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- From: till@acid-rain.lucid.com (Don Tillman)
- Subject: Amp question
- In-Reply-To: dcovell@hfglobe.intel.com's message of Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:57:03 GMT
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- Date: 17 Dec 92 11:00:35
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- From: dcovell@hfglobe.intel.com (David Covell)
- Organization: Intel Corporation
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:57:03 GMT
-
- Older Fender amps use a black material as a substrate for the point-to-
- point wired circuitry. What is this stuff, what's its proper name, and
- where can I get some (or an acceptable substitute)?
- The material is black, semi-flexible, about 3/32" thick, and I assume it
- has high dielectric value. Probably very tolerant of high temperatures also.
- I don't care if it's not identical to the original Fender material as long
- as it works in similar applications.
-
- It's called a terminal board or a turret strip. The ones used on the old
- Fender amps were wax impregnated cardboard of some sort, but nowadays
- ("nowadays" in the geologic sense, ie., over the last two or three decades)
- nice robust epoxy versions with far better electrical and thermal
- characteristics are available. (At least that's what I used back in '75.)
-
- -- Don
-