Posted by larry grobe on August 22, 2005 at 20:42:44:
In Reply to: ELK Miyuki Guitar and Bass Amps posted by skipp on June 19, 2005 at 09:04:38:
Hi, Skip. I've owned 2 elk/ echo amps. Not much info out there. Both
my amps were toast when I got them. One i turned into something else, and the last one i got running. The one BIG THING I noticed was those old oil filled coupling caps WILL leak lots of volts. The resistors seem
to be all in the ballpark. I would suggest replacing all the coupling caps
that havehigh DC voltage on them.......Larry : Someone was looking for information regarding ELK Guitar and Bass Amplifier Equipment. ELK was the Miyuki Co. Inc. in Tokyo Japan making tube amplifiers. One ELK model is the Fender Bassman like "Twin Amp 60", found in 50 and 60 watt versions, which also contains vibrato and reverb (not found on the Bassman Head). The power transformers appear to be the weak part of their products so make sure the voltage tap is set right and put a small fan or blower on the back of the amp to move air through the chassis. The classic layout uses and EL-34 output for some very nice tone...
: cheers,
: skipp
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