Common Beat Music

Here’s an overhaul post about couple of mid 1970’s gems!

First is a Fender Bassman 135. We installed all new electrolytic capacitors, plate resistors and output tubes on this one. This amp probably hasn’t sounded this good in many years as it still had the original components from over 50 years ago. The output tubes were shot and the plate resistors were out of spec or burned up.

Second amp is a Musicman 2100-RD. It received the same freshening up of all the electrolytic capacitors and a new set of output tubes. It’s full sounding and clear as a bell now.

We can’t stress enough that if you are playing a vintage tube amp how important it is to have the power supply components like filter capacitors updated to preserve the sound of your amp and keep your tubes happy. We see a lot of amps from this era in our shop that have never been touched except for tubes. Replacing tubes without also freshening up the power supply, especially if the components are still original, isn’t going to allow the amp to reliably produce the high voltages needed to keep the amps performing at their best. Hit us up for amp work if you ever have any questions.

Thanks for looking!

Our next event is coming up on Saturday the 25th!!

Come join the Vinyl Tap crew for some spooky jams to keep you going all the way to Halloween.

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