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Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
This is my favorite so far... one of the 2uF inter-stage coupling caps. Pretending it is a "capacitive diode".
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
Another 2uF inter-stage coupling cap. Also very dead. Huge voltage transmission loss and ESR.
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
This is the reason Channel #2 was problematic.
2uF reading as 0.0027uF and huge ESR.
This is the cap that couples Channel #2 to the mixer that mixes Channel #1 and Channel #2 before sending to the power amp.
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2uF reading as 0.0027uF and huge ESR.
This is the cap that couples Channel #2 to the mixer that mixes Channel #1 and Channel #2 before sending to the power amp.
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
Main amplification unit is done. Re-cap is finished. Pots cleaned. Switches and jacks cleaned. Frayed wires repaired. Ground switch replaced.
Working on the reverb tank now.
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Working on the reverb tank now.
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Reverb tank is done. Working on the power supply now.
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
Plugged it all back together today.
All I can say is WoW. Nearly all the transistors are germanium. And from 1965, vintage by definition. Best sounding SS amp I've ever heard.
All I can say is WoW. Nearly all the transistors are germanium. And from 1965, vintage by definition. Best sounding SS amp I've ever heard.
Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
Great work, as always, Laurie. I can only imagine how good it sounds.
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Re: Thrift store find - vintage Baldwin amp
Cool, great save! I'm glad you like it.
Fwiw, I think it was made later, like 1969. Your Elna cap was dated from 69, I believe.
Neil Young has used one of these Baldwin amps too.
(Not the same model though)
Fwiw, I think it was made later, like 1969. Your Elna cap was dated from 69, I believe.
Neil Young has used one of these Baldwin amps too.
(Not the same model though)