Fender Silverface Super Six Recap Job

[Mick Bailey]

I will recommend F&T filter capacitors.
Noticeably better sound quality, to my ears.

He's replaced them with F&Ts.

[Leo_Gnardo]

A Fender combo amp with six tens and four power tubes!!! How cool IS that?

So - a Twin with 6 tens - OK if you don't have to move it much. I can see why it didn't catch on.

IIRC Albert Collins was fond of these. 'Course, he had a crew to move 'em. Tele thru a couple of Super Sixes & he could drill thru diamond.

[Wittgenstein]

Follow the balance pot adjustment procedure outlined above. Then check the bias by whatever means you like. If it requires adjustment find the 15k resistor on the balance pots tap. Adjust the value of that resistor (as you would normally adjust a bias pot) to adjust the overall bias.

I use the same method as Mick Bailey mentioned in post #2, but you can also install 1 ohm resistors between cathode and ground. Without modifying the circuit at all, the bias isn't adjustable per se. More than you could want to know about biasing, courtesey of Randall Aiken: https://web.archive.org/web/20130301...m/Biasing.html

Thanks, I will give that a read and follow the steps listed above. It sounds pretty good to my ears the way it is now, but I am not playing it through the original cab. I have it hooked up to a Peavey Classic 50 (2x12) cabinet wired for 4 ohms.