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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: Sean on August 23, 2010, 10:48:24 am
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Does anyone know where a replacement power switch for a Lab Series amp (L7) can be obtained ?
Thank you.
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I may have one, PM me...
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Just curious - what is unique about this switch?
Chip
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Thanks for the responses.
It's a combination switch with a push button to power it up, and a rocker switch to cut the power.
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this the one?
Sorry about the graininess. Cel Phone cam in low light.... :embarrassed:
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I have been wanting to get a Lab L5 or L7 amp. I found one down the street at a yard sale last week inside the garage but it was not part of the yard sale. He said he had to ask his wife if he could sell it. I have not hear back from him yet.
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I have been wanting to get a Lab L5 or L7 amp. I found one down the street at a yard sale last week inside the garage but it was not part of the yard sale. He said he had to ask his wife if he could sell it. I have not hear back from him yet.
That's the old I don't really want to sell it line it think because my wife would sell all mine if I allowed her. LMAO
I had an L7 back in 1982 it was a great amp especially the on board comp. I have looked to get another for quite some time and preferred to get a L5 with the 212 in lue of the 410 L7 and they are either junk or more than I want to spend. Good luck on the one in the garage it is probably one of those ones that is all there and untouched inside.
Sean
I think my friend back home has one, he is on vacation and I am out of town working but I will let you know after Labor day weekend if you haven't located one yet.
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Just curious - what is unique about this switch?
Chip
It's huge, (compared to a Carling) and it's German. It also fits in a chassis hole that would be hard to fill with another switch without looking like a hack-job. Other than that; it's a regular, albeit "beefy", SPST....
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Plexi50 & Shortfuse_
Don't give up on finding a reasonable deal on a nice one. I got my L7 off of Craigslist, and other than the iffy switch and a few small spots on the Tolex, it's in great condition. You might even find an unreal deal like I did... for the asking price of $40. I tried to contact the seller as soon as I saw the post, but got no reply and just figured that someone had beaten me to it. Then about two weeks later, I got a phone call from the lady who had posted it. She said that she had left town right after posting, and I had been the first to try contacting her, so I told her that I'd be right over. The door didn't hit me on the way out. Then, as though this weren't great enough already, it turned out that she lived only about a mile or so away. I think that the amp had been her Ex's.
I have this L7 and a L4 bass rig, and I love them. To state the obvious, Bob Moog was incredible. If he had designed the Labs for Fender instead of Gibson, they'd be all over the place, but I've found that few people are even aware of their existence, let alone their build and tone.
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Ok I remember this one now it is an ETA Breaker Original Part #E-T-A Series 45-000P-H (this part # is obsoliete now) Use Part # 2-5000-P10-H-3.5A (may have changed again by now)
Look at these 2 links and tell me if it looks correct I believe the screw in type 2-5000 is the correct one Digi-Key says out of stock. Maybe you can contact them and order. see links
Link http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0&keywords=2-5000-P10-H-3.5A (http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0&keywords=2-5000-P10-H-3.5A) You can get to the PDF by clicking on the data sheets or click link below.
PDF File http://www.e-t-a.com/uploads/prodb/D_2-5000_2-5700_e_B.pdf (http://www.e-t-a.com/uploads/prodb/D_2-5000_2-5700_e_B.pdf)
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It has a push button on, and a rocker switch off, side by side.
It looks like the one in the picture from Bigsbybender. Thankfully, he's sending me one that he parted out.