[HAM] A-100 question & fed up

[Dave Bishop]

>I checked the 2 tubes 6au6 or something & switched them to see if the sound 
>problem changed - no luck. - the organ has almost no sound - none at all 
>when vib. tabs are on. What's my next step?  I did have a tech come out (no 
>names here) & he poured alcohol? on the wires under the 2 switch tabs - it 
>did help a bit - I did get a wee bit of sound back.

Could be lots of things, or more likely multiple things.  I'd suggest that 
you rig up a test headset.   Use a spare 1/4 inch jack and a pair of wires 
so that you can connect the tip of a headphone to one of the "G" terminals 
on the pre-amp and the ring of the headphone to the pre-amp chassis ground, 
and see whether you can hear anything in one of the earpieces directly out 
of the pre-amp, with the organ set for highest volume.  If you can, post 
back and we can trouble shoot the power amp.  If you can't hear anything 
(even a strong signal will be very low volume) then we can troubleshoot the 
organ, particularly the vibrato circuit.

Also, if you have access to a 12BH7 tube, try switching it into the pre-amp.

Regards,

Dave Bishop









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "fleahopper" <fleahopper at earthlink.net>
To: <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:31 PM
Subject: [HAM] A-100 question & fed up


> Hi -
>
> I had a question about my A-100 & found this list - saw some
> interesting posts & some not so nice posts.
> Where do I start?
> I checked the 2 tubes 6au6 or something & switched them to see if the
> sound problem changed - no luck. - the organ has almost no sound -
> none at all when vib. tabs are on. What's my next step?  I did have a
> tech come out (no names here) & he poured alcohol? on the wires under
> the 2 switch tabs - it did help a bit - I did get a wee bit of sound back.
>
> 2nd thing - I was reading the posts - & ran across "fed up"  -   I
> just need to put my 2 cents in here & clear up something.
>
> I've been to Steve Leigh's house & had a great time there with him &
> his wife Becky - it was a spur of the moment drop-in - I called &
> said I was in the area - never met either of them before, but had
> 'met' on another list yrs ago.  My husband & I had a great time there
> - with both of them & with each one alone - Becky was explaining the
> workings etc of a B-3 to my husband while I was soaking up all the
> playing info I could from Steve - the afternoon turned into evening -
> we kept going & going - must have spent half the night there - I even
> sat in on a 'lesson' - a young group Steve was giving pointers
> to.  Becky & I spent more time together - playing with a young -
> "maybe to be" guard dog - he was soooo cute & we had a great time
> just chatting.  I just cannot believe that there was any problem or
> abuse between them - you can't spend that much time with people as we
> did & not have even a hint of anything.  We'd talked by phone after
> that a bit, then I lost track of Steve as I was going through a tough
> time & I didn't learn till later that Becky had passed away, but I
> just needed to clear up something & set the record straight -   They
> both loved each other very much.  You could see that in the way they
> interacted with each other.  Maybe I could have missed something, but
> my husband is a lot more observant than I am & he agrees on this with me.
>
> I for one would like to see any rumors stop here.  If you haven't
> been there or talked with them, you can't know anything.  Becky was a
> very nice lady & I don't like seeing anything bad said.
>
> Okay - my 2 cents is over - but I would wish that this list talk
> about Hammonds - I could really use some help!!
> Thanks!
> fleahopper
>
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