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The OLDEST Piece of Tube Guitar Amp History I've Ever Restored!

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In this video, we'll service and electronically restore the oldest guitar amp I've ever featured on this channel - a vintage, near-antique 1941 National-Dobro Tweed Model 75 which predates VALCO and Fender! This Model 75 came to me in relatively poor shape. It had not been serviced in many decades. Mice had at one time taken up residence inside the cabinet and chassis, and the speaker was dry-rotting before our very eyes. We'll send the speaker off to Tom Colvin at The Speaker Workshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana and even enlist the help of my wife to sew a ripped grill cloth. We'll troubleshoot an issue with no sound and briefly demo the tone. This is a long one, so grab a coffee or a beer and settle in for a fine and important piece of guitar history!
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@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Anyone hoping or expecting to see a SPF vid, here's last week's SPF BONUS vid from Channel 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q35GP5OTCfg.html

@HashiAkitaPuppy 4 года назад

You need to do a SPF on the latest Guitar Center Catalog for the holidays.

@MrPnew1 4 года назад

Brad see this www.ebay.com/itm/1940-National-Dobro-Corp-Model-75-Vintage-Tube-Guitar-Amplifier-Tweed-1x12-6L6-/193096838123

@taotuhao5969 4 года назад

Hey Brad , is this the schematic for that amp? www.oldfrets.com/Valco/Schematics/national-dobro_75.pdf

@taotuhao5969 4 года назад

Nevermind it's not the same one.

@stepvanjoe3469 4 года назад

Brad that's a cool little amp. This was a great one to share as seeing the historical guitars and amps (any musical instrument really) is always an education

@buckodonnghaile4309 4 года назад

The year my dad was born. He has the same patina and is need of a little restoration work himself, I'll ship him to Brad in the morning.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PU5xxh5UX4U.html

@toarrestsomeoneistoviolate2643 4 года назад

@@TheGuitologist OK Boomer

@1980bwc 4 года назад

Brad said, "Address Unknown"! Lol

@yqwgjsg 4 года назад

Maybe he just needs a new cord and his pots cleaned

@1980bwc 4 года назад

@@yqwgjsg I need my pots cleaned too. Darn hard water buildup ya see.

@pulaski1 4 года назад

Hey Brad, I am so glad there are people like you who care so much about the details of restoring and preserving historic equipment like this.

@billmiller7138 4 года назад

Poplar 2960 was their phone number. I was born in Philly. Long time ago;)

@ishkadon-ell4927 4 года назад

Wow

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 4 года назад

Bill Miller I was born in 1967 in a different state and even I remember that method of phone number assignment. My family’s number was Elmwood 0621.

@johnorlitta 4 года назад

I was wondering if it was a phone number, before area codes.

@audiotechlabs4650 4 года назад

The quality of this era, even on a lower priced line of amps, is a testament to how far we have come. Today's quality is far lower on "cheap" amps. This may not have been considered a cheaper amp than other brands, but the attention to detail is obvious. Those input jacks have the 1930s square top instead of modern type with the bend on the tip to help hold the plug in. The label for the service shop said "Radio" only. No "TV" included in the type of service. Why?, because TV was not in every household until 20 years later. There was no TV. Brad, you did a fantastic job of this restoration. The speaker recone part of the video was great. Glad you included it. That recone shop is also fantastic! SPF was nicely sacrificed for this restoration. Thanxz

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

I agree. This is better, more enduring content.

@duffman18 4 года назад

You should check out some of the cheap amps that are coming out today. In the last 5 years or so they've made a huge jump in quality. Stuff like the Boss Katana for example is an amazing little thing, it manages to do the whole Line 6 thing except not god awful like Line 6 does with their spider amps, the Katana actually sounds fantastic and they have all these extra features and attention to detail to that personally I'd never use but they're very handy for a lot of people (like you can play through Bluetooth, and some of the models can be played without plugging them into a wall outlet, just running off an internal battery, which is amazing for buskers) And you can get all these quality cheap tube heads for under $700 from several brands that sound amazing and are great for recording, as they're often something like 5 watts so you can really overdrive them and not be shot dead by your neighbours. I was surprised too, I always was like you, I wanted vintage stuff only and if I was gonna buy an amp I'd wanna pay no less than $1500 or something like that as I believed anything cheaper would just be terrible. But things have really come along recently. Technology has improved so much. Digital technology actually sounds good now, no I'm not kidding. Plenty of guitarists now buy these things that are essentially amp simulators in a box, to play live gigs with, as they're so much smaller and lighter than amps and just plug into the P.A. system, and nobody can tell the difference in sound anymore, at least not in the mix. Digital guitar technology has been basically all awful until the last 5 years but now they've actually got a handle on it and can recreate real amps and effects so accurately that no guitarist could tell the difference in a blind test. That's pretty kind blowing to me. Embracing the past is great, these old amps sound fantastic, that's great and all, but you've got to try out some of the new stuff that exists today as well. Use both, together. At one time, amps like this one in the video were cutting edge technology too, and the idea of an electric guitar was some crazy childish idea that'd never catch on, it was just a fad and only acoustic guitar was the real authentic realm of guitar. The great guitarists of history never shied away from new technologies but we're the first to embrace them, look at Hendrix for example. If he was alive today he'd probably be making electronic music on a computer like Bowie did a lot of and Paul McCartney has done.

@alakani 4 года назад

I think that might be survivorship bias. Cars are maybe a better example, there were a lot of really terrible ones but not many of them lasted to present day, so not many people really know about them anymore.

@fossilmatic 4 года назад

Just loved hearing Tom Colvin talking about his craft and background of learning it. Would love to see more content like this, be it cabinet builders, speaker guys, luthiers, or collectors. Nice demo Brad.

@TKScott 4 года назад

I buy my speaker parts from Tom (good guy)

@dkmmhdk 4 года назад

This Reminded me of Uncle Doug even before you mentioned him. I also enjoy watching his channel. Nice clean sound from this old amp. Greetings from not too far away from Peter Jensen's place of birth.

@RuneTheFirst 4 года назад

The sticker on the output tube says the amp has been serviced, probably in the 50s. The late 50s caps inside confirm it. The areas where those shops were located went downhill really quick in the 60s and repair shops were pretty much gone totally before the end of the 60s. Some relocated to better parts of town. The tubes used were found after 1940 and replaced earlier types with different bases or pinouts. Bell & Howell (also of Chicago) used these same tubes until 1954.

@SteeringSteel 4 года назад

This amplifier is without a doubt a real “National” treasure, all pun intended! :)

@yqwgjsg 4 года назад

It is simply amazing to watch something that was built 14 years before I was born come back to life and sound that good. Can’t even imagine buying a piece of electronics today and having it still be working almost 80 years in the future. They really were the greatest generation.

@G60syncro 4 года назад

I loved the bit where the guys at Speaker Workshop showed their work. Glad they sent you the footage!!

@FuquarProductions 4 года назад

I meant to get more, but Tom forgot to call me to capture it.

@G60syncro 4 года назад

Even then man it's really cool, hopefully Brad sends you something else and you get to show off more on the next one

@wadereynoldsgm 4 года назад

When you were playing guitar, I heard a part of a song I wrote back in 96. I was like, Brad stole my song! Got my attention. Anyways, great video! I appreciate your time to make these videos. I especially liked the part about the speaker repair - that was a nice surprise.

@EddieWinebauer 4 года назад

i've been jonesing for one of these man, i love when these go long.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thanks for sticking through it.

@johnharlan7205 4 года назад

I do remember the name Bergdolls, from when I was a kid, advertising on the radio in Philly, but I only recognize the name. I live in the suburbs now and don’t go into downtown Philly. Many areas have been gentrified. It looks like the Girard Ave building was originally more than one home.

@stevenphillips2653 4 года назад

The odd number on the labels was probably the phone number for one of the two phone companies that Philly used to have.

@raysmetaltracks6782 4 года назад

Honestly one of the best videos I've ever watched. The detail end-to-end was just awesome. Thank you for taking us way into your process - this was rare and new territory for me and I absolutely loved it!

@bandpassmess 4 года назад

Love how made USA on all components. That amp sounds smooth 😌😌😌😌

@ravenslaves 4 года назад

...and now I know where to send any speaker repairs I may come across. Thanks Brad. These kind of people who keep alive the knowledge of those pioneers are worth their weight in Bit-Coin. We need more people like this.

@marccarter1350 4 года назад

Logged on for SPF. Got this little gem instead :-)

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thanks for sticking around. I might try to put up some SPF type material this weekend on Channel 2. But I have several other videos in the can I need to edit and post, so we'll see...

@jaeztheone 4 года назад

the world is a better place when there are nutcases like you are around......respect !

@donstewart368 4 года назад

We formed our band in the early 60s and being poor we had some old junky amps. Wish I had them back. Good Job.

@DaveJavuify 4 года назад

Great video. Better tell Nigel Tufnel, "This one goes to twelve. "

@bazahaza 4 года назад

Likes at 11 I don't to press it, even though it would be one more!

@phillipbainbridge9107 4 года назад

Finally, another amp repair video! Great job man! Definitely gonna take some speakers up to the speaker workshop.

@thomasarmbruster1743 5 часов назад

Speaker Workshop did a great job on my 1962 Rolas pulled from an old Hammond.

@Cavemaaaan 4 года назад

Hey Brad :) Regarding that Berdoll's "POP. 2960" - I believe that to be the phone number for Bergdoll's business back then. I used to work for an electronic component reseller i the nineties that had been around for decades. In this area, their phone number was "CE 2-4800" for 232-4800. You would also see it printed on things as "CEdar 24800". This was a a way to help customers remember your business phone number easier by substituting the first two numeric digits with two letters and using those two letters in a common word such as cedar or possibly in this case POPular or POPpa. Strange but true :)

@Bsquared1972 4 года назад

I think this might be my favorite vid that you've done...love the walk-through and recommend for speaker repair...I have several 1950s 10-inch speakers that need re-coning.

@wingracer1614 4 года назад

I was panicking when the cone fell apart because I was scared he was going to replace the speaker. So glad he had it re-coned right, this one definitely deserved it.

@arnaldobonilla-ortiz21 4 года назад

I'm wondering, Is the speaker inside this Dobro also 10 inches?

@dyamariv3628 4 года назад

Loved the Video Brad! If you can, you need to do more of these full length start to finish amp restoration videos like this. Super interesting seeing it step by step and all the tube testing going on. Can wait for the next one!

@daveanderson5680 4 года назад

From the “dawn” of the 6V6...which was introduced 1936...probably had metal 6V6s originally. IEA codes mostly came around because of the requirements of US Gov contracts in WW2

@djmtndew 4 года назад

My guess on the speaker is 32nd week 1937

@LitesLAB 4 года назад

Finally! A repair vid! Love it!

@wallacewinston3627 4 года назад

This here is top notch programming. This is what I love about this channel.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thank you, Robert.

@lukebrinkley9279 4 года назад

Kudos to you, the speaker workshop, and absolutely your wife!!! I adore this video!

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

And don't forget the video sponsor too, Bony Right. Without sponsors for these long-form videos, I simply couldn't keep doing them and have it make financial sense. But yeah, the wife and Tom Colvin at Speaker Workshop are the real stars of this one.

@lowheadroom 2 года назад

I'm going back through your catalogue. A year ago I understood none of the terminology , etc. Now it's great to follow along. Kind of like It's a brand new video. Hope you're doing well man.

@TheGuitologist 2 года назад

Lots of past content. Check out the playlist section on my channel homepage if you want to go through them all. Thats a good way to do it.

@tomstrum6259 4 месяца назад

What a nice modern looking 1930's guitar amp brought back from years of silence !! .....Given 1/2 way decent tubes these old amps give amazing lifespan performance....You rescued a good one !!

@Bbh4535 4 года назад

This one of the coolest videos you have done, I just really enjoy these. Ever thought of building your own amp on this channel? Then put it up as a giveaway.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Ben Huhndorf Giveaways are an unsustainable model.

@Bbh4535 4 года назад

The Guitologist or you can sell it on reverb, I just think it be fun to see a video series of you building an amp.

@dharleyfan1 4 года назад

Funny I watched another of your episodes and it had a RCA Picture Tube Banner in the background. My Dad, my Brother and I all worked at RCA's picture tube plant in Marion In. which is only 60 miles from Ft.Wayne In. Then this guy from the speaker repair place, mentions Farnsworth. When my Dad started at the location that became RCA Picture Tubes, it was Farnsworth Radio. My Dad worked there for 41 years, as a skilled trade electrician, and he repaired and built radios, televisions and police scanners. I still remember the smell of hot tubes and solder, whenever I would walk into my Dads shop. My brother worked there for 18 years, and I worked there for 16 years, before it was closed down, and moved to Mexico because of NAFTA.

@atunleashed 4 года назад

The amp is cool and all but let’s talk about that freaking awesome tube tester!!! 😍😍😍

@johnorlitta 4 года назад

I remember seeing one just like it in a local department store back in the 70's, it was set up as a stand alone unit so you could bring your tubes from home to test them.

@Shadow63Wolf 4 года назад

The tube tester that doesn't properly test a tube? There is probably an inch of dust on mine. None of the tube testers test a tube properly. The majority of them don't even use the plate other than for a shorts test. So even if a tube tests good on a tester it can still be bad. Then if it tests bad, depending on what tests bad, it can still be good. Experience and a few voltage checks will tell you if a tube is bad or good. There is always the plug another one in method that also works pretty good. I've got a transistor checker with about the same amount of dust on it. I can see why he appears to be just a hobby repairman.

@augustleo7434 4 года назад

@@Shadow63Wolf please post a vid of your work

@user-陽朝 3 года назад

Because we have you, and because this amp still exists and sounds so beautiful, I guess the world has not ended yet. Thank you.

@joeroganjosh9333 3 года назад

Larry and Neil are watching this and loving every minute. Awesome to see some history coming back to life.

@philgallagher1 4 года назад

Much as I enjoy SPF, you can't beat this kind of long form in-depth feature! Nice work, Brad!

@carvinblack 4 года назад

Not worth much but I found a roughly 1975 solid state National Amp at a thrift store for 6 bucks made for a shop called C Bruno and Son that I think I researched to be out of NYC at the time.

@stratshadow 4 года назад

As a new subscriber am really loving your videos. I'm a musician and reasonably technical, but I find your vintage repair uploads so interesting, relaxing and almost therapeutic! Keep going.......loving your guitar playing as well!

@fongy200 2 года назад

I have a WEM combo from the 70's. When i first opened the fuse housing it had tin foil wrapped around the fuse, talk about Cowboys. I wish we had a good Amp tech in the UK like yourself that doesn't take the piss with £100 ph service fees. Their mega expensive and quite big headed. Forced me to take an electronics course at College, i just passed with flying colours. It was only a beginners course but i will be starting the intermediate course later this year, it's a few weeks longer and more expensive but from what i have learnt and repaired already makes me know it's worth it., i'm 50. You inspired me pal. God bless you Brad.

@stevenmiller5366 4 года назад

The cone is ribbed for her pleasure!! Oh, love the jammies......I had a pair of Bell Bottoms that color back in 1969!!! Awesome sounding Amp!!!!!!

@DerredmaxTRIAX 2 года назад

Brad raising shit from the dead like the Crypt keeper. Your a Legend brother. This is some seriously high quality TV.......

@anthonyz7000 4 года назад

I love the detective work and the love of history here. And the satisfaction of getting this old amp to sing again. Who knows when the last time any sound was pushed through it? So great, really great job.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

2 bad original tubes, c.1960 recap...could be decades.

@doctorwacky5680 4 года назад

Hey Brad, awesome video. When I was a little kid, probably about nine years old I inherited something similar to this from my grandpa. He had a pick up on his violin, and played in a country band and use that amplifier. It was interesting, because the amp that I inherited had a lacquer cabinet instead of the tweed. But it was very similar to this one that you were working on, grandpa always said he bought it brand new in about 1939, so if that helps there you go my friend. Keep up the good work

@Ibaneddie76 4 месяца назад

Great job Brad you brought her back, the customer is probably extremely happy to have that unique amp. I'd love to hear some old P-90's through it or any old arch top.

@kenjimac2211 4 года назад

This was a damn nice surprize Brad! Thank you for the upload man 👍. Love the old stuff.

@georgeescaped6035 4 года назад

i remember get the box of tubes go sent down to the local supermarket to the tube tester machine, test the tubes and if you needed a new one they were kept in drawers below the tester, was fun very rarely found bad ones i guess the folks just wanted me out of the house!

@edgardoparales2957 4 года назад

Wow What a great Job you did on that Amp Brad, you’re a Genius Man, Yessssssss

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thanks Edgardo. I appreciate you watching.

@tompatrick3281 2 года назад

Glad you included the reconers in your video

@TheGuitologist 2 года назад

Tom does a great job. I highly recommend The Speaker Workshop.

@mcopado 4 года назад

Holy cow I really didn't think there were speaker reconers... awesome.

@RWL2012 4 года назад

it's a very precise job because the alignment has to be exactly right to avoid the coil rubbing as the gap is so tight.

@bl4km4th 4 года назад

Watching you bring this thing to life was surreal. It was like listening to a guitar through a time machine. Thanks for this.

@valueofnothing3417 4 года назад

Wow. Playing a piece of history. Incredible.

@valuedhumanoid6574 4 года назад

I remember as a kid my dad pulling out the tubes from our tv and taking them to K-Mart. In the back they had this huge console tube tester. It was the size of a chest freezer. On the lid it looked like something out of Star Wars. Hundreds of sockets, switches, gauges, jacks and lights. My dad would stick each tube in the socket and go through this whole rig-amoral and one of three lights would illuminate. Red, White or Green. I don't know why that memory stuck in my head, but this was in 1972 when I was just a wee lad. Then we would go to Custer's Last Stand, a drive in burger joint where they hung the trays on your door window and you would eat in your car.

@WalkenDead 4 года назад

This is awesome! I never knew there were places out there basically restoring speakers.

@webbtrekker534 4 года назад

The length is fine by me. By the way. You brought this out last year on my Birthday! Thank you.

@billg2942 4 года назад

Y2E is a ship date of March/April 1941.

@AcmeRacing 4 года назад

36 minutes in he pulls out the same chart I found on line, page 17.

@ralphbenites1819 4 года назад

When I was a kid our neighbor fixed old TV sets & hi fi stereos in his garage & I remember sending all the TV sets waiting to be fixed or picked up 📺📻

@Lumby1 4 года назад

Complete overhaul of an antique museum piece. Nice job! Nice video!

@springy-2112 4 года назад

For me Brad this was the best video you've ever made..thank you your efforts are very much appreciated . Peace and love to you and your lovely family 👍🏻☮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thanks. I appreciate that.

@freepress8451 4 года назад

I detect a more relaxed Brad

@dlux703 4 года назад

I need to suggest that you use a vacuum with a dust brush on the chassis of one of these when you've pulled the tubes. You don't want to let any of that dust a debris get down in the tube sockets. I only mention this cause you said you needed to "wipe it down", which would surely allow some of that crap to fall down in the pin sockets. The vacuum will suck it up before you do any wiping.

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Not a bad idea. I sprayed them all the same.

@ianseymour4066 4 года назад

I love the history of this stuff so much. There's a music store near me that is basically a hoarders collection of old stuff and it's just fun to look at all their old shit.

@LightningDogg 4 года назад

Ha. LSD balls. That's when you get old and they sag so much you start trippin over 'em.

@triplesevensix291 4 года назад

Grandfather bollocks along with grandfather ears! Lol. And long hair from your nose & earholes & eyebrows like a Russian grandfather!

@LightningDogg 4 года назад

@@triplesevensix291 I resemble that remark lol.

@triplesevensix291 4 года назад

@@LightningDogg Ha! Cheers.

@Wargasm644 4 года назад

And when you sit on the toilet to drop a deuce, your nuts splash the water. Getting old gargles balls.

@nathansealey6270 3 года назад

Dude it looks fantastic & sounds amazing. Personally I wish alot more modern amps could compare to its clean full tone

@raycymbalisty5503 4 года назад

sos pads work great at cleaning speaker baskets takes out the oxidation and pits and gives a nice shine as a bonus. nice vid

@triplesevensix291 4 года назад

I love the way he has cut a lil hole in the swing gate by the counter in the speaker workshop @ 25:43 so the dog can get the skinny on what's going down. Lol. Nice one.

@buckodonnghaile4309 4 года назад

Good eye, that's great. Seems like a wonderful dog.

@2dazetake 4 года назад

Turn grill cloth 90% to the left or there about, and hide the hole behind the strips going across the front. 😊👍

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Not a bad idea. I thought about moving the rip too, but there were more rips hidden by the cross braces.

@scottclark7592 4 года назад

@@TheGuitologist I would wonder about removing back cloth for the front and vice versus. That being said the rip was repaired nicely.

@Tomater768 4 года назад

Old amps like this make me grin from ear to ear!

@Superjet113 4 года назад

Hey cool amp! Can you believe once that I found a 1937 Gibson amplifier in a dumptser after a estate sale? It was missing the chassis, but the box, speaker and petina were all in great shape!

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

that's unreal. And it illustrates why this stuff doesn't get any more plentiful.

@eggandchipsman7373 4 года назад

Hi Brad! I was talking to my old Buddy ,Lee Kerslake (Heep) He has a new album coming out called "Eleventeen" and he also has a new documentary coming out soon that will be distributed by the Freemantle Group,which will be called the top of Heep.Lee sends his best wishes.Great show Brad,I always tune in! .....PS I bet Uncle Doug's watching this one!

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

That’s great. Give my very best to Lee as well. What a legend!

@dogshark9 4 года назад

That was really interesting & I learned a lot, thanks. Technological/archeological investigating & troubleshooting.

@luthiervandros Год назад

Nice! I did a ‘41 last year. Super interesting and challenging resto.

@TheKeenej 4 года назад

That cocoon looking thing is an egg of a Cockroach. The big black ones. The flying ones. They call the pallmetto bugs here in the southeast. If one of them landed on you, you could learn a new dance or a Chuck Norris move. Trust me!

@williamhill6705 3 года назад

Only an hour long ! it went so fast, the historical value with this amp and most of the ones you have shown us ,thats priceless, the tone of the restored circuit and cone are timeless ,yup i really enjoyed this ,one time a mouse decided to explore the pcb in my prized fender sdl 40 watter, emptied his bladder and burned out the traces in several places ,,some acid trip !

@DrMurdercock 7 месяцев назад

Dude, I had NO Idea we had a reconer here in Indiana that I could stop by when I go to Sweetwater. The repair had a DIngo dog, so that means he is cool right away then he starts talking about WEIGHING the cone to match it. When I need a speaker recone, i know who to call I learn something from every video man. I appreciate that shit, as we get older it's harder and harder and to learn so we tend to cherish new wisdom. Appreciate ya man. Ever up in Indiana, I know some areas for yout o check out.

@mattmeyer1847 3 года назад

Man that is an awesome SOUNDING VINTAGE AMP......WOW !!! Great job Brad, keep up the great repairs we need people such as yourself to keep the great vintage guitars and amps up and running !!!

@CR3W1SH03S 4 года назад

I've always found it interesting that the controls on these old amps were oriented so that you stood behind the amp while performing like on Tweed Deluxes, Tweed Twins, Tweed Bassmans... etc.

@Extremebutcher 4 года назад

Was really interesting to see and hear the work tom did, would love to see more of that type of thing for sure, its a long lost craft for sure, great video brad!

@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur 3 года назад

The speaker repair was very special!

@TheGuyMullins 4 года назад

I enjoy your videos and I understand you because you are southern... dig all your outlooks and advice... if I get the lottery I would love for you to go through my 1965 Gibson Ranger amp...

@craigusselman546 4 года назад

Woner what nostalgic memories that old guy would have wow ...

@streetshots1274 4 года назад

I loved every second of this video. Especially when you pulled out the tube tester and that stack of spares. Never know when you need spare parts

@fugamantew 4 года назад

The part with the speaker fix was just great! Wasn't expecting that at all. Loved this video Brad, keep improving still.

@dougreid5123 4 года назад

Very nice job. Now I know who to call when I need a vintage tube !😀

@barbmelle3136 4 года назад

From Leo: Nice save, and feature on the recone job. National was a great brand in the day. Their instruments still are desirable. For recone jobs I have only ever used Ted Weber in Kokomo, Indiana. They did good, my speakers were modern, I don't know if they do vintage.

@sarcophagist4097 4 года назад

For some reason most 6V6 datasheets list 12 watts as the maximum plate dissipation, but I have read 14 watts as well. Anyway, great video on a fascinating amplifier. Really appreciating the reconing segment.

@madaxe79 4 года назад

so cool seeing and Australia Blue Heeler in the speaker shop

@effected112 4 года назад

One of the finest vids I have had the pleasure of watching in a long time! Bravo Brad!!

@therugburnz 3 года назад

That amp is in better shape than I would have expected given the age and description.

@Chinaguitarsceptic 4 года назад

Love your amp repair vids mate! :-)

@joehervey84 4 года назад

Just watched your Fender video

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Thanks for watching, and for the support, Mike!

@scarmyguitar 4 года назад

whoo hoo

@Chinaguitarsceptic 4 года назад

@@TheGuitologist total pleasure bro.

@Chinaguitarsceptic 4 года назад

@@joehervey84 cool mate. Hope you didn't mind that I wasn't actually giving them a hard time! RU-vid has been so rubbish lately I've had to get 'inventive' with my titles.

@jipes 4 года назад

Uncle Doug is a master in old amp restoration ! Beautiful amp and quite in a very decent state

@Kaptain13Gonzo 4 года назад

Fascinating video. Nice refurbishment. fun stuff with the tubes. I remember seeing that kind of tube tester as a kid, when we had TV repair shops. The amp sounds very clean, good for a small room. Watched the whole thing. Cheers.

@alexbozas887 3 года назад

Just came across this channel now...Brad.., thankyou and Uncle Doug and the guys at the Speaker workshop for sharing the knowledge. , and restoring these beautiful gems of byetone era. ..:)) alex ( south africa ).

@brunoCondor 4 года назад

Cool video Brad ! Don't know much about amps, but this was definitely worth to watch. Also the speaker restore. Learned a lot. That new channel looks interesting too. Thanks as always. Greets from Belgium.

@steveblease 4 года назад

This looks like one for Uncle Doug.

@eaf27 4 года назад

I was looking to see if anyone else was thinking this. love me some Uncle Doug!

@EvLoutonian 7 месяцев назад

Cool project ! I have a kinda similar era old amp here in Australia, utilising the field coil (?) type speaker etc. Bit of a mystery to me! Your video re-inspires me to one day do something with it & get it restored.

@trubadorphotography2541 4 года назад

The Girard and Mt Vernon addresses are in the neighborhood not too far from what's called "Center City" (downtown for non-Philly folks). I grew up in Philly, and in my teens and 20s used to hang out down bythe Center City area a lot. The Mt Vernon address is literally a stone's throw from the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Rocky Steps, anyone?). I used to trapse around that whole area (Museum of Art, Franklin Institute, Museum of Natural History, Rodin Museum, Boat House Row on the Schuylkill River, Central Library, Basilica of Sts Peter & Paul). Then, further east and south, is City Hall, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Penn's Landing, South Street & Society Hill. I moved to CA in '94, but I still have a ton of family and friends in suburban Philly. Was last in this area only two years ago. Word to the wise, if you ever visit Philly I suggest staying (roughly) within these boundaries: south of Spring Garden St, north of South St, and between the two rivers... during the daytime. LOL

@TheGuitologist 4 года назад

Will Smith? Is that you? :)

@trubadorphotography2541 4 года назад

The Guitologist ROFL 🤣 Not quite. But I did grow up not to far from where he went to high school.

@goodun2974 4 года назад

Been to Philly several times, it's a very cool city.

@charly611pm 4 года назад

Brad your patients and knowledge .....just amazing . It's so obvious your passion for for anything and everything musical is of the highest standard. I'm just so impressed. I so wish I had your talent and disposition.