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Interesting that the chassis the PCB is housed in looks to be hot dip galvy. Ive never seen that on a guitar amp chassis. I wonder what the pros and cons are for this. I always wondered why I never saw amp chassis done that way because it's cheap and easy. I asumed the real nerds knew what they were doing so it must not be a good idea.Last edited by Chuck H; 06-17-2023, 01:20 AM."Take two placebos, works twice as well." Enzo
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Does anyone know if Sunn is still owned by Fender? The circuit board printing looks very familiar."I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22Comment
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I was wondering the same, but was too lazy to look into itOriginally posted by The Dude View Post
"Take two placebos, works twice as well." Enzo
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In my defense, I did do a quick search and couldn't find a definitive answer,
Edit: I looked up the "whois" domain registration information for sunnamps.com and it lists the contact information as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. So, there's the answer.Last edited by The Dude; 06-17-2023, 12:00 AM."I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22Comment
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Looks like Fender still owns trademanrk.
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The article says Fender 'retired' the brand in 2002. So I guess they've decided to bring it out of retirement (aka see if we can squeeze a few more bucks out of it ).
Do the pics show if it is double-sided board? SMD semi-conductors?Originally posted by Enzo
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Here's a board pic from the link. I don't see any SMD, but it is a double sided board.
"I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22Comment
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Oh. I was expecting solid-state, but I see a 6AN8 socket there. Seems a little odd as I don't think that tube is in modern production?Originally posted by Enzo
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Well Fender also owns Groove Tubes. They may have some clout with manufacturers.?. Perhaps there's a Rusky 6an8 in our future.Originally posted by g1 View Post"Take two placebos, works twice as well." Enzo
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I suspect they will stick with vintage circuits as much as they can, but with modern build techniques. It will be interesting to see. The original 100S (model on circuit board) used the 6AN8 for the PI and preceding stage. I do agree it's odd using a tube that's no longer in production, though.
Original Schematic:
http://www.prowessamplifiers.com/sch...sunn/100S.html
"I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22Comment
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maybe there's enough stock already out there for a production run. as time goes on it may be that odder tubes show up in newer amps.
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Lol, F&T caps, soon to be replaced with I.C. Company i worked for 20 years ago always used good quality filter caps and film coupling caps for prototypes/listening tests.Comment
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