NVCOD

[ludobag1]

New vintage combo organ day


since so long i want one

it is a















Gem jumbo 61 R6

miss the legs and volume pédale as always ,they are in heaven combo organ legs and guitar tremolo bar



i am terribly happy
fucking happy to be bad

it is in pristine condition ,of all i have it is the more good state, looks like new in fact ,for not too much monney and not too far from home 60 Kilometers then i can miss it

since i am in a rebuild of band ,garage surf rock n roll 60 s ,it will be used i think
need servicing to be safe with recaping the alimentation and other chimical caps (i do always it avoid troubles and then can be trust on stage ,no risk of failing ) ,but it works at 100% at this time ,no button ,no pot , nothing to repair ,
really little cleaning outside ,a little vaccum inside with the recap and cleaning contact too and it can be bring on tour

the pro the sound cheesy as hell

the bad heavy as a dead horse

for the swell pedal i have one and for the legs i have ask a friend who can solder to make repro ,will paint them cause i can't justify 150 euros to chrome them (maybe more in fact ) and why not sparkle legs !!!!!!!!! ,but i have to see maybe my caravan organ legs can works on at first

[JSett]

Nice! Do you still have the silver Gem Jumbo you got before?

My Gem is still in storage, waiting to be repaired

[ludobag1]

yes always have it ,in good shape now ,i have clean it ,the most i can the tolex ,reglue some scratch ,totally clean inside ,the contact ,recaps it all ,do tuning ,rewire the transformer ,the wire are really rotten and decomposed,the plastics isolant fall apart ,looks like humidity result
install a switch to cut the hp ,change the3 din plug for a 5 plug to insert my bulb swell pédale from an old elka or other italian one( hard to find an gem one ,but one day ), put a ground plug,change the fuse older for a modern one that i can find the fuse instead of aluminium foil wrap around the old fuse
ta da now it could be use for years even on stage with no risk

it sound absolutly phenomenal despite being grey ,we all know red sound better

[ludobag1]

caravan legs plus 2 screws and 2 molettes

[ludobag1]

yesterday i have beguin the cleaning ,outside with some tolex reglue ,inside big vaccuming
first thing inspect the fuse ,as always the fuse was inexistant ,a fuse blow with a wire to make contact ,i have to order the proper one cause is it unfundable near me ,locally i have short one ,and there is is a long one needed ,too bad i have the good value at home but not the good size and i have no fuse holder in spare to use it
when the cleaning finish i look at for caps value the more i can ,cause there is some with marking hidden ,don't want to cut them immediatly cause will do the caps in one time
knowing the needed value by servicing other organ i made my list and i have to order 2 big one of 2200 uf only
it haven't been serviced since his buildind ,more or less 1974 and seriously none are suspicious ,they look pretty good for 49 years
the recaping will be to be in safe side and to have a better sound
the inside was pretty clean no much dust in fact nd no trace of humidity that it made me think it was well used and stored

[ludobag1]

the recaping ,there is a lot only in the organ

the blue one 1000uf tell 1974



the all changing done

and there is also the rythm part to do next

du to the face of pot some are surely leaky

i have some wire to resolder too cause the wire are short when you open it and 3 cracks
result there is some better sound +now it will be more reliable

[ludobag1]

today the BAR



i have count 18 to change
and i remount it i see a tropical fish broken in 2 then put a new unpolarised of same value

busy works