Heathkit IT-12 Signal Tracer to guitar amplifier conversion.

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A friend recently gave my a Heathkit IT-12 Signal Tracer. I already have an oscilloscope so a simple signal tracer wouldn't be of much use. Accordingly I decided that I would modify it into a guitar amplifier.

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View from the bottom
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Terpenes were used to clean the faceplate.
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Small output transformer on top of speaker.
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12AX7 and 12CA5.
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1629 magic eye.
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Cleaned and bent straight.
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This is what a carbon composition resistor looks like inside.
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