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  • Crate Stelth GT50 modification

    Does anyone know what this modification to a Crate GT50 might be? The amp works fine. I opened it to resolder the input jack to the circuit board because it had a short when I plugged into it with a guitar. At first I thought the resistors R104 and R105 had burned up but the amp works fine. The attachments are of the schematic of the amp and a picture of the questionable modification.
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    Last edited by weeksville; 12-04-2010, 01:37 AM.

  • #2
    Crate G50 heater circuit

    The resistors are (were) part of the vacuum tube heater circuit.
    R104 is 1K ohms
    R105 is 470 ohms.
    Looks like a virtual center tap, dehumming thing.
    Along with C60 & C61.
    Last edited by Jazz P Bass; 12-04-2010, 03:40 PM.

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    • #3
      I don't see any mod. I see a burnt up resistor and a missing resistor. As JPB said, that is the hum balance resistor circuit. Those burnt up almost certainly when a power tube failed, or a power tube was inserted into a socket facing the wrong way.
      Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.

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      • #4
        Should I replace the resistors? If so what wattage rated resistors should I use?

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        • #5
          Written right on the schematic.
          Note #2
          1/4 w 5 %
          Attached Files

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          • #6
            Thanks!

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            • #7
              crate stealth gt50

              need pic of wiring ,pic you posted only showed 1/2 of board . my name is gordon,, my e-mail is aivlys00@aol.com.. son took amp apart and forgot how wires plugged in ,,need to see other 1/2 of board or the whole thing .. thank you very much

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              • #8
                Is there any part of the board you would like a closeup of? What plug are you looking for?

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