CHAMP ELECTRONICS -" THE VINTAGE VALVE AMP HOSPITAL"

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND

 

SERVICING OF A GIBSON VARITONE GA-80 COMBO AMPLIFIER

 

 

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Belonging to a real nice guy and a reasonably regular customer of mine called Pat, this one needed a little TLC and sort-out as it wasn’t too well!




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The power output and tremolo board had been bodged so much I simply ripped everything out and started-a-fresh……retaining just one component!



 

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 The finished, chemically cleaned, and much tidier board.



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Although Pat still has the original speaker, he likes the sound of the “Red Coat, Big Ben Eminence”, whilst preserving the original driver too!

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All re-assembled.

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