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jwin615 said:
Does this see anything near 80v?
If not, maybe a 63v?
Fudging the values a little as I'm assuming this is a PSU filter/smoothing cap. 105c 10k hour rated is likely more beneficial than 10% out of tolerance/spec. I'd order 3 and use the lowest measurement of the 3.
But again, only 63v rated.
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Yeah it's a power supply cap. I don't have a schematic or service manual this time. I'm pretty sure this will fit and it's what's in my cart
 
One of my friends wants to do an acoustic duo thing, and I don't have an acoustic, save for my girlfriend's mom old epiphone from the 90s that has been at string tension the entire time and is bellying up, making it unplayable due to the action height. Also it's right handed and I play left handed.

I put in a bridge doctor, which levered the back of the bridge down by a considerable amount, then I polished the frets and oiled the fretboard, bought a new nut and saddle from amazon, sanded them into spec, and finally drilled the side of the fretboard for new side dot markers. Lastly I removed the pickguard to reveal the original, unfaded finish underneath, which is in stark contrast to the rest of the guitar. I was going to put in a new pickguard on the other side (lefty) but since the finish discrepancy will show pretty badly, I left it alone. I did not install a new bridge, which would have the saddle angled the correct way around, but the guitar sounds fine. I really just need to be able to play chords in first position, and barre chords up to the 7th/9th fret would be nice.

The action is great, nice and low and matches the small frets. It's easy to chord. I also put 10-50 extra light strings on it to help the bridge stay in place. I don't play acoustic so they are an easy transition for me to make coming from electric where I use 9-42. Maybe I'll try 11's when I change the strings next time. The best part is it sounds and plays better than a new $229 fender acoustic I played at the store, and it only cost me about $32.
 
falco_femoralis said:
One of my friends wants to do an acoustic duo thing, and I don't have an acoustic, save for my girlfriend's mom old epiphone from the 90s that has been at string tension the entire time and is bellying up, making it unplayable due to the action height. Also it's right handed and I play left handed.

I put in a bridge doctor, which levered the back of the bridge down by a considerable amount, then I polished the frets and oiled the fretboard, bought a new nut and saddle from amazon, sanded them into spec, and finally drilled the side of the fretboard for new side dot markers. Lastly I removed the pickguard to reveal the original, unfaded finish underneath, which is in stark contrast to the rest of the guitar. I was going to put in a new pickguard on the other side (lefty) but since the finish discrepancy will show pretty badly, I left it alone. I did not install a new bridge, which would have the saddle angled the correct way around, but the guitar sounds fine. I really just need to be able to play chords in first position, and barre chords up to the 7th/9th fret would be nice.

The action is great, nice and low and matches the small frets. It's easy to chord. I also put 10-50 extra light strings on it to help the bridge stay in place. I don't play acoustic so they are an easy transition for me to make coming from electric where I use 9-42. Maybe I'll try 11's when I change the strings next time. The best part is it sounds and plays better than a new $229 fender acoustic I played at the store, and it only cost me about $32.
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But where’s the photographic evidence!!! :)
 
Boxed up the Peachy Fran from Moonn.

The Sheepylove drill template worked flawlessly, made that part of the process much easier, and all the IO jacks fit well and work fine even though I use the big outie DC jacks. The pedal itself works and sounds pretty damn good, actually. There was a cold solder joint (or, well, more of shit joint - didn't make contact until pushed) in the 470nF cap in the tone section, and I felt like the pedal sounded better without it 👀

But it's really the same as when tone is full on, and I guess my guitar is on the darker side, with brighter pickups the tone control might be more necessary. Not sure if anyone finds it very useful from halfway to the bottom? Most demos seem to also hover around the mid-to-full range. I get why it's like that, but it's a little weird. Maybe even a 25k resistor and 25k pot would do, or something like that. Maybe they're more rare? Well, more options is more options.
 
giovanni said:
But where’s the photographic evidence!!! :)
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Idk! I'd categorize this project as "just try it and see what happens" so I didn't take pics as that would be a show of arrogance to the gods of idkwtf I'm doing but we'll see!

Two of the frets were sticking up so I removed them with a small pair of bull nose pliers, bent them into a more concave shape and hammered them back in. Idk what I'm doing, but it worked!
 
swelchy said:
Did some horse trading and drove 2 1/2 hours to pick this guy up…. It’s not really working and the power tubes look like they have been too hot.. Only channel 2 works a little… order a full replacement of tubes for preamp and power.. The full Monty… Fingers crossed it just needs tubes.. Will find out tomorrow night
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Remember light bulb limiter on first startup to save new tubes
 
falco_femoralis said:
One of my friends wants to do an acoustic duo thing, and I don't have an acoustic, save for my girlfriend's mom old epiphone from the 90s that has been at string tension the entire time and is bellying up, making it unplayable due to the action height. Also it's right handed and I play left handed.

I put in a bridge doctor, which levered the back of the bridge down by a considerable amount, then I polished the frets and oiled the fretboard, bought a new nut and saddle from amazon, sanded them into spec, and finally drilled the side of the fretboard for new side dot markers. Lastly I removed the pickguard to reveal the original, unfaded finish underneath, which is in stark contrast to the rest of the guitar. I was going to put in a new pickguard on the other side (lefty) but since the finish discrepancy will show pretty badly, I left it alone. I did not install a new bridge, which would have the saddle angled the correct way around, but the guitar sounds fine. I really just need to be able to play chords in first position, and barre chords up to the 7th/9th fret would be nice.

The action is great, nice and low and matches the small frets. It's easy to chord. I also put 10-50 extra light strings on it to help the bridge stay in place. I don't play acoustic so they are an easy transition for me to make coming from electric where I use 9-42. Maybe I'll try 11's when I change the strings next time. The best part is it sounds and plays better than a new $229 fender acoustic I played at the store, and it only cost me about $32.
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That’s awesome. IMO a decent old guitar usually sounds and plays better than its new equivalent most of the time.

I very nervously put a bridge doctor in an old Yamaha last year and it worked great! The guitar might even sound a little more resonant now. Also strung it up with “custom light” monel strings to reduce the tension. I’ve been playing mediums my whole life and it turns out lighter gauge strings feel a lot better and I can’t tell a difference in tone. After a bit of work this old cheap laminate guitar has slowly become my favorite. Hope you get to enjoy you epiphone for a long time yet!
 
Finally decided how I wanted to sort and bin these Raytheons. I measured 408 of them. Ommiting 2 outliers, the lowest betas were 19x between 133 and 176.
The highest ~10% were(beta/mA leakage/transistor number):
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The other 360 or so were between 200-700 with the majority with <100uA leakage, a mean of 23uA and very few over 500uA(most outliers in the top end betas, understandably). Pretty insane.

Once I get these out of the way, I may actually build something. :ROFLMAO:
 
Us boomers know some stuff. I went the other way and my old Yamaha is about the weight of a tennis racquet so still using a skinny strap.

Damn fine looking LP there. We took in a Gibson "Greeny" at the store a few weeks ago, and although I love the relatively comfortable weight and the war club sized neck, the pickups didn't blow me away like I expected and the decidedly MATTE finish (and I do mean matte) is perhaps an acquired taste. Most unusual Gibson neck I've ever played.
 
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