[HAM] Preamp rebuild

[Michael Fulk]

There are pictorials available.
Tybe stuff is very susceptible to hum.
Stuff was mounted to minimize this, and have common connections
meet[usually]at one place
Fulk
From: "Dave Zierenberg" <DZierenberg at charter.net>
To: <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: [HAM] Preamp rebuild


> OK, I suspect my C2 would benefit from a rebuild of the preamp.  It has a
> pretty warm sound, leaning towards muddy.  Those preamp components are
about
> 50 years old and I'm wondering if some replacements would bring a little
> life back to the old girl. Anyone have any tips on how best to go about
this
> project?  Which components should definitely go and which ones, if any,
> might be OK as is.
>
> One of the things I'm wondering is if there is a better way to arrange
> things in the preamp.  The layout looks like it may have been inspired by
a
> web spun by a drunken spider.  I was expecting components mounted to
boards
> and such, but I see it's just cap and resistor leads soldered directly to
> terminals.  That makes it hard to deal with individual components.  Is
there
> a reason they did it that way?  One that I'd need to maintain?  Or can I
> re-orient things to make it a little neater?
>
> Many advance thanks for info and tips.
>
> Z
>
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