Tube amp landfill find- identify?

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Tube amp landfill find- identify?

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Picked this up at the local landfill today. No makers marks on it- any guesses?
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Looks home built, maybe even the amp chassis, too.
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I'm thinking home built also, with the amp maybe pulled from another use. The speaker has date codes so I'll start there. The tubes seem really old also.
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Yeah, metal can tubes. Be careful about that transformer with the exposed taps on the end of the bell, and the tube next to it with the top plate connection!
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Speaker code is an obscure company Bliley from Erie PA with year code 0, so 50 or 60. Old school plug but the fuse is not blown- do I dare :shock:
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You may want to use a variac and bring up the AC slowly over a period of time as it most likely has not been turned on in a long time; this is for capacitor (and your 8) ) safety. If you are concerned about any problems when plugging the amp into an AC outlet have a friend do it for you. :twisted: :mrgreen:
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jps wrote:You may want to use a variac and bring up the AC slowly over a period of time as it most likely has not been turned on in a long time; this is for capacitor (and your 8) ) safety. If you are concerned about any problems when plugging the amp into an AC outlet have a friend do it for you. :twisted: :mrgreen:
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My guess still is an amp from an organ.
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Happyface wrote:
jps wrote:You may want to use a variac and bring up the AC slowly over a period of time as it most likely has not been turned on in a long time; this is for capacitor (and your 8) ) safety. If you are concerned about any problems when plugging the amp into an AC outlet have a friend do it for you. :twisted: :mrgreen:
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What'd I say? :wink:
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I'm leaning toward the homemade theory. Either that or a small company which went out of business very quickly due to killing too many customers. :wink:

I'd suggest powering it up from a distance through a big ol' Frankenstein-looking blade switch - just for effect.
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