[HAM] A-100 question

[Larry Richmond]

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From: hammond-bounces at zeni.net [mailto:hammond-bounces at zeni.net] On Behalf
Of Rick Prevallet
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:07 AM
To: The Hammond Forum
Subject: Re: [HAM] A-100 question

 >

Where is a good place to buy tubes please? 

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http://www.tonewheelgeneral.com/build_page.php?item_no=AO28-TUBES

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Rick Prevallet
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fleahopper wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Also, if you have access to a 12BH7 tube, try switching it into the
pre-amp.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> 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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