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Can someone please educate me as to what a Rectifier is .. ive been looking at a b52 amp head and it says it has 2 tube rectifiers and a solid state rectifier?????Help someone
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zepplin490 said:
Can someone please educate me as to what a Rectifier is .. ive been looking at a b52 amp head and it says it has 2 tube rectifiers and a solid state rectifier?????Help someone
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It's the bit of the amp that converts AC to DC - this used to be done by tubes but is more commonly now done by solid state diodes.

Basically you normally need a tube recto per 50 watts, hence 2 tube rectos.

Here are some links:

Soldano's take on it
http://www.soldano.com/amp-help/tube-vs-solid-state-rectifiers/

Guitar Players history of
http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/all-about-rectifiers/8391
 
zepplin490 said:
Can someone please educate me as to what a Rectifier is .. ive been looking at a b52 amp head and it says it has 2 tube rectifiers and a solid state rectifier?????Help someone
-mp-
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alowerdeep has one. He should be able to clue you in.
 

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