1974 Vibrolux
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- robrtnickerson
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1974 Vibrolux
So, I picked up a 74 vibrolux super cheap several months ago. It was basically doa, I got about 3 minutes of horrible (but kinda awesome) sound out of it and it went kaput. I took it to a trusted amp tech to look it over and give me a quote on the restoration/repair. It needed just about all of the things done to it that one would expect a neglected tube amp would need. New tubes, caps and all that plus the two ten inch speakers were blown. He quoted me $500 parts and labor. I don't think that his price was necessarily unfair, as he is a pro and stands by his work. I just am having trouble coming up with the extra cash to pay for something that isn't food or shelter. I have zero experience working on amps. For me, electronics are analogues to black magic voodoo type shit or chiropractory. However, i really, really wanna play this amp. A lot. So I am willing to delve into black arts in order to sate my rock desires. My question is, how likely is it that I will inadvertently kill myself in the process? Or worse yet, completely ruin the amp foreverever?
- robrtnickerson
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Yeah, iirc he only had 2 or 3 hrs for labor at $30/hr. He has markup in the tubes and such as well as insisting that I use expensive replacement speakers. My thinking was that I could buy parts as I went. Breaking up the investment into smaller chunks which would make it easier to justify. Plus, you know, broadening my horizons a bit by learning some stuff. Basically what it all boils down to, is that I bought an amp that I can't afford to fix right now unless I do it myself in increments.
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Re: 1974 Vibrolux
Fry's Electronics has little "build your own" electronic kits. If you have no experience, but want to learn, those might be a better introduction. It'll take you longer to finish your amp, but you won't kill you or the amp.robrtnickerson wrote: My question is, how likely is it that I will inadvertently kill myself in the process? Or worse yet, completely ruin the amp foreverever?
Hell is other people.