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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:54 pm
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Good looking amp!
It's funny what you mentioned about your son,2 out of 3 of my boys play,and the youngest one gigs full time and is a great blues/rocker,when I have jammed with him the kids love it and yeah,they think the old man can do it...makes me feel like I'm good at something. :lol:
He's 26 and also plays in a band with guys my age,the bass player and I gigged together before my son was born. ....they call him "the kid".


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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:58 pm
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Rebelsoul wrote:
....they call him "the kid".


LMAO!

That sounds right cool!

8)

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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:05 pm
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My son is only 18, he will be 19 this May.
Thanks for your support along the path of getting this thing up and running< inow have four spare 5Y3's that all test near enough to new specs.

I did put a 5751 in V-1, the 12AY7 was an E/H and it was microphonic, and you probably guessed it, I had sold off all the extra 12AY7's I had over the years.

I need someone to slap my hand every time I think about selling off extra tubes, it comes back to haunt me every time.

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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:54 am
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terrible buzz in the cab, drove me crazy !!! nothing touching any where.
Then Iremembered my old victoria 20112 and the back panel buzz, stuck an extra heavy pick between the chassis and the back panel and no buzz.

I love putting my own touches on amps, this one has been a ton of fun !!! and now it sounds amazing too.

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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:01 am
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I had a buddy with a 5E3 clone, same drill -- an obnoxious cab buzz that defied diagnosis and remedy. I finally ran a couple of horizontal beads of clear silicon caulk along the rear of the chassis and after it cured, attached the back panel. Voila, the buzz was history!

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Post subject: Re: 5y3gt in a 5E3 or ????
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:19 pm
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I got lucky when I owned the Victoria, a bunch of guys were discussing the same problem on one of the guitar/Amp forums and sure enough evryone had the same trouble and fix.

An extra heavy fender pick cures it every time.

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