Here is a “guts shot” of a Mojo Blackface Bassman amp kit I just completed for a customer. I get kits sent to me pretty regularly for assembly and thought I’d post a photo of what a completed chassis looks like. The Mojo kits include good quality parts and everything mounts up very nicely. This… Read More »
Happy Birthday Leo Fender!! Yep, good ol’ Uncle Leo was born on this day August 10th in 1909. He would have been 102 years old and I’m pretty certain he would be at his bench in his lab cooking up some experimental pickup design or amp circuit. So today when you pick up your Telecaster,… Read More »
I get a lot of emails from guitar players asking about how to get a certain guitar players sound. You know… a personal hero, a particular tone from a record and so forth. While there are ways to get close to the sound my question is “Why”? Why put all that effort (not too mention… Read More »
How many players reading this own or have played through a 5F6-A 4×10 Fender Bassman? A real vintage one or a high quality hand-wired clone not the current production Fender reissue. There is some magic in the 5F6-A circuit and even though it was designed as a bass amp it totally rocks for guitar! I for… Read More »
Here is a quick video I shot of the inside guts of my 5F6-A Bassman clone amp I built about 2 years ago. This is one of my favorite tube amp designs and works very well for my style. I did a couple mods to the circuit that I talk about and just give a… Read More »
Mojo Musical Supply now has the old style brown grill cloth. This is the type that was standard on early TV front and wide panel Fender amps from about 1947-1955. The cost is $21.75 per yard and the yard is 33″ wide. Great for restorations or custom clone builds. Credit Mojo Musical Supply. Tweet
One of the simplest, effective mods you can do to your guitar “on the cheap” is to experiment with tone caps. First before we get started lets get answers to a few questions about these little buggers. What is a tone cap and how does it work? Read more...
One very simple maintenence procedure can help keep your guitars’ signal at its best and prevent the loss of ground connection. Clean your jacks! We are talking about the 1/4″ jacks on your amplifier as well as your guitar. Read more..
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