Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube amp repair, service, modifications, design and build for Electric Guitar. Vintage or Modern. Get better tone out of your Guitar Amplifier.
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Location:
South Burlington, VT
Phone:
802-310-5967 (by appointment)
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Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) 1963 Fender Pro Amp. It has the tone shifting vibrato that uses 2 1/2 tubes. Loaded with a 15" speaker.
>> Leo Fender decided that the 2 1/2 tubes could be better utilized and developed a smaller circuit that used only 1 tube. He used the spare tubes to make Reverb.

Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
Very cool! How do they keep the vacuum in half of a tube?
Yesterday at 4:39pm
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
It's a trade secret.
14 hours ago
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
Actually, I save all my tubes that have one-half bad just for that purpose.
10 hours ago
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Time to go through all those beautiful NOS tubes sitting around the shop and organize. Can you say "Telefunken"?

Sat at 6:31am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Scott King Seidts
Scott King Seidts
<Slobber/drool>
November 19 at 5:51pm
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Ampeg Gemini 1. It's in great physical condition but needs lots of sonic help.

November 13 at 7:34pm
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
That will go great with the hemp come speakers!
November 18 at 12:14pm
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
That should be hemp CONE speakers :)
November 18 at 12:15pm
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) A Soldano Hot Rod 50 (added the Warren Haynes mod) And a Mesa Boogie Express 5:50.

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
The 5:50 was distorting way too easily. One of the power tubes was not putting out power due to a bad part feeding it. Works great now! You and I should talk amps real soon.
November 7 at 2:32pm
Nobby Reed
Nobby Reed
I know amps are becoming my other addiction, besides guitars
November 8 at 7:42am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) All tube Pignose - 40 watt. Amazed at how they got an entire Marshall circuit is such a small space. Loud little thing.

November 2 at 4:57am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) 1963 Gibson GA18T. Very warm sounding amp.

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Started the design for a custom Princeton Reverb head with a few bells and whistles.

October 27 at 3:35am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Restoring a 1963 Gibson Explorer (GA18T). It's gonna be a warm one!

October 25 at 4:17am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Officially restored.
October 25 at 4:57pm
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
Just worked on an Egnater Tourmaster 4100--shorted power transformer--a toroidal, believe it or not. I told the owner he needs to send it back to the factory for repair. I hope it's under warranty.

Glad you finished the GA18 in good style!
October 25 at 7:28pm
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) 65 Pro Reverb and a 67 Bassman.

October 22 at 3:37am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Yeah, it's the 5F6. Do you have it in the shop now.
October 26 at 3:04am
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
No, supposed to come in "sometime soon." You know how musicians are :)
October 26 at 8:40am
Eric Smith

Eric Smith My Lifco is such a beast. With KT66s it sounds like artillery fire and landmines going off--really nice "rolling thunder" thing happening around 1 o'clock. :-) The Laney hasn't yet gotten the attention it deserves. Really, I don't know why I had you work on it. I may never get around to playing it!

Eric

October 19 at 3:26pm · Report
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
That's awesome. I've got a pair of KT66's in one of my amps and they are great sounding tubes. The Laney will get her turn.
October 20 at 3:22am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Blackstar - Artisan 30 head - on the bench.. Nice point to point circuit!

October 18 at 2:45pm
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Restoring a 1974 Top Panel Ampeg VT-40. Keith Richards played one of these back then.

October 13 at 4:21am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) A simple Champ amp redesigned and modified to provide extra tools when used in the studio.

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)

Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps) Repaired a 1974 Fender Super Twin... 180watt beast. Loud, too loud!

October 5 at 4:18pm
Vincent Reh
Vincent Reh
Well, something's gotta give. If they beefed up the current-handling capability of the xfmr, but size is the same, then the "give" is the fqy response.
October 7 at 8:42am
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
Tube Amp Repair (FYD Amps)
I wouldn't call this amp a tone monster.
October 7 at 1:54pm