Year: 2026

Pinnacle Twin 30

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A remake of a Vox AC30. Not much info out there on these other than what is available here. Made in limited numbers, clearly by hand here are some nice pictures and observations Big spacious chassis with power valves oddly crammed together. Lots of signs of being made bespoke with cheesy angle brackets holding the … Read more

Fender Blues Junior

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Surely the most popular amp in the UK. Recently asked to work on a cream board era FBJ and found that the PCB was heat damaged to the point of being like a brittle biscuit. Either scrap it, new PCB or bit of work to replace with hard wired valve bases. I like a challenge … Read more

Dynacord

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Quite a rarity these days these German amps from the 60s do occasionally come up on the second hand market and are worth looking at for a couple of reasons. First of all they look fab and are well made.  Most faults are routine servicing issues like damaged or worn pots and jacks so nothing … Read more

Chandler Limited

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Regularly I seem to have to revive these kind of power supplies from studios. Common problem is heat damage, not surprising when you conider how many hours service these have to provide. Replacement modules are something like £450 so repair is worthwhile especially as the repair will upgrade them as per Chandler themselves recommend to … Read more

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