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Nortant

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I have come across an Elk EB103s.Prosonic amp. It has 2 tubes missing . one large and one small. I don’t know the numbers, I don’t have a circuit and it may not be the only problem. The amp is in very used but old dusty condition.
What are your thoughts on its restoration . Is it’s working sound worth the time and effort and cost of new valves and capacitors.
What is a restored value?
just wondering whether a new fender reverb with Twin speakers is a better option than restoring.
 
found this with a search
https://elk-echo.blogspot.com/p/pro-sonic-eb-103-product-page.htmlhttps://www.drtube.com/elk/https://reverb.com/item/37411043-1965-elk-pro-sonic-vintage-japanese-tube-amp-2x10-mij

saw it has a facebook link

Pictures will help

Go to Frank tube page and look up the tubes and get the pinouts
example
https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/127/7/7189.pdf
Then look at amp schematic with output tubes like your amp that has a trem and/or reverb often tube amps are very similar in there "design"

maybe something close to this
https://www.drtube.com/schematics/elk/es-30.gif
 
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