Yeah I saw something there but it went by so quick I couldn't tell what it was.
@recklesstoboggan
10 ай бұрын
Lyle is the Bob Ross of guitar amp repair, art, and engineering.
@Torquemonster440
10 ай бұрын
@@recklesstoboggan.. " Happy little filter caps".. 😅
@recklesstoboggan
10 ай бұрын
@@Torquemonster440 🤣🤣🤣
@Starcrunch72
10 ай бұрын
Yes Lyle, we are paying attention and you are teaching us very well. I've learned an immense amount of techniques from all of your videos. Thank you.
@TheAxe4Ever
10 ай бұрын
Awesome job Scott Wilcox! A stamp of approval from Lyle is an awesome achievement!
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
I second the motion. Very nicely done Scott!
@scottwilcox6313
10 ай бұрын
Thank you all for the comments. Yes, I don't have large iron to solder the grounds. I do want to upgrade to the AA864 power section. It's not a museum amp. It's a player.
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
@@scottwilcox6313 , the *only* thing I ever use an old Weller 8200 gun for (yes, gun) is chassis grounds, and it works okay for that despite not having much thermal mass to the tip. My old Ungar and Weller soldering iron stations are sized for PCB work as well as eyelets, turrets etc. The only higher-wattage soldering iron I have is for sheetmetal work, it's the size of a fireworks rocket!
@mikewithers299
10 ай бұрын
@scottwilcox6313 awesome job Scott, and congratulations on a job well done! You have Lyles seal of approval and that's a big deal. That Bassman is in good hands with you as it's owner. 🎸🎸
@scottwilcox6313
10 ай бұрын
Thank you everyone
@xsonicassassinx
10 ай бұрын
man, the stones on Scott to send this in for us to watch. could have gone terribly. well done, bud.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Sorry, the comments were turned off by accident. Fixed, comment away.
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
There's just one slight addition or codicil I would like to make concerning tightening all fasteners and input/output jacks and so on: I like to loosen them a quarter turn or eighth turn first before I tighten them again, because that imparts a little more wiping action for removing oxidation and makes it less likely that one might strip a thread. Be advised that this can occasionally cause a problem if the jack or pot or switch you wish to tighten can spin a little bit if the nut is loose and you don't want to have it twist inside the chassie and break a wire off. Tightening the nuts that hold the pots and switches on from the outside of the unit without first removing the chassis so you can hold the parts in place if they want to twist can of course cause problems. They're all supposed to have toothwashers on the backside but unless you inspect it first you have no way of knowing, especially if somebody else worked on it and unbolted parts off the chassie and then reinstalled or replaced them.
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
PS Lyle, when I wrote" you" I didn't mean you specifically! Of course not......
@rupe53
10 ай бұрын
The guy did a sweet job! BTW, soldering tip for attaching those grounds to chassis... use a very sharp drill bit to make a slight depression in the chassis steel. This will expose some fresh metal for a great joint. Make sure to gather up any metal shavings when done. I use a magnet.
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
I cleaned the chassis prior to soldering a ground with a fiberglass bristle scratch brush. It removes oxidation and grunge without removing plating or creating metal shavings.
@rupe53
10 ай бұрын
@@goodun2974 you have the same idea, but the drill makes a smaller clean spot that the solder will cover. Just another way to skin this cat if the chassis is too bad to get clean.
@jaronensley
10 ай бұрын
Nice job Scott. Lyle graded my first amp years ago, i was so pleased to have only made one mistake.
@picksalot1
10 ай бұрын
Beautiful work! Congrats to both of you.
@aharkness5657
6 ай бұрын
I see someone else likes to hide stickers inide lids, too :-D That's a beaut.
@michaelcorvin4330
10 ай бұрын
That's quite the apple for the teacher! Great job, Scott!
@Bluesky5553
10 ай бұрын
That is a very nice, clean Bassman and Scott did a wonderful job in the restoration.
@daguitarman808
10 ай бұрын
Can you please open up a pop up shop on Maui.....I'm begging you lol. We need someone like you here.....I have two tube amps with problems that I know you can fix. I would send my amps to you but the shipping costs would kill me and I might as well buy a new amp. So I'm just running a dream 64 pedal and it's working ok but I do miss the real thing. The cost of living in paradise I guess. So the next time you come to Maui make sure you bring your tools 🤣 love your channel and keep on rocking. Aloha from Maui 🤘😎🤙
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Seems like an enterprising young tech could have a nice couch-surfing Hawaiian vacation and come home with a little profit. I get so many questions from Hawaiians in need of a tech. The chances of me willingly going to any tropical beach paradise are nil - no museums. ;) But I hope you and yours were not affected by the fires on Maui. That was awful.
@RaxFx
10 ай бұрын
nice work Scott!
@pauldavis6356
10 ай бұрын
This is like the teacher grading the students term paper. Nice work.
@Tonetwisters
5 ай бұрын
Input and output jacks also need some sandpaper scratchin' so that they make good contact with 1/4" plugs.
@jerryking2418
10 ай бұрын
Very well done indeed. Thanks for sharing.
@ColeWheeler4Lyfe
10 ай бұрын
Nice job! Love the amp. ❤
@fiddlix
10 ай бұрын
Beautiful work Scott. A major kudos to you.
@watkinscopicat
10 ай бұрын
Bob Ross in the doghouse!
@chrisquinn9104
10 ай бұрын
Extra points for sure
@victorbeebe8372
10 ай бұрын
Good job Scott!
@halhawkins7641
10 ай бұрын
Cool Bassman. And cool watch.
@sgt.grinch3299
10 ай бұрын
Well done. Minty fresh is very nice.
@BradsGuitarGarage
10 ай бұрын
My god man, it's gorgeous! Onya, Scotty!
@colbyjack7074
10 ай бұрын
Mr. Wilcox. VERY impressive!
@baabaabaa-yp2jh
10 ай бұрын
Great job Scott!! Cant get over the condition (what we cd see) of the amp... lucky bloke!! And Lyle it is a bit different to the ressurected Bassman you gave open heart surgery to!!🎉
@BradsGuitarGarage
10 ай бұрын
Man, he did 1000% better than a lot of the techs out here!
@richardlynch5632
10 ай бұрын
Highest compliment indeed😎👍👍 😎✌👍❤🖖
@ruffryder13
10 ай бұрын
Ballsy!!! :) And I was starting to think i was the only one who new about stress relief in part leads...
@deplinenoise
10 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@charlesrussell6183
10 ай бұрын
thing of beauty
@YTPartyTonight
10 ай бұрын
I'll take one of those and Fender Bass VI--one of those new Vintera II will do--, please.
@jutukka
10 ай бұрын
What a gem! 😮 I wonder what would be written on the price tag if it was on sale. 🤔
@recklesstoboggan
10 ай бұрын
This amp must have arrived in a DeLorean.
@mikewithers299
10 ай бұрын
🤣🤣 back to the future reference
@martynrandall7652
10 ай бұрын
Been watching quite a few of your video's on old amps, and find it fascinating what a wealth of knowledge you have. I have an old Traynor guitar mate needs a bit of work to freshen things up. Anyway do you come across Naylor speakers over there in the US. I have anither lovely hand made Torres amplifier which has 2 x Naylor 12" 50w speakers which a really like the sound. But cant find out any info on them, are they very popular over there? Cheers Martyn UK.
@nolarocks
10 ай бұрын
Wow!!!
@user-fh9mq3ux4n
10 ай бұрын
This we like to see
@weschilton
10 ай бұрын
Way to go, Scott! Hey Lyle, would you recommend the artificial center tap for the AB763 as well? Also what iron would you recommend for chassis soldering? I've been using my Hakko FX888, but its a struggle to hold that much heat.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Artificial filament CT for almost all amps is preferable. Weller SPG 80L is your friend.
@corknakovastein
10 ай бұрын
I want a sound test haha
@retread1083
10 ай бұрын
Whenever someone says that brand of caps, my brain hears F'in Tease.
@knifeswitch5973
10 ай бұрын
Bob Ross is in the DOGHOUSE!
@cpizani
10 ай бұрын
HI Lyle, (;long time follower) I have a 66 ab763 tremolux and I suspect the bright switch caps have also drifted. I will check the caps with my LCR meter. At what percentage drift value do you recommend to replace? Where do you source these? What brand, value, and vendor do you recommend?
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
+/- 30% or if you don’t like the sound. I use Vishay 562R 1KVs from Mouser.
@cpizani
10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!@@PsionicAudio
@Abutado
10 ай бұрын
I like your lens focus points. Are you manual focusing? What lens do you use for your filming? Thanks for the great videos and the great quality video. Infact what camera are you using. I really like the color rendering.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Thanks! This is a subject I’ve become interested in/obsessed with over the past six months or so. And it’s only been in the past week that I’m really pleased with everything I’m getting. This is a Sony ZV-E10 with a Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (APS-C sensor so really 27-75mm). I’m recording 4K HLG3 and using a grey card to set the white balance (in standard picture profile to set that). Bench shots are almost always manual focus. I tend to go between f2.8 and f5 depending on the depth of field I need. I move the focus but don’t zoom very much in the live shots as I can do that in post. Over the bench I have a 150W 5600K COB light on a C stand with a large lantern diffuser. As a side fill (and key light for streams) I have a bicolor 150W COB set to 5600K with a parabolic diffuser and a grid. These lights are as important as the camera and lens. Then into Davinci Resolve with the Paul Leeming Sony LUTs (mostly HLG3 Athena) for correcting the Sony colors and getting the exposure/contrast right. Then I make very slight adjustments, usually just lights and darks, in the Davinci Wide Gamut color space before converting to Rec709. Then rendering as Rec709A due to Mac oddities (otherwise the contrast is different on different playback codecs).
@Abutado
10 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio I must say, your filming is absolutely fantastic. I come from a photography background so a lot of the video stuff is outside of my realm. It's interesting, your lighting is a bit cooler than I normally go for but I might have to start rethinking my color temps because it's very flattering. Thanks for sharing.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. While the lights are set to 5600K when I take measurements for white balance it’s usually actually 5000K-51000K. The color scopes show the results as centered and skin tones are right on the vector line where they should be. For video I keep the shutter speed constant (50 for 24FPS) and just vary aperture, ISO, and the actual lighting in the room. So quite different from what I remember of film photography cameras.
@jscotlandr
10 ай бұрын
On your live stream last weekend you mentioned a brand of soddering (sic) iron and price point of about $90+ for the model. I've tried to find that part of the video and I can't locate it. Could you please refer to that again in an upcoming video. The souldering (sic) iron i have now is a cheap and unsatisfactory Weller.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Just about any Hakko temperature controlled station will make life better. They start @ $80 and go up.
@nonemlinus
10 ай бұрын
Wonderful!! Gives me hope. Lyle…how do I get started? I’m an engineer but this type of stuff scares me…I’ve build tiny things with surface mount and thin pcbs… 😅🤷🏾♂️🧘🏾♂️🙏🏾
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Thanks. Start by building fuzz pedals then a tube screamer. You can get good kits from the build your own pedals site (google it). Get your through hole soldering skills together on some of those (make beginner mistake at low voltage/current) then try a Fender tweed Champ kit from Mojotone (still simple but with higher voltage/current).
@nonemlinus
10 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio ok will do. worried about higher currents and making a dumb mistake resulting in death (my own and the amps). Small, careful steps though, it seems.
@goodun2974
10 ай бұрын
The eyelet boards looked very clean and I'm curious if they were originally lightl waxed and Scott removed it.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
No wax in ‘67.
@scottwilcox6313
10 ай бұрын
Yes I did clean it but there was no wax. Not sure if I got all the DC off the board though. At the time it was good.
@Robstafarian
10 ай бұрын
Come to think of it, is the Hakko FX-888D (65W iron, 120-899℉) I see all over electric-guitar-related factory tours suitable for soldering to a chassis (I was thinking with either a 3.2mm or a 5.2mm chisel tip)?
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
No, get a Weller SPG 80L for chassis work.
@Robstafarian
10 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio Thanks! Am I right in thinking about using a big, chisel tip for chassis soldering? I see there are 13mm and 16mm chisel tips for that iron.
@jscotlandr
10 ай бұрын
Are there torque specs for the mechanical connectors or is it just a "snug by feel"?
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
I’m sure there are but I don’t know where they’re published. Feel/experience. I can crank a CTS bushing but you have to sneak up on Alphas.
@aeynghus
10 ай бұрын
What wattage iron do you use for chassis grounding?
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
80W.
@GShockWatchFan.
10 ай бұрын
Minty, minty, minty
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Sorry, only the Casio Royale in this one. ;)
@T0mmyTune
7 ай бұрын
Point of clarity. You mention the mechanical connections of caps being important to not just be held with solder. And you're right on that as a proper way to go about things. Then you say his grounds to the mechanical bolt of the Transformer would be better soldered to the chassis itself. So essentially those grounds will now be held by solder instead of a bolt. To me this doesn't jibe with the aforementioned mechanical connections. For me, if I wanted to move them. I'd drill a hole to put a bolt thru and then bolt them right up to the chassis. Go or no go?
@PsionicAudio
7 ай бұрын
I don’t drill vintage chassis if I can avoid it. Pre CBS Fender amps had certain solder connections directly to chassis and these hold up better than the ones to lugs held on by transformer hardware. Best yet is separately drilled hardware specially for ground lugs, which is what I do in a new build. But not in a vintage restoration.
@T0mmyTune
7 ай бұрын
Makes perfect sense! Thanks for the clarity.@@PsionicAudio
@luigideluca2655
10 ай бұрын
will I ever find one of this for myself? 😢
@joek81981
10 ай бұрын
Imagine if you watched some Bob Ross, then were like, "Eh, I can do that", and then actually YOU DID IT. That's what this seems like to me.
@joek81981
10 ай бұрын
Holy shit, there's Bob. In the doghouse!
@ikestoddard2458
10 ай бұрын
My now-stolen ‘71 Twin Reverb looked similar. 😭
@DrRussPhd
10 ай бұрын
This amp is more like a working vacation.
@PsionicAudio
10 ай бұрын
Well, stay tuned for part two. That’s when I get to flex. ;)
@grega07656
9 ай бұрын
Can someone please tell me exactly what "snowman eights" knobs are?
@PsionicAudio
9 ай бұрын
The eights on the old knobs look like snowmen. Repro knobs don’t.
@grega07656
9 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio Thanks! I just checked my '66 or '67 Vibrolux and all the knobs are snowman eights, except for one that was replaced. I also see that the on the snowman eights, the fastening screw is by the 10, whereas with the later ones, it's by the 1.
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