barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 My buddy Brian has a Fender Super Twin (fairly old...and I don't know what year) and it is, as he says, in need of the distortion tube. I assume that is the tube for the gain stage. Anyone know what model tube that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbp810 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Super Twin, now there's a beast of an amp! I could only imagine he meant a preamp tube - most likely looking for a 12ax7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Super Twin, now there's a beast of an amp! I could only imagine he meant a preamp tube - most likely looking for a 12ax7 I found some schematics and I didn't see anything strange in schematic. He says the guy who did the work to get it rollin again told him he couldn't find the tube and they are hard to find. I saw the 12ax7 in the schematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Super Twin, now there's a beast of an amp! I could only imagine he meant a preamp tube - most likely looking for a 12ax7 you ain't lying about it being a beast. 180w! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbp810 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I found some schematics and I didn't see anything strange in schematic. He says the guy who did the work to get it rollin again told him he couldn't find the tube and they are hard to find. I saw the 12ax7 in the schematic. Interesting... he might want to find a new tech Unless I am way off the mark on what amp he actually has in hand, I couldn't imagine any tube in it would be hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Interesting... he might want to find a new tech Unless I am way off the mark on what amp he actually has in hand, I couldn't imagine any tube in it would be hard to find. yeah. That's what I thought. Maybe he is trying to find NOS. I need to find out exactly why he is having a hard time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 looks like there's a 6C10 and a 6CX8 in here, neither of which I've heard of before? http://music-electronics-forum.com/attachments/11971d1292362682-super-twin-reverb.gif here's a note someone posted about tweaking the distortion on one http://music-electronics-forum.com/t15622/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Either way those tubes aren't hard to find either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrymclark Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 For those better at reading schematics than me, it looks like the 6c10 is the one he may be talking about. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212Mavguy Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 pretty easy to find one of those tubes on ebay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameBand Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I used to work with a guy who played through a Super Twin, it is a beast. 180 watts is correct. Shame Fender discontinued it. What an amp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 180watt guitar amp is just insane. But getting those clean tones at high volume is a must for some people for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuDBoNe Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Ted Nugent used to have 6 on stage. Thats LOUD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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