Recent content by Sgt Hollywood

Hey guys, So a friend of mine asked me to look at his Mti era SVT. It has been sitting for years with a Standby switch issue. And when I mean years, I mean years, in a woodshop nonetheless.. Not sure if it's even a runner, but this is the first obvious stop. Needless to say, this guy wasn't...

Thanks I think this might be just what I'm looking for!

I was reading the schematic as if they were bias resistors since they are dropping the Bias -50V to about -49.5v similar to some tweed amps. Figured going independent trim with these would allow me to adjust -Vs for each tube, instead of the shared trim on the bias supply filter cap. That...

Split coil, In/out Phase, series/parallel for the DP120

Love the color. You should check out a White Pearloid guard. I just finished a guitar in a very similar color, and the white pearl looks excellent! Just my opinion of course.

Just a little before and after shot of a Old MIJ Ventura EB clone I recently was given. Previous owners daughter had played a little baseball with it... Stripped it down, found total neck pocket cracking/separation, filled the massive chunks missing from the body, painted, did a pseudo...

Aw man that's even better!

Ok, I'm in. Picked this one up a few weeks back for a pretty nice price. Honestly, up until a few Months ago I didn't know who Jess Oliver was, but once I started reading up about him, I pretty much decided I wanted one of his amps. I told a friend of mine what I was looking for and within 5...

You'll have to pardon my ignorance but what's involved?

Thought I'd toss this out here since this seems like a very Oliver knowledgeable group. I recently picked up an Oliver B120, a bit worn but still very lovely. And since I found a penciled build date sticker and signature still intact. It shall be known as "Betty" However, it seems one of the...