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Amp Guts Photos - Official Thread - Lets see those pics

Should we also add Bass Guts to this thread too?

  • Yes, Allow Bass guts, afterall Guts is Guts

    Votes: 223 28.7%

  • No way! Keep 'em seperate

    Votes: 553 71.3%
  • Total voters
    776
#381
Here's a top view of my 1997 Ampeg SVT II Pro

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#382
Chef said:
that's very common practice, and generally a good thing. anti-vibration damping.
Takes the vibrational stress of solder joints, keeps vibrational noise down, and keeps parts from coming loose and breaking.
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Exactly. :)

pinz said:
Thought I would blow the dust out of my sunn/fender 1200s and remembered seeing a thread here along these lines.
Note the the "mods" done at last service as recommended by fender...yuk ! big blobs of rubbery sealant and plastic sticks stuck and screwed to various parts...Nice job :rolleyes: I guess if it looked like it had the potential to vibrate it got Glued !

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closer look,

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yet more,

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Even these things got the treatment,

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Still cranks which is all that matters :bassist:
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Its not a bad thing at all, do not think that. Its actually quite a good thing. :)
 
#384
pinz said:
Note the the "mods" done at last service as recommended by fender...yuk ! big blobs of rubbery sealant and plastic sticks stuck and screwed to various parts...Nice job :rolleyes: I guess if it looked like it had the potential to vibrate it got Glued !
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Those transistors shouldn't be vibrating. It is very common to
apply a thermal grease (often a greasy silicone compound)
between power components and a heat sink. This increases the
thermal conductivity to facilitate heat removal.

Based upon your description and the pictures, it seems like they
applied a silicone sealant -- something I've never seen in this
type of application. I'm a little suspicious.

Are you sure the material is rubbery and not greasy? Have you
actually touched it or are you just going by the appearance?
 
#385
seeing these pictures is almost like looking at a fine woman,,now I know I'm not the only one looking at these pictures of amp guts and not getting some strong feelings (like bender in futurama when he sees a circuit board). These pictures reveal
 
#389
johnk_10 said:
yeah, i've had four Studio bass amps over the years. i converted this one to a head/cab configuration to make it a bit easier to transport. i used a JBL E140 in the cabinet.

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I also built up another one using a Super Twin for the head (its basically the exact same amp as a studio bass), but on this one i used a bassman 100 cab loaded with two JBL K140's. this one really puts out alot of sound (power!)

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Great!!! You gave me an idea to do exactly the same with mine. You made a great job on this.
 
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Bassist30 said:
You said Guts right? Here is what happened to my wt 800 (updated from a wt 500) when it flew out the back of my truck and someone drove over it. I guess it was hit a few times because when I got home I went to bring it in the house and thats when I saw it was gone. Drove over 30 miles and found it. It was in a rack. Rack in pieces. Ouch. The guts all over the place. Here is the pick for my good friend who started this thread.
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Jeez !!
 
#397
I have used google/yahoo and some othe search engines and also found the page you were referring to. Unfortunately they are pics of the older Pro. I was looking for the new SVT 2 - Pro.
I found some pictures of the AC Termination board and some bad quality ones / low res, but no good quality ones.
The picture on page 2 is the SVT II Pro Premier Edition.
 

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