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Need help finding a pilot bulb [message #18631]

Tue, 09 April 2013 16:40

noshelter@live.com
Messages: 36
Registered: January 2013
Location: Georgia

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Hi guys ! Any one know the correct bulb number for a 795 PA head ? I just got it going but my Tech said the bulb was missing and he didn't have one to fit. When were these heads produced ? It is a Cascade color and got it dirt cheap. Also the back of the head has three input jacks. Two on the left side and one on the right side. I think the two on the left is for the speaker columns. What is the one on the right side for ? Thanks in advance for your help !

[Updated on: Tue, 09 April 2013 18:46]

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Re: Need help finding a pilot bulb [message #18633 is a reply to message #18631]

Tue, 09 April 2013 19:07

chicagobill
Messages: 2006
Registered: April 2003

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The correct bulb number is 1829, 28 volts and should still be available from any big electronics supplier.

If your amp is Frankenstein head with the wider top panel, it was produced before the 200A or 200B series amps. Normally these heads have a perforated metal back panel with one speaker jack.

If yours has 3, then they have probably been added at a later time. Or I suppose that you could have a really early A series head with two speaker jacks and footswitch jack.

Tell us more about what it looks like.

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Re: Need help finding a pilot bulb [message #18634 is a reply to message #18633]

Tue, 09 April 2013 20:01

noshelter@live.com
Messages: 36
Registered: January 2013
Location: Georgia

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The plexi face looks the same as a K200. The plate on the back says 795 PA. It also gives the color which is cascade and the serial number. I suspect the head is in a different cab that it came in but the color is correct. It has Kustom and under the pilot light it has Ross Inc. I'll take a few photos tomorrow and post them. The bulb is not a screw in bulb. The cab is not the high front Frankie cab. The back is almost the same as the K200. The posts for wrapping the power cord is chrome and round instead of the normal type.

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Re: Need help finding a pilot bulb [message #18636 is a reply to message #18634]

Tue, 09 April 2013 21:52

pleat
Messages: 1454
Registered: June 2004
Location: Belding, Mi

Senior Member

From your description, the amp is a K200A-5 PA head. The cord wraps on the back are kitchen drawer knobs. The very first K200A series amps have etched aluminum front control panels with the two white circuit breakers left and right of the power switch. As far as the head cabinet not being original to the chassis, the A series uses 5 bolts to hold the chassis, and will have a 1/4" thick wood blocks to help support the power transforer area and also the 4 power transistors on the bottom of the chassis. It is possible to install the A series amps into the B series head cases. The B series head case is 1/2" deeper than the A series. Going the other way, installing a B series amp into the A series head case, the back of the amp will be flush and the mounting bolts won't line up. The bulb is a bayonet style, push in and turn.

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