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Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

I've been thinking about getting (or building- oh god) a Vox AC15. An AC30 is way to o much for what I'll ever need. 15 watts seems a bit more reasonable. I'm still looking at a schematic and seeing how feasible it is.

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Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

Today I opened my Kustom 250 Tuck'N'Roll to give the pots a cleaning, since knob noise annoys me a great amount. I also learned that Kustom put the schematics to their amps.... inside their amps.

Do/did other companies do this? Because it is genius.


I've never actually owned an all-tube amp. Not too upset about it, either. Don't have to bias preamp tubes. Heh.
On a related note: where do y'all buy your tubes from?

Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

ethan posted:

It's the power tubes that need biasing. :science:


Tube Depot is good. I use https://www.thetubestore.com because of our shared Canadian-ness. I've also used the aforementioned https://www.eurotubes.com and had nothing but good, long lasting tubes from them.

Yeah, that's what I meant. By only having solid state or hybrid amps, I never have to worry about biasing tubes. I don't have power tubes, and any preamp tubes I do have don't need to be biased anyway.


Thanks for the recommendations, too.

Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

ethan posted:

Oh, derp. I get the context now. :hfive:

I'm lucky that I've got a friend in the States who can get wholesale prices at https://www.cedist.com that's where I get tubes/speakers/anything from now.

Huh....... that site has the same format as http://www.tubesandmore.com/ I'm not gonna register for the site you linked but I wonder if the prices are the same?

Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)

iostream.h posted:

Dunno why I decided to do this while loading up, but I needed to check and make sure my tubes were seated properly.
Look, I DON'T KNOW why, it's just the way it is and I have a screwdriver in my gig bag.
Guts porn ahoy.

Messing with gear right before a show? I see you like to live dangerously.

(I assume it was right before a show.)

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Rotten Cookies
Nov 11, 2008

gosh! i like both the islanders and the rangers!!! :^)



I'm sure this is a terrible idea for a couple reasons.

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