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Day: January 18, 2008

Modding Old Organ Bits Into A Guitar Amps

January 18, 2008 by Will O'Brien 12 Comments


[Forrest] sent in his Hammonator Organ that he resurrected into a guitar amp. He re-used several of the original parts, and designed the amplifier around them. Tubes were chosen to fit the sockets, and the original transformer was adapted to run on the 120V usually found today.

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