PYE Radiogram - Vibrolux First project Amp

[JustMatt]

Hi All,

My wife found me looking at this radiogram at the Eco Shop today and insisted I buy it. The plan is to turn it into a 5F11 tweed vibrolux sorta amp and I reckon its gonna look so pretty that I will be allowed to keep it in the living room.

I have never done anything with an Amp before so looking for any and all advice from folks that have done something similar.

I will be doing everything from stripping, re finishing, re covering, new speakers and building the amp circuit (from a kit set).

[Eruera]

That will be so sweet!

[Bg]

my last build was a 5F11.
talk to ryan he had some very good ideas, Awesome clean tones and trem, by far my favourite clean tweed amp, actually my favourite clean amp. I laws 5E3 spec tx's and very glad I did.
Its the angelic twin of a 5E3...

[Eruera]

I laws 5E3 spec tx's and very glad I did.

The frack does that mean?

[JustMatt]

First question - How long can these things retain those high voltages? Is it going to kill me or nah?

[TmcB]

First question - How long can these things retain those high voltages? Is it going to kill me or nah?

If you have to ask that, then yes it is.

Discharge the caps

[JustMatt]

First question - How long can these things retain those high voltages? Is it going to kill me or nah?

If you have to ask that, then yes it is.

Discharge the caps

Duly noted.

[Slowy]

That's a brilliant idea for a lounge room amp. Bender, your Mrs. might just be fooled by this too.
I'm not going to be able to pass an old bit of furniture without

[druz15]

ha I have a mini version of this that's gonna end up an EF86 something or other at some point.

Love finding old electronic junk at Salvos and stuff and planning on eventually doing something with them

[JustMatt]

ha I have a mini version of this that's gonna end up an EF86 something or other at some point.

Love finding old electronic junk at Salvos and stuff and planning on eventually doing something with them

Yeah I have always stopped by each one I have found but this is the first one that I have jammed in the back of the car.

[Bg]

I laws 5E3 spec tx's and very glad I did.

The frack does that mean?

It means iPad...actually it wasn't that bad...

I used 5e3 spec tx's and very glad i did,

[bender]

That's a brilliant idea for a lounge room amp. Bender, your Mrs. might just be fooled by this too.
I'm not going to be able to pass an old bit of furniture without

Ha! Nope. But Mrs Bender likes the surf green tremolux or pretty much any non-black Vox... As long as there's a guitar too. Current favourite is the green Gretsch but she's also very partial to the gold Robin. Teles are banned though.

[Slowy]

That's a brilliant idea for a lounge room amp. Bender, your Mrs. might just be fooled by this too.
I'm not going to be able to pass an old bit of furniture without

Ha! Nope. But Mrs Bender likes the surf green tremolux or pretty much any non-black Vox... As long as there's a guitar too. Current favourite is the green Gretsch but she's also very partial to the gold Robin. Teles are banned though.

As are battered '54 Strats IIRC.

[bender]

That's a brilliant idea for a lounge room amp. Bender, your Mrs. might just be fooled by this too.
I'm not going to be able to pass an old bit of furniture without

Ha! Nope. But Mrs Bender likes the surf green tremolux or pretty much any non-black Vox... As long as there's a guitar too. Current favourite is the green Gretsch but she's also very partial to the gold Robin. Teles are banned though.

As are battered '54 Strats IIRC.

Good memory. Clearly not a Fender fan.

[hamo]

I'd never get away with an amp or guitar in the lounge, but given the state of the kids right now, that might be a blessing in disguise...