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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: Big chief on June 04, 2018, 01:12:33 pm

Title: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: Big chief on June 04, 2018, 01:12:33 pm

Purchased a rare Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy Back amp. It had plastic inputs installed new input jacks limiter shows a possible short.   Is there anyone in the St. Pete FL area that could fix this amp as I'm a big Chet Atkins fan and would love to use this amp

Thanks for any help

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: John on June 04, 2018, 01:44:44 pm

If you have a limiter, you must have a few skillz. ;) Pull the rect. tube, test, replace rect. tube, pull power tube(s), test.. sooner or later you'll hit the section where the short is. But...


What is the bulb doing that says you have a "possible" short?

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: sluckey on June 04, 2018, 01:56:45 pm

Plexi50 can fix it for you.

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: Big chief on June 04, 2018, 02:37:14 pm

Can you give me contact info for plexi50 please

Limiter 100 watt bulb goes from dim at first to bright as tubes heat up
Thanks

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: plexi50 on June 06, 2018, 08:56:43 pm

Quote from: sluckey on June 04, 2018, 01:56:45 pm

Plexi50 can fix it for you.

I have the amp Steve. Thanks for the referral. Beautiful virgin example. A mass of weeds! 1966 pot code dates.

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: Big chief on June 09, 2018, 03:07:55 pm

Many thanks to Plexi50 for the great repair on my Chet Atkins Gretsch amp sounds great with my Country Gentlement
Have told my friends that he is the best in our area

Many many thanks

Title: Re: Gretsch Chet Atkins Piggy back amp
Post by: plexi50 on June 09, 2018, 05:39:08 pm

Thankyou Big Chief! It is always a pleasure to see and work on vintage amplifiers of a different breed.