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Corroded switching contacts on effects loop jacks can cause cutting in and out noises where the volume drops and gets all trebly-sounding, like a cheap AM radio. You can test this by plugging a cable in the loop, if it stops, you need to clean the effects loop switching contacts or replace...

I think I should start building used Sabres. I'd probably sell tens of them!

Just let it sit there for 5 or 10 minutes and watch the reading. It should stabilize at some point. If it is drifting wildly, you may have bad tubes. I've seen that with some EH fake Mullard brand EL34s that would drift all over the place and even go into redplating. As I mentioned, wall...

Tubes can change bias current draw as they warm up. Make sure they have a chance to settle in to their final values before you call it done. LIne voltage changes will also cause bias current variations, so you should measure your line voltage and make sure it is the same as when you set the...

Anyone that into Michael Schenker is an automatic friend of mine.

I still have my old X100 in the original box, but the headphones are long gone. The stock headphones sounded like crap, back then everyone used better ones, like the Sony's I have. If I'd known they were going to be worth that much now, I'd have kept them. It's a great sounding unit.

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That's because it it purple. Purple tolex has the best tone. Seriously, though, I agree with you 100%, that Smallbox sounds really good.

Microphonic tubes all exhibit the same behavior - if you tap them, you hear it through the speaker. If the microphonics are bad enough, the amp can make "ringing noises" or go into full-scale oscillation, especially in combo amps, where the sound from the speaker can vibrate the tube. The...

I have a red 120th anniversary Explorer. Finish is excellent. If you use the stock strap location on back of the body, they are perfectly balanced with respect to neck dive, but they tend to dip forward, away from your body. I added a straplock button in the traditional body edge location and...

I wish more manufacturers would make selectable line-level pedals. I hate having to neuter the signal in an amp design down to pedal level and then boost it back up to drive the output stage. It can add additional noise in the signal path that could be avoided. In my not-so-humble...

That's why I write articles instead of posting videos. Nobody wants to look at me. :) From what I can see, this tech knows her stuff and explains it quite well, she is far more than just a pretty face.

Woo-hoo!!! I bought a new Gibson Explorer back in 1978. It was my main guitar throughout all my younger band days, but unfortunately, I had to sell it during a bad time in my life, and have been kicking myself ever since. I have a birthday coming up this month, and I really wanted to find...

Woo-hoo! Here is a pic of the new Aiken Amplification manufacturing facility (nicknamed the "Borg" building - you will be assimilated! ): I will be looking to hire electro-mechanical assemblers and technicians to staff the new facility, so if you know anyone who wants to move to SC and build...