I bought a late 70's SVT head in Lima Peru where my wife is from about 15 years ago for 300 bucks, needed a cap job and tubes. Used it last night.
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I bought a late 70's SVT head in Lima Peru where my wife is from about 15 years ago for 300 bucks, needed a cap job and tubes. Used it last night.
Don't feel bad. I'm sure things will eventually improve and you can purchase a new amp, but for now, second hand will do.
Gotta love these heads for the build philosophy.
They take a beating, they're serviceable, and you can make money with them.
I'm going to order 6 matched Tung-Sol 6550 tubes for it unless someone knows of a currently available 6550 that will match the original sounding tubes better.
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My Heritage SVT's have JJ's in them, and I think they sound identical to my 69 SVT with the 6146b's. Honestly, I just don't hear much of a difference in power tubes at all. But I hear the Tung Sol reissues are good and you should be happy with them.
Have the head checked out.
If the tubes are all in spec with pretty equal burn at full output change them later.
Did you see the Heritage 810 for $500 in Orange County??
If the tubes are all in spec with pretty equal burn at full output change them later.
Did you see the Heritage 810 for $500 in Orange County??
No I didnt see it and I could have bought several reissue SVT's cheap but I wanted a Magnavox built blue line.
Could have sworn that only Unimusic made Blue Lines and when Selmer/Magnavox bought Ampeg that they switched to black line because it was cheaper to make than those etched front panels. Does yours list the manufacturer as Magnavox or Selmer?
More fotos and the head on top of my 74 CTS loaded cabinet. The 2 outer tubes are Sevalenta. Its in my storage unit down the street because I live up stairs and need to get help taking the speaker up and I plan on taking the head to the Bass Exchange in Encino Ca for a check up and bias after I get new 6550's and recap it. It needs a new power cord to.
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Heritage 810 cab, not head:
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There was a 74 flat back in LA right before I drove down for $500 that had a bunch of metal speaker covers on it.
Same type of guy that parks across 2 spots in the back of a Costco lot. There weren't even 8 of those stenchy Radio Shack covers.
I just pulled all the tubes and several of the preamp tubes have Magnavox printed on them in blue ink. The 12ax7 was switched with one of the 12dw7 tubes. I'm going to have them tested. All the caps are original including the large paper caps on the bottom of the chassis. I need to find a good readable schematic to download.
New parts have arrived. New caps for both SVT heads and new matched 6550's for one.
