Recapping Vintage Guitar Amps - When is "Killing the Mojo" OK? (1959 Epiphone Century EA-25T)

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  @TheGuitologist · 9 years ago · pinned

  Someone asked what kind of shielding tape I used. The stuff I used was HFT branded from Habor Frieght, but this stuff or the 3M stuff should all do just as well. 3M will be most expensive. If you don&apos;t have shielding on the back door of your amps, they NEED it! <a href="http://amzn.to/2wBKPmM">http://amzn.to/2wBKPmM</a>

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• DJ

  @djefferson5669 · 9 years ago

  Every time Brad says &quot;trem-molo&quot; you must take a shot!

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• MA

  @marcusheawood8560 · 9 years ago

  I simply cannot believe the idiocy I&apos;m reading here, this amp was built down to a price and made to be played, what Brad has done is put it back to factory fresh using modern more durable components. Leaky caps don&apos;t add tone, they make noise.<br>You try and go buy a 1959 Corvette still on its original tyres or original brake linings, some components are consumables and have to be replaced periodically because they age badly.<br><br>Remember that when you hear classic recordings from the 50&apos;s and 60&apos;s, the equipment being used was brand new and factory fresh, it wasn&apos;t vintage gear back then. The pickups were fresh and their magnets strong, the tubes new, the caps and resistors in spec. and the speakers crisp and clean.<br>For every &apos;Holy Grail&apos; &apos;59 Les Paul that was made there are a thousand tons of junk guitars that didn&apos;t make it through time to us, the reason that LP got here is that it was as well made as a skilled luthier could manage, using the best woods he could select, and even then there were plenty that didn&apos;t make it. Time weeds out the weak.<br>These guitars and amps were made well enough to have survived, that&apos;s why they&apos;re deservedly famous and also why modern mass-produced gear will not survive, especially digital stuff.<br>This vintage tone obsession is retarded, stuff that is in tip-top condition sounds better than old, clapped out crap.<br><br>I betcha if Brad made a clone of this amp from all the best quality brand new components using that exact same Epiphone circuit diagram it would sound even better than this nice old one does.

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• RO

  @robinaldred3255 · 9 years ago

  Sounds to me like mojo has been added. Big time!

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• WI

  @Wildman9 · 2 years ago

  Once again &nbsp; I&apos;m watching you old stuff that apply today . Great fun.🎸🎸🎸🎸

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• KL

  @KleyDeJong · 9 years ago

  Cool update. &nbsp;I&apos;m on board for updating the caps. &nbsp;It is an amp that should be played, not a museum piece that should be collected.

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• TE

  @telecasteroil · 9 years ago

  That amp sounds so awesome <br>Great video again .

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• TH

  @Thomasdgolden · 9 years ago

  That bullhorn logo I love it. They are donning this logo on some guitars now.

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• WH

  @whynotme5926 · 8 years ago

  I think that is one of the best sounding amps I have ever heard.

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• SI

  @simonkormendy849 · 9 years ago

  It&apos;s definitely a good idea to replace old caps in a guitar amp with brand-new ones as long as they are adequately rated for the job, there&apos;s really no point in having an amp 100% original and with all it&apos;s original components in place if some of the original components are faulty, or are in the process of going faulty if they have a negative impact on the functioning of the amp, I&apos;d rather have an amp 80% original and functional than an amp that&apos;s 100% original and non-functional, amps are meant to be used, so they need to be fully functional like they were the day they left the factory, so if it means replacing some original components with brand-new ones just to get it functioning properly, so be it.

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• MI

  @michaelcrawley5211 · 9 years ago

  I don&apos;t see how you do what you do. &nbsp;I have watched a ton of your videos and you truly have a talent and it really is fun to watch. &nbsp;I was able to mod my Epiphone Valve Jr not to the extent you did it but is sounds amazing now. &nbsp;Keep posting these videos they are so helpful and is there any word on the string change challenge?

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• GR

  @GregMargraff · 7 months ago

  I&apos;ve never thought of a pentode as an input tube, but this one drives right through the tone stack!