[HAM] C-2 rebuild: can capacitors

[George Matthis]

Malte:

I like to keep my amps looking original, so I "rebuild"  the cans, using 
modern electrolytic caps.  I can send you pictures of a recently restored 
AO-10 if you like.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malte Rogacki" <gacki at gacki.sax.de>
To: <hammond at zeni.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:57 PM
Subject: [HAM] C-2 rebuild: can capacitors


> Hello;
>
> this is my first post to this list (I was a member of its predecessor 
> about
> 10 years ago).
>
> I recently got my C-2 back from the studio where it had spent most of the
> last decade and I'm attempting to rebuild the preamp (I'm also tihinking
> about rebuilding the Leslie 122 but that's a different story...).
>
> Anyway, while I am able to find replacements for most of the "regular"
> capacitors I'm having a bit of a hard time tracking down the can
> capacitors. Now - given the fact that capacitors have gotten much smaller
> in the meantime, would it make sense to just install single capacitors if
> the space is sufficient? I think there is enough space inside the AO-10 to
> accomodate those caps. Would there be any downside to this?
>