Unexpected increased distortion (=earlier breakup) in vntage Silvertone 1482 tube amp

[slidincharlie (Carlo P)]

Hi all.
I've been missing from this forum for a few years. In fact I haven't done any amp job for a long while.
My 1967 Silvertone 1482 amp has...

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[begginerampguy]

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[bananaguitar]

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[clarisso11]

Hi!

I've been working on building an amplifier head around a Blues Junior PCB I got for cheap some time ago. With the help of this forum and...

[clarisso11]

Hi everyone,

I've been working on building an amplifier head around a Fender Blues Junior PCB that I got for quite cheap.

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[ShredmasterAFG]

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[TheAndyEngineer]

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[severthee]

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[drummer125]

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[Ufologo22]

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[trip]

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something failed here.

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[JMMP]

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[kevtronic]

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[evil79]

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[georgetildesley]

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