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Vintage Ampeg part - shot in the dark...

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by fazeka, Jul 29, 2009.

  1. Jul 29, 2009 #1
    fazeka

    fazeka

    Jul 11, 2009
    Hi,

    Shot in the dark here...

    I recently purchased a cool, nice ol' '72 Magnavox-built Ampeg V4-B that had it's volume pot replaced with a solid shaft Alpha pot and of course the original knob got lost:

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    I know fliptops sells the D-shaft pot, but they don't have knobs at the mo. Anyone know of another source for a used early Ampeg V4-B aluminum knob?

    Thanks,
    Chris
     
  2. Jul 29, 2009 #2
    Pilgrim

    Pilgrim Supporting Member

    Jul 8, 2004
    Fort Collins, Colorado
    1) Internet search

    2) Ebay search (create one and let it run)
     
  3. Jul 29, 2009 #3
    coreyfyfe

    coreyfyfe Supporting Member

    Nov 19, 2007
    boston, ma
    Ebay is your best bet. Fliptops buys them there as well when they're up. Also search for Dan Armstrong knobs, they are the same.
     
  4. Jul 29, 2009 #4
    fazeka

    fazeka

    Jul 11, 2009
    Hi,

    Just what I feared. Thanks for your help.

    I tried to go the route of getting the Dan Armstrong reissue knobs. I talked with Gregg from Vintage Amp and he said that these reissue knobs are not the same as the vintage ones as the new ones won't fit the vintage D shaft pots. So I am thinking the reissue ones are made to fit solid shafts? If so, I'm wondering how they are held on? Set screw perhaps? Or the reissue pot shafts are splined?
     
  5. Jul 29, 2009 #5
    coreyfyfe

    coreyfyfe Supporting Member

    Nov 19, 2007
    boston, ma
    Maybe I got a vintage one then. When I bought my V4 it was missing a knob, and I got a dan armstrong one off ebay which fit as a replacement. It looked pretty new but might not have been a reissue.