total gear failure, need advice.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:36 am

JJ, TungSol, Mullard all get my vote.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:41 am

i think the preamp valves are fine, so i'm just gonna get a pair of power tubes and change them both.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:44 am

Get an extra preamp just incase, you can swap it into each position then if you ever suspect one has gone.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:47 am

If you've got the cashmonies, I'd just buy the preamp tubes too- you'll save on future postage and hassle, and will have the old ones there as backups. Plus your amp will sound SUPER-RAD, spesh if it's still got the stock ones in there.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:54 am

might just get a deal on a full set of jj tubes.

electro harmonix tubes any good?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:55 am

Progrockabuse wrote:might just get a deal on a full set of jj tubes.

electro harmonix tubes any good?

yeah, they're supposed to be alright. I've never use them except for the Reverb Driver tube in my JVM.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:35 am

ok, so i've just taken it to the music shop i got it from. thought i'd take it with me, so if i need to re-bias it they could do it there for me.

unfortunatly, change the valves didnt work as the replacement tubes were glowing a very bright orange colour and started to smell of burning quite badly. it did this with two more valves.

the shop thinks that my transformers may have a fault or something else has gone wrong. so now i'm right royally fucked off.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:52 am

Yikes. Did they check that it wasn't just the bias that was really hot?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:25 pm

Mike wrote:Yikes. Did they check that it wasn't just the bias that was really hot?

yep, they checked it and it was still almost burning.

so tomorrow nite i'm gigging with a laptop and amplitube di'd into the desk. oh the shite o tone

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:30 pm

Can't you borrow an amp from a mate? Or rent one?

turtle · Post by **turtle** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:41 pm

sucks!

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:42 pm

Did you get that JTM looked at?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:02 pm

Mike wrote:Did you get that JTM looked at?

what?

i'm borrowing a vintage modern combo from the music store i got the tweed from, it's second hand.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:07 pm

What a fucking mare, have you got insurance?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:25 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:
Mike wrote:Did you get that JTM looked at?
what?

i'm borrowing a vintage modern combo from the music store i got the tweed from, it's second hand.

i was talking to Lou, he had similar issues with his Marshall recently. Nice score on the VM, I know that's your dream amp.

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:07 pm

Mike wrote:
Progrockabuse wrote:
Mike wrote:Did you get that JTM looked at?
what?

i'm borrowing a vintage modern combo from the music store i got the tweed from, it's second hand.
i was talking to Lou, he had similar issues with his Marshall recently. Nice score on the VM, I know that's your dream amp.

The JTMs have a reputation for running really hot anyway.

Mine's still fine though so far.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:41 pm

i would love a jtm45 or a bluesbreaker combo.

the vintage modern is amazing, will try and do a review or something.

SpectralJulian · Post by **SpectralJulian** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:49 am

Progrockabuse wrote:well, i played an outdoor festival yesterday in the pouring rain, never a good start to the proceedings. then it went downhill from there.

firstly the stupid sound engineer tripped up over my pedalboard with enough force send it flying down the 8ft drop at the edge of the stage and smashed into a lovely wet concrete floor. i now have a twisted mess of a board in bits, no danelectro delay, as it is smashed. fortunatly, none of my other pedasl were damaged.

then after cobbling my gear back together, the tarpaulin that the again stupid engineers had put over the stage leaked straight on my side of the stage, soaking my bass guitar.

finally, both the power amp valves in the tweed died for no reason, so i'm now ampless.

basically, i'd like advice on what to replace my damaged stuff with. so were talking new pedalboard, new delay, new power supply and new vavles.

rant over lol

Here's some advice: playing outdoor shows suck, don't play them.

Sorry, but it's true.

delay depends on your price range and your needs- which danelectro delay did you use? I'd recommend the EHX stereo memory man, but since you've got to buy a bunch of stuff, that's probably too much. In the sub 100 range, I've heard a lot of good things about the Marshall Echohead and the Ibanez DE7.

As for Valves, get JJs. They're better than EHX/Sovtek tubes.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:01 am

i luv outdoor shows the best. i can turn shit UP.

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