch on the back of the amp which optimises the ground