Wurlitzer 145 Amplifier Rebuild Component Selection
This kit contains hand-selected replacements for components that commonly fail in Wurlitzer 145 tube amps. Installing the parts in this kit can help you achieve a more reliable, cleaner-sounding Wurlitzer.
The kit includes:
All electrolytic capacitors
Power supply and more select resistors
Selected input components
Selected tremolo components
Coupling and tone-shaping capacitors
What makes our kits the best is that extra attention is taken to ensure the components are the correct ratings and values (or better) and the appropriate sizes. This ensures your amp is up to the highest standards. We wouldn’t sell a kit that we wouldn’t put in an amp ourselves!
Coupling capacitors, additional resistors, and tremolo components are also included.
Check out our guide to determining which components to replace.
This kit contains hand-selected replacements for components that commonly fail in Wurlitzer 145 tube amps. Installing the parts in this kit can help you achieve a more reliable, cleaner-sounding Wurlitzer.
The kit includes:
All electrolytic capacitors
Power supply and more select resistors
Selected input components
Selected tremolo components
Coupling and tone-shaping capacitors
What makes our kits the best is that extra attention is taken to ensure the components are the correct ratings and values (or better) and the appropriate sizes. This ensures your amp is up to the highest standards. We wouldn’t sell a kit that we wouldn’t put in an amp ourselves!
Coupling capacitors, additional resistors, and tremolo components are also included.
Check out our guide to determining which components to replace.
Over time, components in vintage amps will degrade, resulting in noise and poor performance. This kit contains hand-selected replacements for components that commonly fail in Wurlitzer 145 and 720a amplifiers. Installing the parts in this kit can help you achieve a more reliable, cleaner-sounding Wurlitzer.
Choosing which components to replace and which components to keep depends on a number of factors, including the condition of the amplifier as well as the personal preference of its user.
Features of this kit include:
High-quality components hand-picked for suitability in a point-to-point circuit
Components individually bagged and labeled
Can be installed in all Wurlitzer 145 and 720a amplifiers
Warning: The Wurlitzer 145/720a amplifier contains high voltages that can persist even when the amplifier is turned off and unplugged. Safe and effective installation of the components in this kit requires some electronics experience. Incorrect installation of these components can result in damage to your amplifier or injury to yourself. If you are unsure how to install these components yourself, you can mail in your amp or drop it off at our Tuckahoe, NY location and we will install the components for you.
ABOUT THE KIT
The kit includes all of the electrolytic capacitors, all power resistors, and a small selection of critical preamp components. This kit will improve the reliability and performance of your Wurlitzer with a minimum of replacement components. It includes:
All filter capacitors
Cathode bypass capacitors for V1 as well as the shared bypass capacitor for V2 and V3
One polypropylene coupling capacitor
Selected input resistors
Three high-quality polypropylene coupling capacitors
Two mica capacitors
Selected tremolo components
If your Wurlitzer amp needs more extensive restoration, we offer several add-on components kits. Not sure how many components you should replace in your amp? Read our guide: Which components should I replace in my vintage amplifier, and why?
Why replace these components?
Electrolytic capacitors deteriorate over time, which can cause hum, poor frequency response, or otherwise reduced performance. Note that although new electrolytics can improve the noise floor of your amplifier, they are not a magic bullet. There are many factors that can introduce hum into a vintage circuit. However, even if the electrolytics are not the primary cause of your Wurlitzer’s hum, it is always worthwhile to replace them for the overall health and longevity of your amplifier.
Power supply resistors perform under conditions of high heat and stress that, over time, can cause their values to drift. Deteriorated resistors can also introduce noise into circuits. We recommend replacing power supply resistors at the same time as the electrolytic capacitors.
The coupling capacitor and input resistors are intended for your amplifier’s input circuit. Although components at an amplifier’s input are no more likely to deteriorate than components elsewhere in the circuit, the input is very sensitive. Noise and poor frequency characteristics at the input will be amplifier by the rest of the circuit. For that reason, we prefer to replace input components in many amplifiers that we repair. We have included them in the Basic kit so that you will have that option as well.
Coupling capacitors are directly in the signal path, so they have a significant effect on the quality of the amplifier’s sound. The high quality coupling caps included in this kit are a very effective replacement and/or improvement. This kit also includes tone-shaping capacitors C13 and C17.
The 145 includes carbon composition resistors, which can drift over time or introduce noise into the signal. Replacing these vintage carbon comp resistors can help to reduce hiss commonly associated with those vintage components.
For further details, check out our guide: What components should I replace in my vintage amp, and why?