What a difference a year makes. I bought one of these broken and fixed it. It needed
new filter caps, new .01 uF caps on the occilators, an artificial filament center tap because the replacement transformer didn't have one, new hardware, a 3 prong plug, etc....Sounds great now.
sounds good but you look like you are playing through a switchboard ..the panel looks way too complicated ..go forbid i take this to a show after i smoke a joint and find out i bumped few knobs ...an amp that has two knobs one tone and one volume = Hakuna Matata ( that's what my amp is called by the way ) peace.
@guitarcapo just plug in any generic footswitch. that's what I did for mine anyway. and trust me, if the 20-30 bucks for the switch doesnt seem worth it, you haven't tried the vibrato for yourself :P
Weird, I have a '62 Magnatone 260 (same amp built here in Chicago I believe) and mine doesn't distort like that no matter how I push it.
It sounds huge and beautiful, and the tremolo is to die for.
LonelyRavenProductio 1 year ago
What a difference a year makes. I bought one of these broken and fixed it. It needed
new filter caps, new .01 uF caps on the occilators, an artificial filament center tap because the replacement transformer didn't have one, new hardware, a 3 prong plug, etc....Sounds great now.
guitarcapo 1 year ago
Nice sound. What kind of guitar are you playing from?
stvo2009 1 year ago
@stvo2009
A 1980's Hamer Blitz
degroovia 1 year ago
sounds good but you look like you are playing through a switchboard ..the panel looks way too complicated ..go forbid i take this to a show after i smoke a joint and find out i bumped few knobs ...an amp that has two knobs one tone and one volume = Hakuna Matata ( that's what my amp is called by the way ) peace.
hyppodiarytus 1 year ago
@hyppodiarytus it aint rocketscience, pothead. 2 channels, one vol, bass, treble control per channel, speed and intensity for vibrato.
vibroluxor 10 months ago
@vibroluxor Hopefully this guy does not drive.....What would he do with all those pedals, knobs, buttons, switches, and a key?
podboy333 5 months ago
I have a question. Do you need the pedal to get the vibrato to work on the 260? I'm looking at the schematic for the 260 and it looks that way.
guitarcapo 1 year ago
@guitarcapo just plug in any generic footswitch. that's what I did for mine anyway. and trust me, if the 20-30 bucks for the switch doesnt seem worth it, you haven't tried the vibrato for yourself :P
jalmuhs 1 year ago
The repairs in these older Mags are easy. It's the suitcase "M"models that are hard because of all the spaghetti wiring.
8153max 2 years ago
That sounds Great!
dancingrizz 2 years ago
I'd love to get one of these but scared to death of possible repairs
guitarcapo 2 years ago
You better not get one.
dancingrizz 2 years ago