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Postby smash » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:54 pm

Hey Guys,

A friend has just moved here from NY, and needs someone to change the transformer in his Guitar Amp from 110v to 240v.

Can anyone recommend anyone in the Sydney area?

Thanks,

Smash.

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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby chribble » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:58 pm

fes at mall music should be close to you.

i used to use duane ledford but i'm not sure if he's doing repair work anymore. he was good though.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby jkhuri44 » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:04 pm

good timing, im looking for an amptech to fix a broken marshall too :D
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby jkhuri44 » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:05 pm

edit: to be slightly helpful, i've found a bloke in NSW at a place called Rock Dog amps, had a chat, sounds like a good bloke.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby Sammas » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:14 pm

Dave Peach! Dave Peach! Dave Peach!

There is no better...

http://www.peachaudio.com/
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby Ben M » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:13 pm

jkhuri44 wrote:edit: to be slightly helpful, i've found a bloke in NSW at a place called Rock Dog amps, had a chat, sounds like a good bloke.


Rock Dog is a good call but far away from the Northern Beaches.
You could try Stan Holroyd at www.standardampworks.com.au
He's in Epping which is a little closer to you Simon.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby smash » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:24 pm

Thanks for all the replies guys!

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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby Alastair Reynolds » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:40 pm

Or you could call one of the techs in the Tech Contact part of the forum
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby Lee » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:49 pm

chribble wrote:fes at mall music should be close to you.


I second that vote for fes, he's great.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby chribble » Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:27 am

yeah if you want to save money you should retube before the service. that way they cant charge you retail on new tubes. i used to buy a bunch of ax7s in bulk or ecc83/81 or whatever nos off the net rather than paying $20-25 a pop on an eh tube.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby zenelectro » Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:29 am

smash wrote:Hey Guys,

A friend has just moved here from NY, and needs someone to change the transformer in his Guitar Amp from 110v to 240v.

Can anyone recommend anyone in the Sydney area?

Thanks,

Smash.

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There are 3 possibilities,
a) The amps transformer already has 110+110v primaries and can be easily rewired
b) The transformer doesn't have dual primaries and needs to be replaced (bought)
c) If a replacement cant be found it will have to be rewound or another custom made.

I can sort any of these.
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby Gian » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:21 am

Or use a step down transformer
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Re: Need an Amp Tech

Postby lonearranger » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:51 pm

Would highly recommend Glen Lambert all things guitar amp related.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~glen325/index.html

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