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And the Recto probably has Vintage 30's in the cab, which are pretty efficient and also voiced for cutting through in the mids. I believe the Eminence Governor is the one they say sounds very much like the V30, and the old Eminence V12 is similar but with less/smoother top end. A friend of...

Put a humbucker or hot rails in your strat, run it through a DS-1 and/or a TS9/OD-1 and into a Marshall JCM 800 head, no effects loop or any of that jazz, and out to a 212. 412 if you can afford one. The Marshall will be the expensive part, but... My best advice to you is get the best amp you...

Have you tried subbing out the preamp or power tubes with known good tubes?

The vintage series has presence only on the clean channel, MTS only on the OD channel. The vintage series has diodes in the OD, I do not know whether the MTS does, the Legacy does not. The vintage series is good for blues/ rock but not modern high gain or metal, and the MTS is probably better...

Insert an Edirol VSC track and the MIDI will play. It's not readily apparent that you need to do that, but once you do, voila problem solved.

It could be your PI tube, but my first guess would be the power tubes. IMO JJ's 6L6's and 12ax7's are the best out there, but I also have not tried all of them. I'd stay away from the Sovtek 5881 and 12ax7wa and 12ax7wb in particular, their other tubes may be better. Somebody's got to ship to...

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A local pawn shop has several f50's with a sticker price of $50 each, and will probably go down from there. Looks like the f50 is marketed as competition for the SM58. Is it a good mic? What do you like or dislike about it? Does it have a significant proximity effect like an SM57?

It could also be a warranty issue. Cobradenim of this forum has an HR Deville which has needed to go in several times and have stuff re-soldered to the board, which has fixed a similar-sounding problem. Yes, tube filaments often work even when the tube is shot. I had an EH 6CA7 die on me...

Another vote for Bob at Eurotubes here. He has some of the best prices around, he's a great guy to deal with, and he matches the tubes well. I remember going into our local guitar center and asking for amps using EL84 tubes. The guy replied "tube amps? Right over here." "No, no, amps with...

AX84's P1 theory document. The Carl B/ Matthias M load lines document, also at AX84. aikenamps.com technical section, in particular the common cathode design and LTPI design articles. Check your local library for tube books, you might find some there. My library had Rozenblitt's Beginner's...

You have the dry channel and the wet channel, each with a high and low input. The amp doesn't switch channels like on a modern amp. But my question was: are the channels in phase with each other, so you can bridge the channels like a bassman/ plexi/ model T, or are they out of phase so you...

Can you bridge the channels in the Super Reverb, or are they out of phase?

I wouldn't worry about the bias system as far as purchasing an amp. Techs can do it for you or you can learn to do it yourself with a multimeter and a bias probe (basically a socket that lets you stick the multimeter in series with the plate to measure current). Power tubes should get replaced...

Properly biased output tubes are important. Matching is a good idea too. The nomenclature can be a bit confusing. Cathode bias means there's a resistor between the "bottom" of the tube (cathode) and ground. Preamp tubes are biased that way, and some older power amps are as well, like the...

You might look at modern Traynors, too. The YCV 20, 40, and 80 might be right up your alley. Compare the YCV 20 to the Velocette. Compare the YCV40 and 80 to the Fender HotRods. If it were me and I were doing it all over again, I'd look for an old Marshall 212 combo, JMP or JCM800, maybe a...

Bedrocks are awesome. Shortly before I got into building amps, I had a tube epiphany when I heard a Bedrock 212 combo live. 100% rock.

Univox Hi-Flier, Eastwood Hi-Flier copy, Agile LP and LP jr. You can probably find some SG's and LP's and copies with P-90's too. And of course, the humbucker-sized P-90's are another option, even if they might not exactly be a P-90.

This link is courtesty cobradenim: http://www.metalsludge.tv/main/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=502 Note the band photos from 1973. And one of his kids was born in '73 as well.

:D In my current project, we practice in a smallish basement space, guitar amps on shelves about 2-4' in the air on either side of the drumset, bass amp opposite the drums. Close micing the guitar/bass amps with SM57's/58's, a 58 copy in the bass drum, two hypercardioid overheads on the drums...