Winston GA 200

[lowell]

This is an old German guitar amp. A friend of mine who lived in Germany is having me give it a once over. Can't seem to find anything on the company or amps.

[Albert Kreuzer]

Winston was the premium line of Klemt / Echolette. Some information can be found here.

[lowell]

Thanks!

[QJerry]

i have one of them Winston/Echolette GA200 - can help with schematic...

best regards

[Albert Kreuzer]

can help with schematic...

Yes, please

[QJerry]

preamp is like S40, PA is not exactly the same, but this one can help...

best regards

[Albert Kreuzer]

Thank you very much!

[stefan531]

Hello,
I have a GA 200, but last time i used it ( a few years ago) smoke came out of it, and since then it has been waiting to be repaired.
I want to have it repaired by now (playing guitar again) so i would really be interested in any information about this amp. what speaker i have to or must not use, how i can plug a mike into it, anything, and of course any other useful information.
Thanks a lot for the pdf above.
Thanks
Stefan

[lowell]

Smoke? Ok. Does it power on? If not check the fuse. If fuse is blown, pull the powers tubes, replace the fuse, and power on. Does it now stay on? Let's start there. This way we can see if It's a power amp issue.

[stefan531]

Smoke? Ok. Does it power on? If not check the fuse. If fuse is blown, pull the powers tubes, replace the fuse, and power on. Does it now stay on? Let's start there. This way we can see if It's a power amp issue.

Hello, thanks for your answer.
it does power on, there's a little noise and the tubes light.
But i only have a speaker on its own, which is a celestion (i don't know exactly which model).
I don't know if I can use it without any other preparation. 4 ohms or 8?
That's what i did when it smoked, and i don't want to aggravate the mistake if it was one.

At the back of the amp, there are two jack plugs. one is cabinet, the other is extra-cabinet, and there's a switch 1/2 cabinet.
If I have a single speaker, I guess I have to plug it into cabinet and put the switch on 1 cabinet. (tell me if you think i'm mistaken)

thanks a lot
Stefan

[lowell]

Yes that sounds right regarding the speaker. I would remove the chassis and visually inspect the inside, especially the power tube sockets. Are any resistor on pin 6 burnt? It's unlikely that 1 open screen resistor would kill the sound though but at least check em. Aside from that are you good with a meter? You can also try new preamp tubes. Oh and is there ANY hiss or hum from the speaker when the amp is in play mode?

[stefan531]

Hello,
My speaker is a celestion vintage 30".
For the rest, at the moment i'm quite decided to show my amp to a professionnal, rather than doing mistakes and injuring it.
Thanks anyway for your help, it's been very useful
Stefan

[Jazz P Bass]

Good call, Stefan.