Well, if they come with just a tab bit tighter bass response, and I mean just a tad. They will be perfect.

Now, I'm familiar with the effect and feel of caps on a tube amp, but on a SS amp...not so much.

What would slightly smaller caps do to my tone and feel?? Say, 4700uF or so...

I'm assuming with the SS amp that a lower cap value may not result in a pleasant sag in my tone...or am I wrong??

When I was wiring up and putting fuses (a good thing  ) in my ugly variac I had a power cord plugged in and a multimeter attached to the stripped ends of the power cord.

Over and over I would get normal readings on the voltmeter gauge on the variac but much reduced voltage through the power cord

I wondered that maybe the ammeter gauge was to blame checking polarity and bypassing it ect...so I kept checking and disconnecting and reconnecting until finally I suspected the cord so I did continuity checks and sure enough the positive prong had no continuity.

So I stuck meter leads into the socket and it worked correlating with the voltmeter on the variac.
Turning to the cord wondering why I had wasted like two hours and a couple awg fuses
It wasn't some old relic either it was from a cheep Walmart box fan that had a melted switch
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So I continued on with the continuity test but while flexing etc never could get it to work.  So then I started stabbing it with meter lead prongs piercing the insulation there was a looks like crimped in grommet but even right behind the plug there was nothing.

Even now I still find it hard to believe it doesn't work 

Yes, a bit stiffer response if it is even noticeable.

Yes, pre-out can go into another amp.  Tube amp especially won't mind a hot signal at the instrument input jack.
Try it. 

Yes sir thanks it would be nice to get a good sound without pedals and simpler

I had emailed the manufacturer of the amp some time ago with a schematic request never heard back.

On a separate note...I have this little Peavey amp
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It has a "preamp out"

Can I run this preamp out into another amp 

Well, I was able to find a couple of 6800uF caps that are 100 volts and measure 35mmx70mm on Amazon for a whole $9.95 for 2pcs.

However, I would still like to know what the advantages or disadvantages would be if I used the 10000uF filter caps in the power section.

I'm assuming maybe a little bit better and tighter bass response if anything??

Thanks again in advance.

-J

If I understand you correctly, you want to modify the amp to rawk hard (and hopefully not die young) but are considering using pedals as well? Also, you're after the 5150 tone?
Perhaps you have a schematic you would care to share, so we could make a suggestion or two?

Thanks for the replies.

Here is pic I found online (since I wasn't smart enough to take some while I was at it.)

The cap in the photo appears to be about 35mm if I'm not mistaken.

I did find a couple of 35mmx70mm 100V 10000uF caps in my forgotten stash. Is there any reason I would NOT want to use a 10000uF cap in the power supply positions??

Thanks in advance.

-J

Fyi it does not have chassis ground the green wire is not connected to anything maybe it should be attached to one of the three variac mounting bolts ?

I present to you my ghetto redneck ridiculously ugly and heavy variac

So yeah 3/4 inch plywood isn't always a good thing 

Also a quick note...if you need a hole saw to insert an object that is two inches in diameter...don't use a two inch hole saw 

Also....solid core wire seems all primo and all but it's a pain   

Oh yeah also if you are using scraps of wire that are different colors it makes everything more interesting.
 
And....if you can buy a variac with gauges and outlet and switch etc it's probably cheaper and ergonomically compact and easier on the eyes 
Anyhow here it is running a box fan and old lamp with two bulbs

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And the inside
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I started with an ancient object called an Adjust-A-Volt and could not find anywhere on the web old forums anywhere the pinout save for one pic and thread so I tried it and it worked

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After all this I don't really have a need for it except I do want some bonding posts only so I can use it for the experiments in my book like when I need five volts ac or something for a breadboard.

One weird thing trying to be cautious for some reason I took a voltage measurement on the three mounting bolts and too my horror got like 27v ac  so after yet more world wide web forum etc I connected it to ground with a resistor then measured voltage across the resistor which was basically zero.

So...could be I'm measuring stuff wrong    or there is a phenomenon called stray voltage ⚡