[HAM] A-100 question

[fleahopper]

Where is a good place to buy tubes please?  And what all tubes should 
I have - may as well get a full set if I can.
Other things play back okay thru the organ so I'm hoping it's in the 
vibrato switches or something. Some sound did come back (very little) 
when the switches were apart & cleaned.  I can use the tape deck & 
play stuff back thru the speakers.
Thanks!!
Fleah


At 12:37 AM 6/22/2007, you wrote:
> >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.
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>Also, if you have access to a 12BH7 tube, try switching it into the pre-amp.
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>Regards,
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>Dave Bishop
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>----- 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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