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Vox Westminster v 1182

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Skillman

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Feb 8, 2016
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Hi anyone out there know where I can find a trusting soul that can repair my vox Westminster bass head. It's the larger one. Not that good for bass but for guitar it kills. A lot of repair guys won't touch em. I know some of the transistors can't be had anymore. But I hate to get rid of it or keep it for an ornament. It needs to be used. Spent some money on it already and the tech says not worth fixing. Anybody out there in bass land know anybody. Even if it's a mod. Just need to get it working again.
 
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According to this website, the Westminster power amplifier uses the 2N3055 which are extremely common NPN power transistors used in many amplifiers in the 70s. They're still available as far as I know.

What problems are you having?

Geofex.com has some information about restoring Thomas-Organ era Vox amps too. I 'restored' a Thomas-Organ made Vox "Kensington" combo amp. Solid state, 1x15 speaker, volume control, "tone-X" tone control and a G-tuner. About 22 watts of window-rattling power. I spent about $100 replacing all the electrolytic caps and replaced this amps germanium (!!) power transistors with modern silicon devices. It wasn't worth fixing either.
 
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Crater said:
According to this website, the Westminster power amplifier uses the 2N3055 which are extremely common NPN power transistors used in many amplifiers in the 70s. They're still available as far as I know.

What problems are you having?

Geofex.com has some information about restoring Thomas-Organ era Vox amps too. I 'restored' a Thomas-Organ made Vox "Kensington" combo amp. Solid state, 1x15 speaker, volume control, "tone-X" tone control and a G-tuner. About 22 watts of window-rattling power. I spent about $100 replacing all the electrolytic caps and replaced this amps germanium (!!) power transistors with modern silicon devices. It wasn't worth fixing either.
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It may be the germaniums that could not be replaced. But if you've got a working silicone replacement, that would be the bee's knees.
2N3055 are still in use for a lot of things. If ever there was a transistor to be had it will be that or run a close second to a 2N2222 for being available to purchase.
I played one of those Vox's way back in the day.
Rented it for the "big gigs.":roflmao:
Would love to have one today.
I think the techs who said it wasn't worth fixing were looking at it with a purely return on investment sort of slant.
It's all about the value it has for you.
 

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