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  • December 21--Two more schematics from Joe Piazza, the power amp and the preamp sections of the frightening V-9.

  • December 16--A replacement from Joe Piazza for the J-12-A schematic, which had an error. If you previously downloaded this schematic, be sure to get the new file.

  • December 9--New schematics from Joe Piazza! We now have the J-12-B Jet, the preamp and power amp sections for the V3, and the preamp for the V-4B.

  • December 9--Added contact information for Lee Jackson-designed Ampegs to both the schematics page and the Relevant Links page.

  • December 9--I was alerted that Luggage and Handbag Supply may no longer be the friendliest people to deal with, and now have a $50 minimum order. Noted on Parts page.

  • November 23--added the Relevant Links page.

  • November 18--Some much needed updating and corrections, including a new phone/fax number for contacting the Ampeg Book authors; the place to look for clutch screws (see Parts page); a correction that the price of the tremolo module from Antique Electronics Supply has been reported but not confirmed to be $130; a correction that transformer interleaving is for output and not power transformers; new email address for Ray Ramirez; links to web pages for Ray Ramirez, Angela Instruments, Subway Guitars, Svetlana, and Joe Piazza; and a picture of a Little Stud bass (thanks to Steve) as well as more Stud origin evidence. I will be adding a separate page of relevant links very soon to lead you to many of the parts suppliers mentioned in these pages as well as others not yet mentioned.

  • September 23--More schematics from Joe include the GS-12-R Reverberocket 2 and the G-12.

  • September 16--Joe Piazza has provided the schematic for the ET-1 Echo Twin.

  • August 28--A photo of an immaculate left-handed AEB-1, generously provided by Route 66 Guitars, on the Instruments page.

  • August 27--I figured out that if I add width and height statements for the gifs this page will load faster. Duh! you say . . . well I didn't know!

  • August 24--Good news for all of you with dead tremolo modules! Ampeg has had a replacement part made up that will retail for significantly less than the NOS part available from Antique Electronics Supply. Also now available is the late-60s/70s blue and silver grille cloth, made for Ampeg by the original manufacturer! Also available are the metal foot cups for the tops of some cabinets and the bottoms of cabinets with dollys. All three items are available from Vintage Amp Restoration. See the Parts Page.

  • August 24--Two more schematics from Joe: The 1968 B-15N and the 1968 B-25.

  • August 15--More new schematics from Joe: The R-12-R Reverberocket (5Y3/6V6 version) and the V-4B poweramp section.

  • August 5--The prolific Joe Piazza provides schematics for the R-15-R Supereverb and the V-4 preamp section.

  • August 5--A source for the elusive Ampeg tremolo module? Reportedly Antique Electronic Supply has the part--for $130! How bad do you want it?

  • August 5--Added links to topic headers in Sources and Instruments pages.

  • July 30--Yet more schematics from Joe Piazza! New schematics for the J-12D Jet (7591/6BK11), VT-40 preamp and VT-40 poweramp. Also a slightly corrected schematic for the V2 preamp, so if you've downloaded this one before, get the new one.

  • July 30--Also an Ampeg service provider for you UK Ampegophiles. See the Parts page.

  • July 25--Schematics from the pen of Joe Piazza for the 1969 SVT powered by 6146b tubes, and the 1970 version with 6550a firebottles.

  • July 21--Schematic from Joe Piazza for the SVT preamp section, with the power amp section for both the 6146 and the 6550 versions soon to follow!

  • July 21--Also, Vintage Amp Restoration can now provide blue leather handles (see Parts). Does anyone know where to find those weird clutch screws?

  • July 7--Two more schematics, the Gemini II and the Gemini VI, have been added.

  • July 4--The Schematics page is now up and has half a dozen or so schematics. More will be coming. Many thanks to Joe Piazza for providing so many of them.

  • July 4--Additions to the parts page: More parts and services available for Baby Basses from Ray Ramirez; and the original source for the chrome handles for the larger-sized Portaflexes has been located! Thanks, Alex!

  • June 25--Apologies to all who check this page and find no changes or additions. I've had some mishaps, not the least of which was a nasty head-on car crash (not my fault) from which I'm recovering. Rest assured that the page is not dead, and neither am I. And speaking of mishaps, I had the "Aerospace" amps page typed up and coded and then my computer crashed. Now I have to do it all over again.

  • I just got my first look at this page with AOL's Windoze browser, and I must say that I don't like it at all. You miss everything with that browser. (No one else's page looks good, either.) If you've you're using this browser, make sure you have Use Gray Background checked in your preferences. Better yet, you have the option of using Netscape if you have WINSOCK.DLL installed. Don't ask me how, though, I'm a Mac user. There's an area on AOL that has all the info.

  • Well, I finally realized that one misplaced character kept a portion of the Instruments page from being viewed by Netscape. For some reason, AOL's Macintosh browser viewed it just fine. Who knew?

  • I've also started revamping the Amplifiers page. The "Aerospace" (my term) amps will be added soon, to be followed by the V-series.

  • I've finally put the Portaflex listing in alphabetical order.

  • A few new sources have also been added to the Parts page.