what i thought i was doing by disassembling a Baldwin HT2 organ i found free on craigslist was getting some sort of easy to do guitar tube amp project for the cost of a few hours of screw-gun and sawzall mayhem. which it may be, but i realized what kind of amateur i am when i got home and noticed that i had completely over-looked the output transformer and all it's compliments. i remember seeing it and vaguely thinking, hey, don't i need that? but it wasn't on a cool aluminum chassis and the tubes were missing. so it went in the trash can with the rest of the really well built hard to destroy '60s american know-how. right now i'm thinking i'm in way over my head. i watched a video on youtube where this guy converted an old j.w. davis p.a. amp to a guitar amp pretty easy and i contracted tube fever. i searched around the net but didn't see any posts where anyone actually finished the "panoramic" project. i have no testing equipment, i look at schematics close but don't completely understand. i could probably replace all the old disc capacitors with my soldering technique.
is this the wrong project for a novice to start with?
btw, if you live in tampa you will see these listed for trade. thx
is this the wrong project for a novice to start with?
btw, if you live in tampa you will see these listed for trade. thx
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> i watched a video on youtube where this guy converted an old j.w. davis p.a. amp to a guitar amp pretty easy
It's never easy like the videos show.
> is this the wrong project for a novice to start with?
Very possibly.
That IS a very special reverb. If you got all the parts. If the reverb-parts will work without the rest of the organ for load and filtering. You will probably need some interfacing to modern equipment. I don't see intimate details in a hasty search. So you may indeed be over your head.
It's never easy like the videos show.
> is this the wrong project for a novice to start with?
Very possibly.
That IS a very special reverb. If you got all the parts. If the reverb-parts will work without the rest of the organ for load and filtering. You will probably need some interfacing to modern equipment. I don't see intimate details in a hasty search. So you may indeed be over your head.
thanks prr. here are some additional shots i've taken. Vintage Tube Reverb Project - WTT - notice the ecc83 tubes say "made in england" i haven't seen much info on this unit either. any idea what it's worth?
i did decide to pull the tubes and get them tested. testers range from $100 to $500!! one shop wanted to charge me to test them. he probably just didn't want to bother. i have a luthier friend i will ask later today.
i did decide to pull the tubes and get them tested. testers range from $100 to $500!! one shop wanted to charge me to test them. he probably just didn't want to bother. i have a luthier friend i will ask later today.
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