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Re: Weber 5f8 chassis
 8/25/2000 12:06 AM |
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Reverb | Re: Weber 5f8 chassis Jay, I have an old (circa 1970-74) Peavey vintage amplifier that this chassis is going into. It is a tweed-style 4x10" amp that Peavey produced in various forms. Some models had solid-state preamps sections with tube output section (like mine), while some had all tube circuitry. Peavey used oddball preamp tubes (such as 6C10), but these amps were supposed to be sort of a 100W tweed Bassman with reverb. It appears that Peavey was hip to the coolness factor of the fifties Bassmans years before Fender caught up with its own past. Yes, the Peaveys had circuit boards, yes the circuitry was not the same as Fender originals, yes the transformers were different than the Fender ones - but Peavey was ahead of the vintage game. I use Fender products exclusively, but even I have to admit that Peavey was on to something. The original Peavey chassis is not in great shape, but Ted's reproduction is an almost exact duplicate. I have no desire to use the old solid-state circuitry, so a Tweed Twin seems like the best way to go. It appears that I will have to use a solid-state rectifier, since power transformers to fit the cutout are sized like Twin Reverb transformers which expect you to use solid-state rectification. I have an account with New Sensor, and I used to have an account with Mojo when Nate ran the show. I would be interested in knowing if Mojo still has the tweed transformer line available - anyone know this and how to get ahold of Mojo nowadays? Reverb |
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