Tube Amp Archive

Did you check that the reverb send/return wires inside the chassis aren't too close to the tube heater wiring? They aren't shielded if I recall. I have the exact same amp I just picked up recently.

I generally buy from Nesstone for power tubes, viva tubes for preamp tubes, or whomever has a sale going on at the time. I rarely buy anything fancy, just JJs or Sovtek/whatever branded Russian tubes. Any other recommended places with good prices? Anyone ever buy new production in bulk, or know a se...

Seems that replacing the 4 tubes I was talking about has solved the issue. Two of them were VERY noisy and microphonic. I plan to replace all the tubes once I get some more. The amp is loaded with Fender branded GTs that I think are all the original tubes. The tubes all have 2006 as the sovtek date ...

All tubes are actually chassis mounted sockets connected with wire. This thing is decently built for a mass produced amp imho. All the switching is relay based too.

Background: I am working on a fender super sonic with a heater related issue. I got this amp cheap with the only info being it "didn't work" and it looks like it took a tumble hard. The cabinet has a nasty chip and power transformer was held on by 3 of the 4 bolts and the mounting legs for it were b...

Interesting amp, cool they are doing something different. I really like the first few White stripes albums. I am fairly sure "his" sound for the early years was an Airline res-o-glass guitar (only neck pickup working) > Muff > Silvertone 1484. It's not a mind blowing song but I love The big three ki...

Same issue that happened here awhile back. Some browsers allow you to accept the dead certificate and visit anyway.

That is really cool, I'd never heard of it. I am definitely gonna have to play around with this.

Why not just use the turrets as a supports to wrap component leads around and solder the leads together? I know it's not ideal.

Aion electronics makes a PCB that is the entire preamp section of the lab series guitar amps w/ compressor. They have a pretty good amount information in the PDF on their site. https://aionfx.com/project/l5-preamp/ Not the lab series but here's info on Pearce Amps. Dan carried alot of what he learne...

I say go for it! but I am just up in Asheville, NC if you want someone else to do it or need help. I'm gonna be out of town the next two weeks but will be around after that. I'm somewhat familiar with those amps as I was working on a PCB for the preamp section of the Pearce G1 awhile ago but lost st...

Where in the SE exactly are you?

JJ has a pretty large cost advantage (definitely labor, most likely equipment, and I'd bet environmental as well) over anyone doing tube manufacturing here in the states. I'm sure for WE it comes down to what they want to be doing as a "brand". Do they wanna make low volume high end audio equipment ...

Yeah, it's a little tricky but honestly the learning curve isn't any worse than any other PCB software around. I use DxDesigner at work and either KiCad or my pre-autodesk Eagle license I have for home. my only advice would be plan for your libraries, it's the most annoying part. If you check out th...

Might be worth asking Peavey? They used to be pretty good with tech support on old products.