The Dukane 1U460 - A Fire Breathing Sleeper!

Dukane 1U460 This amp in stock form is great. It was hard for me to contain my joy and excitement and my voice gives it away! Just a three prong cord and a bright cap on volume 2. Thanks for viewing and rock on!

[@jamesbracken4618]

I have 6 of these. I bought a 1969 bandmaster chassis without transformers and dropped the Dukane transformers into it. Sounds like a Dukane Bandmaster, both have 6 preamp tubes. I've turned 2 of the Dukanes into Bassmans. there is a lot of potential. GOD BLESS YOU! GOD BLESS AMERICA!! GLORY BE TO GOD!!! IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY!!!!!!!

[@roncarter2188]

Yeah I've seen a couple of these on KZbin where they have turned them into Bassman circuits. Thanks for viewing, take care

[@hkguitar1984]

WOW, I had one of these back in the 1980s! A family friend modified and gifted it to me. Said family friend owned the local TV Repair Shop (remember those). Really, Really Cool to see one of these again. 👍😉

[@roncarter2188]

Oh thanks yeah they're really cool amps man, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@roncarter2188 I did enjoy it, wish I still had it. That same family friend also gifted me an all original 1947 Magnatone (MEC) M-192-5 Troubadour!

[@roncarter2188]

@@hkguitar1984 My kind of friends! Cheers

[@hkguitar1984]

@@roncarter2188 Indeed YES. Thanks for the great content Ron. 👍😉

[@michaelstevenfriedlander4583]

Ducane (Operadio) invented high gain amplification. Ducane invented the master volume control. Mesa Boogie: is a johnny come lately.

[@CausingLewis]

I feel like it'd be pretty said to see such a unique amp turned into just another jcm800. I'd keep the bones stock and see what you can do to make the controls more useful for guitar.

[@roncarter2188]

I think your right! Thanks

[@kathecarter4551]

It is great! You are a genius. 😊

[@roncarter2188]

Well that makes you the wife of a genius.....love you.

[@user-hl1dq7nh4d]

wow that sustain...

[@roncarter2188]

Thanks so much for viewing. Cheers

[@user-le4mj7op6d]

👍👍👍9:30😊👍

[@roncarter2188]

Thank you my friend. Cheers

[@goodun2974]

I'd love to see what it looks like under the hood, and inside the chassis. I have a big Webster PA amp that needs to be recapped and converted for guitar use: it has two 5U4 rectifiers, four 6L6GC's, three 5879 pentodes for mic input (as well as one octal tube phonograph input), a weird tone circuit with small inductors, and a 6SJ7, 6SL7 and 6SN7! I couldn't find an exact schematic for it online or in my large collection of Sam's PA amplifier schematics, but I did find a schematic for another brand of PA amp with a somewhat similar circuit and tube complement, a Dukane I think it was. It probably should get a new output transformer however, because the multiple secondary windings and taps aren't marked and the wires are discolored from age, and so it's a confusing mess. I could probably figure it out with a multimeter if I had to but it seems more appropriate to put a proper output tranny in there with 4, 8 and 16 ohm taps.

[@roncarter2188]

Hey I have some Webster pa amps and the speaker connections can be weird. Can you send me some pics of the connections, maybe I can help you. My email is [e-mail]

[@goodun2974]

@@roncarter2188 , I'll take some snapshots when I get a chance. Want hand-drawn circuit diagrams of it as well?

[@roncarter2188]

@@goodun2974 Yeah that'll be fine I'll see what I can do.

[@jonathanhorne6503]

Did you do any circuit mods before demo or is it a stock circuit? On these Dukanes I often leave one channel stock for LowZ mics. I have the ransformers

[@roncarter2188]

@@jonathanhorne6503 No its stock, just a bright cap added to one mic volume.