During a day at the Englishtown, NJ flea market I spotted this baby.
I had been thinking about building a 2 x el84 amp with a simple tremolo.
It came with 2 original Jensen c12r speakers date coded as late
1966. All parts are coded late 1966 also. The "can" filter
capacitor had leaked
so I did not power it up until replacing it. I also changed
all of the coupling caps and most resistors. I rewires the heaters
in twisted pairs with
a pot to balance any heater hum. I added 2 speaker jacks to allow
for the use of one 8 ohm extension cab + one internal 8 ohm Jensen when
desired. Adjustable cathode bias from 100-150 ohms replaced
the stock 130 ohm resistor. "Death cap" was removed and a safe
3 prong
cord was installed. Preamps were re-wired with (channel 1)
-1500 ohm + 25u cathode, and (channel 2) --1500 ohm + no bypass cap.
Tremolo
jack was rewired to turn "on" the trem instead of turning it "off"
when grounded. I also changed a .022 trem cap to .01 to speed up
the range of the modulation. This is "bias modulation" trem and uses
only one gain stage and no "roach." All tubes were original and made
in Japan.
New Electro Harmonics 12ax7EH preamp tubes and new JJ brand el84
power tubes. New 6au trem tube.
Tone is great with ch 1 breaking up around 4 and ch 2 around 8.
I may add a 1u bypass cap to the last preamp stage for some more
high end.
Chassis before being worked on.
Chassis post op.
2 x Jensen c12r
Pre op chassis front.
Post op chassis and baffle.
Post op with Original Cabinet
New 3/4" Pine Cabinet
Rear
Controls