Rocker 30 OT replacement

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Jondog
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Rocker 30 OT replacement

Post by Jondog » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:46 am

Just came across this, Hammond makes a Rocker 30 replacement output transformer! Thought it was weird, of all the amps they make that one only! Made about 15 mins from me too! Sorry, nerd excitement...
Hammond 1750orf

https://www.hammfg.com/files/parts/pdf/1750ORF.pdf


https://nextgenguitars.ca/products/hamm ... p-35w.html
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Les Paul Lover
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Re: Rocker 30 OT replacement

Post by Les Paul Lover » Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:20 pm

Interesting.

Do You reckon those are better than the Demeters?

And would they do a 50w version.... to make use of the fixed bias circuit..... ?
Though I think I'm deluded. Got lots of projects to finish.....
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Re: Rocker 30 OT replacement

Post by Sooner » Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:01 pm

Les Paul Lover wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:20 pm
Do You reckon those are better than the Demeters?
Sounds like they're intended to sound the same:
"Material used & design specs. were kept as close as possible to the original part to preserve the stock "tone"
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Re: Rocker 30 OT replacement

Post by Jondog » Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:09 am

Les Paul Lover wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:20 pm
Interesting.

Do You reckon those are better than the Demeters?

And would they do a 50w version.... to make use of the fixed bias circuit..... ?
Though I think I'm deluded. Got lots of projects to finish.....
I don’t know if they’re necessarily better, but definitely good quality. They seem to have a guitar division that will copy a transformer if you send them one...so they probably could do a 50, but at that expense I’d just get a Marshall OT and make it fit.
I can’t say because I’ve never had an AD30, but I always wondered if the Rocker used the AD30 OT, so it may replace that too.
I find it interesting it’s a 6k primary, alot of dual EL34 amps use much lower. 6k is more typical of dual EL84s. This seems as a bit of a mis-match, part of the recipe? If you put a typical 50 watt OT for EL34’s on the Rocker, as I did in the past, it changes the entire response, as it did. I thought at the time it had more to do with the bigger iron.
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