
Very 70s looking amp!
Rear rip in the grill and one of the top ones pushed in..
Rubber grommet missing
Horray! Mullards inside.. I and they test good! 2 missing.. I think they were broken when the grill were pushed in
Sold the valves for more than I paid for the amp!
Sizeable power transformer… not Partridge
Output Transformer
Love the slanted front
2 tubes missing.. rest later sold and a new set put in
One inverter tube on a PCB
2 variable resistors.. bias adjustment
One diode replaced on Bias supply I think
Not the neatest wiring but not bad
nicely marked transformers manufacturer?


Solid State preamp all looks original
Mm really do not liek this external solid state front end..
One resistor looks like it has been replaced on the inverter circuit
Evidence of an arc on one of the output tube sockets. this needed replacing..
OK after sometime I decided to use the basic chassis and build a very powerful one knob guitar amp.
Voltage doubler needed for bias supply
Pretty tightly packed in here now
EF86 Preamp used components wired freeform (rats nest style)
EF86 preamp tube and ECC83 PI. Circuit the same (almost) as old AC30 Normal Channel





All done need to think about the cab now.. use original or.. smaller new one? Interesting 150 Watt Guitar Amp head with Solid state front end and 6xEL34 output tubes! After a whole I decided to use the PA chassis and transformers for a high power guitar amp with a single volume knob using a preamp circuit similar to a EF86 Based AC30 design.
Would make a lovely bass amp.
Yes it is still on my Bench at the momment I plan to build a better preamp for her then use as a bass amp!
A few years ago I rebuilt my soundhouse amp, with the first cord played through my Arbiter les paul copy and a set of sound house speaker cabinet (fanes) it just scared me ,shear hell power, the shed shook and the possums left. The amp reeks of Sabath , the amps has the what it takes to make it a classic.