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   XPost: alt.slack   
   From: horchata12839@gmail.com   
      
   Skeeter wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > dochammerslack@creon.earth says...   
   >>   
   >> At Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:33:51 -0700, Skeeter  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article <4RBTNbZR0d2Yim$@174.113.64.153>, root@   
   >>> 127.0.0.1 says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Fixed with 4 dollars worth of parts and $26 worth of my time for a   
   >>>> friend of a friend.  Their gig is on Thursday.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Initial diagnosis was no sound with input, dead quiet.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Input signal trace fell flat one hop into the preamp board.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> First look into the preamp board connections showed a healthy -15v   
   >>>> rail but the +15v was only 1.3v.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tracked down to Q1 tip29 NPN transistor that drives the +15v rail.   
   >>>> The compliment PNP Q11 tip30 had a crappy clip-on heatsink which   
   >>>> maybe helped it win the race.  I replaced both with new transistors   
   >>>> and tapped two heatsinks to 8-32 threading and screwed those on   
   >>>> with some .   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I will test some more tomorrow and verify that the bias setting is   
   >>>> ok, but luckily, the owner has a backup Ampeg just in case anything   
   >>>> cascades down with new higher +15v rail.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>    
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Liar   
   >>   
   >> I think there's some kind of "commandment" somewhere about   
   >> "thou shalt not bear false witness".   
   >>   
   >> At least in some religions, breaking that commandment is   
   >> a "mortal sin".   
   >>   
   >> You might want to consider that in this late stage of your   
   >> life, Sirrah.   
   >   
   > He's still a liar.   
   >   
   All he said is he had a preamp board. It's not that bodacious of a claim.   
      
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