Solid State Guitar Amp Forum | DIY Guitar Amplifiers

Hi everyone,

Wanted to say thanks for letting me in the door and give a quick intro.
EE guy here working in broadband access devices (PON) with a life long addiction to guitars and all things amplifiers.

Appreciate the knowledge here and the book by Teemu.  Light bulb limiter is also a great idea that I will be using in my amp restoration projects from now on.

Here is my latest reclamation project, a 1990s era Crate GFX-1200H.  (120W beast!)
$20 for the head and ~$5 in TIP-142/147 power transistors and she is back up and running.

Steve

Exellent project and outcome.

I can´t believe anybody could get rid of a beast of an amp for burger money  :duh  but hey, that´s to your advantage  :dbtu:

It's amazing.  Some folks consider their broken amplifier as just a boat anchor or doorstop and want it gone.  Also, it seems like the price of getting an amplifier repaired is just too much money and it's easier just to buy a new one.

Eh, like you said JM it's to my advantage.   <3)  :dbtu:

Welcome to the party.😉 Music electronics forum was also a great place to go but now appears to be broken 404.

I think you are spot on when you say repair costs are to high to justify working on many solid state amps. My fear is that people are throwing them away. Ironic that Fender is now producing solid state versions of the super and deluxe reverb amps (tone master).