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    I have a 66 Ampeg gs12 R for parts.What can I build using a FW BRIDGE RECTIFIER? I VE BUILT AMPS B4. THANKS

  • #2
    Unless you are going to build a perfect Ampeg clone, you might be better off selling them. Any amp you build otherwise you can use any off the shelf tranny. People like me have a Ampeg cabinet and no chassis and would love to rebuild it.

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    • #3
      Anytjing that'll take 2x7591s & 3 12AX7s. Unless yours was a 6V6 model. I'd actually restore it - they're great little amps. Had a beautiful 66 for years before selling it toca jazzer buddy.

      Justin
      "Wow it's red! That doesn't look like the standard Marshall red. It's more like hooker lipstick/clown nose/poodle pecker red." - Chuck H. -
      "Of course that means playing **LOUD** , best but useless solution to modern sissy snowflake players." - J.M. Fahey -
      "All I ever managed to do with that amp was... kill small rodents within a 50 yard radius of my practice building." - Tone Meister -

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Justin Thomas View Post
        Anytjing that'll take 2x7591s & 3 12AX7s. Unless yours was a 6V6 model. I'd actually restore it - they're great little amps. Had a beautiful 66 for years before selling it toca jazzer buddy.

        Justin
        Mine has 6V6S.Cant restore the board was burnt up but i salvaged the OT &PT.I m gonna build something like a 5E3.Thanks.Im go
        nna use a SS FW bridge rectifier. THANKS

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        • #5
          Originally posted by mikhett View Post
          Mine has 6V6S.Cant restore the board was burnt up but i salvaged the OT &PT.I m gonna build something like a 5E3.Thanks.Im go
          nna use a SS FW bridge rectifier. THANKS
          If only the original PCB is burnt up, have the cabinet and chassis, you've a good candidate for a hand-wired Turret board, re-build the Ampeg circuit, and put the time in to do it right.
          Logic is an organized way of going wrong with confidence

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          • #6
            Originally posted by nevetslab View Post
            If only the original PCB is burnt up, have the cabinet and chassis, you've a good candidate for a hand-wired Turret board, re-build the Ampeg circuit, and put the time in to do it right.
            Who carries the ampeg gs-12 R turret board?? It aint as popular as a FENDER!

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            • #7
              Likely no one.

              The photo I see for the insides of that model just show an eyelet board with an evenly spaced row of eyelets along each long edge. No specific layout.

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              • #8
                If you're interested, Hoffman Amplifiers will build custom eyelet boards. See the link towards the bottom of this page.

                https://hoffmanamps.com/MyStore/perl...R_ID=!ORDERID!
                "I took a photo of my ohm meter... It didn't help." Enzo 8/20/22

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by The Dude View Post
                  If you're interested, Hoffman Amplifiers will build custom eyelet boards. See the link towards the bottom of this page.

                  https://hoffmanamps.com/MyStore/perl...R_ID=!ORDERID!
                  Second that. Does nice work.
                  The only good solid state amp is a dead solid state amp. Unless it sounds really good, then its OK.

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                  • #10
                    Generic eyelet board will work. IF by chance it does have a PCB (shouldn't, but...) you can make a turret board& use wire to follow the traces. Stake a turret at every hole. Tough & comes with a sense of accomplishment.

                    Justin
                    "Wow it's red! That doesn't look like the standard Marshall red. It's more like hooker lipstick/clown nose/poodle pecker red." - Chuck H. -
                    "Of course that means playing **LOUD** , best but useless solution to modern sissy snowflake players." - J.M. Fahey -
                    "All I ever managed to do with that amp was... kill small rodents within a 50 yard radius of my practice building." - Tone Meister -

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