NVTD: Avo C.T. 160

[MikeC]

Picked this up over the weekend - an Avo C.T. 160 valve tester. Might be very handy soon...

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oh, score!

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I guess a logic probe is the digital amp equivalent

[griff]

Crikey.. I wouldn't know where to start with that thing.
Awesome nonetheless

[JoeBlow]

Interesting piece of kit

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man you just need a valve based oscilliscope to go with this

[MikeC]

Crikey.. I wouldn't know where to start with that thing.
Awesome nonetheless

It came with the manuals so I started with them . Haven't plugged it in yet (let alone plugged a valve in to test)!
I got hundreds of valves too

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Crikey.. I wouldn't know where to start with that thing.
Awesome nonetheless

It came with the manuals so I started with them . Haven't plugged it in yet (let alone plugged a valve in to test)!
I got hundreds of valves too

anything useful or are they radio ham? (CQDX @JB)

[Cdog]

Looks in good nick nate, score!

[clubhouse]

Beautiful machine, man, and in the right hands too! S'hot score! Diggin' the knobs, meters, dials, graphics...the whole vibe...kinda a portable Goldfinger laser-beam fuckeruppera, control console, deal going on.

Just wondering...does one bother to calibrate these things or just use them as they are and reference the valve measurements against that particular tester?

[MiniForklift]

Looks awesome, nice score Mike. FWIW I also came here because someone said ‘probe’

[MikeC]

Beautiful machine, man, and in the right hands too! S'hot score! Diggin' the knobs, meters, dials, graphics...the whole vibe...kinda a portable Goldfinger laser-beam fuckeruppera, control console, deal going on.

Just wondering...does one bother to calibrate these things or just use them as they are and reference the valve measurements against that particular tester?

I'm gonna calibrate it - downloaded the calibration manual this arvo.

[MikeC]

Crikey.. I wouldn't know where to start with that thing.
Awesome nonetheless

It came with the manuals so I started with them . Haven't plugged it in yet (let alone plugged a valve in to test)!
I got hundreds of valves too

anything useful or are they radio ham? (CQDX @JB)

I've only just started going through the valves and am ruthlessly throwing out anything unmarked or well-used looking. There's definitely some valve-amp suitable stuff and I've already discovered a bunch of NIB NOS made in USA JAN 5751's. There's Mullard's floating around too but I'm a way off figuring out exactly what I have.

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[MikeC]

man you just need a valve based oscilliscope to go with this

(Embarrased) - I've actually already got a Tektronix digital scope

[MikeC]

Here's a possible gem - these are genuine Fender water-slide decals for Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass & Jazz Bass. They have Fender part numbers - apparently back in the day you could get spare decals from Fender!