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With a lot of the now 'vintage' TE stuff, if you are in the market for repairing them or restoring a broken item, one solution is to seek out a similar or same unit and cannibalise it for spares. One good one from maybe two bad ones if you like. Electronic component parts are still source-able as a lot of the components like resistors, diodes and capacitors are still made by some vendors. Things like speakers, complete PCB's and consumables like sitel knobs, push button caps, bulbs and sliders are harder to find if at all for some TE's now. Mosfet power transistors for AH amps (TO3 type) are no longer made from this year and going up in price as stock runs out. It will get harder to keep the power sections on old amps running. Cabs are a bit easier as there will be a speaker somewhere that will fit or fit reasonably well to replace an older unit. TE used Fane a lot around the time of the bright boxes and Fane still do a 5 inch high performance driver that might be an option to get your bright box working at around £45.

 

https://www.fane-international.com/view-product/STUDIO-5FRK

 

A common issue I’ve seen on older TE cabs on speakers is the two little flexible braided wires that go from the tags to the speaker coil former get corroded or go high resistance with time. Old Celestion 10’s are particularly prone to this after about 30 years of use.  Thats fixable usually with a bit of careful soldering. If someones poked a finger through the cone thats a different story!

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