K&F (pre-Fender) amplifier schematic

Status
Not open for further replies.
Early Leo. Not the Princeton but with the 6N7.

Deluxe-Model-26.jpg
 
Last edited:
A schematic should be sufficient to build an amp, especially since the parts 70 years ago were so much different. Caps that were the size of my thumb are now the size of my pinkie fingernail. So the old layout wouldn't really apply.
 
Not sure what your point is? Yes, if I had a schematic for a K&F lap steel amp, I could build it. Likewise, if I had a picture of the inside of the chassis, I could likely reverse engineer it, too. Currently, I don't have either.🙂
 
Want to make a 1946 Woody?

I see a Utah speaker in those pictures. Anyone remember those. I worked as the repair tech in an Olson Electronics store in 1971 and 1972. All Olson branded guitar speakers were made by Utah and were great speakers for the price. Utah speakers seemed to vanish in the 80's but I believe that Pyle owns the brand.

Olson's non guitar raw drivers were made by whoever met their specs, which were usually cost driven. Many were indeed Utah as well.

The killer deals were two nearly identical 15 inch HiFi woofers made by Eminence from their guitar speaker line. One had an Alnico magnet and sold for about $15, and the other had a massive ferrite magnet and sold for around $35.

The ferrite monster was just the ticket for bass thumpers (the term subwoofer didn't exist yet) used by the mostly Hispanic pre-disco dance music crowd in the Miami area during the early 70's. My brother and I made quite a few speakers containing only one of these speakers. The typical amp of the early 70's did not have enough power to blow them up.....except for the Crown DC300.
 
> K&F lap steel guitar amplifiers?

This was stated to be a 1946 Fender and shows a lap axe. I don't have more background. Reverse Image Search may find the source.
 

Attachments

  • 1946Fender.jpg
    1946Fender.jpg
    127.8 KB · Views: 163
  • 1946Fender-a.jpg
    1946Fender-a.jpg
    82.3 KB · Views: 142
  • 1946Fender-2.jpg
    1946Fender-2.jpg
    125.2 KB · Views: 156
  • 1946Fender-3.jpg
    1946Fender-3.jpg
    132.4 KB · Views: 183
Status
Not open for further replies.