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Does anyone here own a Magnatone 210?
« on: February 12, 2020, 06:19:35 pm »
Hoping someone here has one of these little single ended amps.
I've heard great things about the true vibrato circuit and a friend of mine just gave me two of the correct varistors, NOS, to build this. I would like to recreate the amp but could use some measurements and photo angles I can't find anywhere online. If anyone can help me out I'd appreciate it!

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Re: Does anyone here own a Magnatone 210?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2020, 05:55:41 am »
Hope this can be of some help

https://www.magnatoneamps.com/210.html

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Schematic
Refer to either the 210 or 410 schematic. The 210 version is hand drawn by CJ Poulos, and the 410 is a Estey drawing of nearly the same circuit. Note that CJ's comments about the 6V6's cathode grounding is correct.

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Magnatone 210 or 410
The 410 only differs in having a bright switch and a bigger cab with two speakers.

https://www.magnatoneamps.com/schematics/magnatone_210+.pdf

https://www.magnatoneamps.com/schematics/magnatone_410.pdf




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I don't know how accurate are this layouts (I found them right now)







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https://www.tdpri.com/threads/next-4-ish-builds-and-magnatone-210-410-discussion.511523/

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This is a 410














one other 410




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Re: Does anyone here own a Magnatone 210?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2020, 05:18:46 pm »
Excellent! Great stuff, thank you. And that schematic is so much better than the one I’d been looking at.

Thanks,

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Re: Does anyone here own a Magnatone 210?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2020, 05:50:29 pm »
If you decide to build this little amp look closely at the uncommon NFB circuit. It will be very easy to get that wrong.

Just curious... Why the interest in the 210? There are several other two varistor models that are more popular and have a lot more info available. The 213 Troubadour is a very popular model.

I built a M2 Custom which is another two varistor model. My reason for choosing it was because I had a Hammond AO-44 amp which is very similar to the M2 power amp. It's a little push/pull 6GW8 amp.
A schematic, layout, and hi-rez pics are very useful for troubleshooting your amp. Don't wait to be asked. JUST DO IT!

 


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