![]() “And it was the same kind of thing for the rest of the parts, including screws, nuts and the handle. I had to re-engrave the numbers by hand and then create a mix of dry paint and edding pen to fill the engravings. “The old type isn’t currently being made, so I needed to make some replicas. “The original Rogan knobs aren’t in production any more,” he explains. With some of the original knobs missing, Fabio needed to get creative. With those amps, the reverb doesn’t go in series, it’s in parallel, so it adds the reverb to the rest of the signal in the same was as, say, a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe or Deville does.” “Although this amp doesn’t have reverb, you could also order a model with a reverb circuit. I would have expected it to come with an Electro-Voice or an Altec speaker, but on request you would have been able to get a JBL for a different type of sound. It was a case of either replacing it, which would have devalued the amp, or making some small patches. It also needed some repairs the suspension had some small cracks. “The speaker was full of dust and needed to be cleaned entirely. And if it’s bad enough for long enough that can lead to breakages.Ĭleaning this amp was a crucial part of the restoration Fabio Cutolo It can take years, but a layer of grime can build up around the edge of the speaker, which prevents it from moving correctly. It needed to look great, but also if the grille is dirty, the speaker can be affected. It was in a state when I got it, and I cleaned it up carefully with cotton buds and a brush. It’s often seen on chairs, so it has to be strong and reliable. “The kind of weave that’s used for the grille was invented in Austria and is called Vienna straw. Even with the electronics and speaker out, the cabinet on its own still weighs a fair amount. I reckon the whole amp weighs at least 35kg. Normally, I’d let a touch of oil soak in for a few days, but this residue had really worked its way in. “The cabinet is made from koa wood, and I had to go easy on it. That alone took a couple of days to remove: no tools – just me, a cloth and some Brasso! Brasso removes a very small amount of the outer layer, a bit like how T-Cut works on cars – except T-Cut would have been too aggressive for this. “On the top of the cabinet are two lighter shades of grain where some gaffer tape had been stuck on for decades. “Cleaning this amp was a crucial part of the restoration,” he says. Shares of BlackBerry Ltd advanced 5.9% as the company forecast sales jumping as much as 54% in 2026 from 2023 on the back of growth in its cybersecurity business.Needless to say, restoring this Mark I Boogie required a great deal of work, with Fabio having to completely dismantle it piece by piece. Healthcare was boosted by a 24.1% jump in Bausch Health Companies Inc shares after a Delaware court ruling helped guard the patent for the company's antibiotic drug for traveler's diarrhea. Heavily weighted financials advanced 0.9% and healthcare was up 4.9%. The Toronto market's energy sector rose 1.4% as oil settled 2.8% higher at $72.83 a barrel, clawing back some recent declines. "It was definitely a good day for equities in the (United)States and I think that spilled over into Canada," said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management. stock indexes posted stronger gains, helped by a bounce in regional bank stocks and optimism about a potential breakthrough in the deadlock in Washington over the nation's debt limit. ![]()
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