9/22/2023 0 Comments 5f11 output transformer![]() ![]() ![]() Its date code corresponded with 19, but the cloth-covered wires suggested the latter. We decided to keep it, because Fender also used this transformer in the 50s Vibrolux towards the end of the decade. The Vibrolux had its original mains transformer, but the output transformer had been changed to a Princeton/Deluxe spec 125A1A. A ’57 Vibrolux would have been fitted with a Triad #108 output transformer, but this amp’s transformer product code read 125A1A – making it identical to the Schumacher-manufactured unit Fender installed in 60s Princetons, Deluxes and Deluxe Reverbs. The serial number and date code on the original mains transformer and potentiometers indicated a manufacturing date of 1957. According to the schematic, a couple of these capacitors were not of the correct value, and the replaced resistors were a mixture of carbon and metal film types, rather than 50s-style carbon comps. The replaced caps included a mixture of British and US components, some of which were vintage themselves. ![]()
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