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Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: westen44 on December 10, 2021, 12:28:24 PM

Title: 1956 Silvertone 1333
Post by: westen44 on December 10, 2021, 12:28:24 PM
Something I happened to run across while on YouTube recently.  Like she says in the video, Carol Kaye sometimes used this kind of amp for bass as well as guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2LpOsT5q2k
Title: Re: 1956 Silvertone 1333
Post by: D.M.N. on December 17, 2021, 12:20:01 AM
She actually did a lot of the work getting my Hiwatt DR103 back up and running, and it's impeccable! Very good tech from my experience.
Title: Re: 1956 Silvertone 1333
Post by: westen44 on December 17, 2021, 02:16:32 AM
Quote from: D.M.N. on December 17, 2021, 12:20:01 AM
She actually did a lot of the work getting my Hiwatt DR103 back up and running, and it's impeccable! Very good tech from my experience.

She does seem to be a natural.  Because I think she has only been doing this for five years or so.  It appears to be a labor of love. 
Title: Re: 1956 Silvertone 1333
Post by: Gunny on July 14, 2022, 12:56:19 PM
I used to own a Silvertone that's similar to this one.  I always wanted to know how it all worked.  I went to electronics tech school.  After several years and working on many guitar amps, I came across a Silvertone like this one that needed repairs.  One look inside and I thought 'oh crap, what a mess'.  I was just a little surprised at how disorganized and messy it was compared to typical point to point amps from Fender and Harmony.  Still easy to fix except for their reverb system.
Title: Re: 1956 Silvertone 1333
Post by: morrow on July 14, 2022, 02:50:41 PM
She did a Hiwatt vid .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cE4JRm5DtU