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  • #1

    Yamaha TC-50c Questions

    I just picked up one of these in a pawn shop; I have a couple of questions that I hope some of you can shed light on. Just to set the scene...I am not an engineer, so...English would be great.

    1. I did a search for a manual with no luck...any ideas?
    2. There are 7 AX7 tubes...one is missing. The amp works (so far), but can I damage it by using it before I get another tube? Could this just be the reverb tube?
    3. It is pretty old and I don't know the history, so...should I just replace all of the tubes or just play away and deal with it when something goes bad?
    4. Anything else I can check on my own...without doing The Green Mile?

    I really appreciate the help as I am really inexperienced when it comes to amp tech stuff.
    Happy New Year All!
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  • #2
    Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

    That amp/series was a collabaration between Soldano and Yamaha...A buddy has the 100 watt head,but no manual for it...Call Soldano and they can give you the extra info needed on that series of amp..Maybe even the manual?
    Amps: 66 Fender BF Pro Reverb Combo,1973 50 Watt Marshall Head,Marshall 4x12 A/V Cab,Vox ToneLab LE,Vox VTH Valvetronix 120 Head,Vox AD 2x12 Cab,Roland Cube 20X

    Guitars: Several Stratocasters,2 Fender Telecasters,Gibson SG Standard,Tokai Love Rock Les Paul,Dean Acoustic.

    Pickups: SD SSL2,SSL5,Twangbanger,Antiquity Surfers,59N,Seth Lover N/B,Dimarzio Fred,Dimarzio VPAF N,Fender Fat 50s,Fralin SP43 Bridge,Brobucker,Antiquity Texas Hot.

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    • #3
      Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

      Thank you for the response.
      What do you think in general about playing the amp with a missing tube for now...okay or...don't do it?

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      • #4
        Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

        Thats a very good amp. Its a bastards Soldano like StratD. said. Its like my bastard Lee jackson Crate. They are real good amps that really arent being made any longer at anywhere near the pricepoint vis-a-vis quality range any longer.
        Last edited by MetalManiac; 12-31-2010, 09:41 PM.
        "Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it." - Yogi Berra

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        • #5
          Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

          Tone was huge in the shop.

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          • #6
            Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

            Originally posted by jbear View Post
            Tone was huge in the shop.
            Call the guys at Soldano when you can,so you can rest easy...Does the reverb work? Might be the reverb tube? Not a bad amp,but a very bright lead side...Bruce Egnater modded my buddie's 100 watt head though..It's alot better than the stock version.
            Amps: 66 Fender BF Pro Reverb Combo,1973 50 Watt Marshall Head,Marshall 4x12 A/V Cab,Vox ToneLab LE,Vox VTH Valvetronix 120 Head,Vox AD 2x12 Cab,Roland Cube 20X

            Guitars: Several Stratocasters,2 Fender Telecasters,Gibson SG Standard,Tokai Love Rock Les Paul,Dean Acoustic.

            Pickups: SD SSL2,SSL5,Twangbanger,Antiquity Surfers,59N,Seth Lover N/B,Dimarzio Fred,Dimarzio VPAF N,Fender Fat 50s,Fralin SP43 Bridge,Brobucker,Antiquity Texas Hot.

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            • #7
              Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

              I think there's a lot I can do with this amp. May start with a speaker swap...but I'll play it for a bit first. I emailed Soldano, so...

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              • #8
                Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

                Originally posted by jbear View Post
                I think there's a lot I can do with this amp. May start with a speaker swap...but I'll play it for a bit first. I emailed Soldano, so...
                Good...let us know the outcome...The guy that I spoke to was very nice and very pt. Wasn't Mike Soldano,but a worker for the company..They may have a manual they can send you? i'm sure they would..

                Some other collabarations that come to mind...

                Hoffman/Randall
                Soldano/THD
                Lee Jackson/Ampeg
                Soldano/Yamaha
                Bogner/Line 6
                Egnater/Randall(Creator of the plug in modules)
                Last edited by STRATDELUXER97; 01-01-2011, 12:27 PM.
                Amps: 66 Fender BF Pro Reverb Combo,1973 50 Watt Marshall Head,Marshall 4x12 A/V Cab,Vox ToneLab LE,Vox VTH Valvetronix 120 Head,Vox AD 2x12 Cab,Roland Cube 20X

                Guitars: Several Stratocasters,2 Fender Telecasters,Gibson SG Standard,Tokai Love Rock Les Paul,Dean Acoustic.

                Pickups: SD SSL2,SSL5,Twangbanger,Antiquity Surfers,59N,Seth Lover N/B,Dimarzio Fred,Dimarzio VPAF N,Fender Fat 50s,Fralin SP43 Bridge,Brobucker,Antiquity Texas Hot.

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                • #9
                  Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

                  PM B_Bent here on the forum - he has a buddy who's a big wig at Yamaha. Maybe he can hook you up with some documentation.
                  Tra-la-laa, lala-la-laa!
                  Rich Stevens


                  "I am using you; am I amusing you?" - Martha Johnson, What People Do For Fun

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                  • #10
                    Re: Yamaha TC-50c Questions

                    ^^^^ I forgot that you met John that night at the Fox Theater. I actually have a copy of the manual I can email from when I had two of these amps. I will be back later to respond to this thread.

                    Send me a PM w/ your email and I will send you the manual.
                    I get weak in the knees at the sight of a vintage Fender amp!

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