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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: swingarm on December 13, 2022, 10:25:35 pm

Title: Does anyone own or built a Garnet Mach 5 ?
Post by: swingarm on December 13, 2022, 10:25:35 pm

 I think this might be an interesting build but determining the value of what looks to be a center tapped choke driving the power tubes might be a bit of a challenge. I knew Gar as a customer. He built an amp for me in 2003. It was soon after that I became interested in building amps. Anyway I don't imagine there are many here that have seen one nevermind owned one.

Title: Re: Does anyone own or built a Garnet Mach 5 ?
Post by: sluckey on December 13, 2022, 10:36:20 pm

Not familiar with that amp but T3 is an autotransformer. Just recently saw another schematic with that same autotransformer used as the phase inverter.

Read this short thread...

     https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=29649.msg326359#msg326359

Title: Re: Does anyone own or built a Garnet Mach 5 ?
Post by: swingarm on December 13, 2022, 10:46:00 pm

Thanks Sluckey, do you recall the other amp you were looking at? I'd like to see that.
I see your link now nevermind. Thanks

Title: Re: Does anyone own or built a Garnet Mach 5 ?
Post by: swingarm on December 13, 2022, 11:13:23 pm

Just found another thread here. Maybe I'll get to the bottom of this yet :)




Inductive Coupling


https://www.guitarscanada.com/threads/inductive-coupling.266636/

Title: Re: Does anyone own or built a Garnet Mach 5 ?
Post by: swingarm on December 13, 2022, 11:44:09 pm

Here is a gut shot of the mach 5 from reverb with the coil of copper visible in the shot.


edit: Actually i see this model version has reverb so it's  the wrong amp.