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Post by jasper on Nov 30, 2015 22:00:57 GMT -7
I've finally taken my Maz 38 to the Doctor's for a new transformer transplant, from 120 VAC to 240 VAC. No more step down transformer that has caused some issues. My tech has used a Matchless DC30 on this conversion using the bell hubs from the original transformer. The DC 30 has more core laminations, which allow it to remain cooler when the amp is being run hard. Compare the two transformers in this photo with the original to the left.
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Post by deluxetwelve on Nov 30, 2015 22:27:35 GMT -7
Are you in Australia? If so, I'd be interested in knowing who did the transplant
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Post by jasper on Dec 1, 2015 0:30:34 GMT -7
Yes I am in remote Australia in Katherine NT. Simmo from Valve Head Productions in Darwin has done the job for me.
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Post by deluxetwelve on Dec 1, 2015 0:56:25 GMT -7
Katherine eh? I lived in Darwin many moons ago. I'm in SA now.
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Post by purpletele on Dec 1, 2015 1:16:48 GMT -7
I bet that helps eliminate strange issues.
I am guessing you don't need a Dr. Z Air Brake due to neighbors next door?
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Post by deluxetwelve on Dec 1, 2015 4:52:03 GMT -7
An amp like that would certainly keep the crocodiles at bay!
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Post by jasper on Dec 1, 2015 6:40:26 GMT -7
Deluxetwelve only freshies here at the moment until the river rises in the monsoon shall they be set at bay between the blackouts!
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Post by simpleton on Dec 1, 2015 7:22:17 GMT -7
Nice to eliminate extra things, like a step down transformer, and keep the signal simpler. In America, at least amoung hippie types, Freshies referred to a new pair of socks, which are really nice if you've been wearing the same pair for a long period of time. Then when someone gives you a new pair of socks you're like," Ah, Freshies!"
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Post by jasper on Dec 1, 2015 8:07:38 GMT -7
Simpleton your kind of freshies are a rare commodity in these parts as we mostly wear flip flops called thongs in Australia. However thongs your way is what we call g-strings that show off your fanny... yet what we call a fanny here is the... well lets say that's what the front of the g-string (thong) hides on the ladies! LOL
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Post by purpletele on Dec 1, 2015 9:34:29 GMT -7
Nice to eliminate extra things, like a step down transformer, and keep the signal simpler. In America, at least amoung hippie types, Freshies referred to a new pair of socks, which are really nice if you've been wearing the same pair for a long period of time. Then when someone gives you a new pair of socks you're like," Ah, Freshies!" Freshies? That is new to me.
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Post by simpleton on Dec 1, 2015 13:23:06 GMT -7
Simpleton your kind of freshies are a rare commodity in these parts as we mostly wear flip flops called thongs in Australia. However thongs your way is what we call g-strings that show off your fanny... yet what we call a fanny here is the... well lets say that's what the front of the g-string (thong) hides on the ladies! LOL In Hawaii they call flip flops (thongs), slippers. So a fanny pack to you might mean something different than the fashionable pouch akin to a Kangaroo?......hmmmm....I better take a year or two of Aussie before thinking about a visit.
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Post by jasper on Dec 1, 2015 19:07:10 GMT -7
Fanny pack is called a bum bag here (bum is what you call an as* (fanny) that we spell as arse)... Which a bum is a hobo in your parts... linguistically it's a nightmare I know. But luckily I have lived in the US so I am able to translate.
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Post by j4gitr (John) on Dec 1, 2015 20:49:58 GMT -7
Language is so much fun...even when it's the "same"
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Post by simpleton on Dec 1, 2015 23:24:51 GMT -7
Fanny pack is called a bum bag here (bum is what you call an as* (fanny) that we spell as arse)... Which a bum is a hobo in your parts... linguistically it's a nightmare I know. But luckily I have lived in the US so I am able to translate. Possible job as a translator for diplomats ... My ex bass player moved to Brisbane to finish medical school a few years back and I don't think he and his wife will ever come back. They LOVE it !
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Post by mickey on Dec 25, 2015 2:03:21 GMT -7
Deluxetwelve only freshies here at the moment until the river rises in the monsoon shall they be set at bay between the blackouts! A bit off topic, but I think these guys are best avoided....salties! Taken on the Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu, NT, about 6 weeks ago, when the wife and I were touring Oz. Loved it! .........
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Post by doctorice on Dec 25, 2015 5:53:11 GMT -7
You guys are stirring up my travel urge. My last trip to Australia was in 2005.
Any of you gents visited Tassie? No salties or freshies down there as I recall.
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Post by walt on Dec 25, 2015 18:22:17 GMT -7
Tojo never made it to Darwin.
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Post by jasper on Dec 26, 2015 6:25:19 GMT -7
Mickey you were right near where I live, 300 km south west of Kakadu. Did you make it to Katherine? It's wet season now and waters have raised and the salties are here already! Made it to Tasmania 30 odd years ago! Only Tasie Devils to bother you with their mating calls down there!
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Post by mickey on Dec 26, 2015 8:42:10 GMT -7
Unfortunately we didn't make it to Katherine, we just didn't have enough time. Flew from Ayers Rock up to Darwin, stayed one night, then off to Kakadu for a couple of days, back to Darwin for a night then flew straight down to Cairns to visit the Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda skyway, Tjapukai cultural park etc. All the touristy bits, but all well worth seeing. Our schedule was packed, but necessarily so. I'd love to go back to Oz, maybe WA next time, and also spend a bit more time in Northern QL, Sunshine coast, etc., but perhaps schedule in a bit more down time next visit!
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Post by jasper on Dec 26, 2015 11:18:07 GMT -7
Mick so close and yet so far. Yes come back next time and enjoy the rest of what Australia has to offer. Cheers Mate!
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Post by mickey on Dec 26, 2015 16:54:21 GMT -7
Mick so close and yet so far. Yes come back next time and enjoy the rest of what Australia has to offer. Cheers Mate! I really hope we do jasper, we both genuinely loved the whole experience, and all the Aussies we met were great, like nothing's ever too much trouble. Been a long-time ambition of mine to get to Australia, I don't intend to leave it so long before the next visit!
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Post by doctorice on Dec 27, 2015 6:27:07 GMT -7
Made it to Tasmania 30 odd years ago! Only Tasie Devils to bother you with their mating calls down there! I was surprised at how many of your countrymen had never been there. When asked, a fairly common response was "Yeah, it's beautiful down there. Never been myself." Of the five times I've visited Oz, I've gone back to Cradle Mountain every time; same with Noosa. My list of "want to visit" places is huge. I may have to finagle some kind of work there!
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Post by jasper on Dec 31, 2015 4:00:42 GMT -7
Doctorice it's like saying to your folk have you ever been to North Dakota? Chances are you have but have many of your country folk haven't . I use to live on the Sunshine Coast and right at this moment I'm with a chef friend who works in Noosa. Also my cat was born there. Cheers
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