BE-100 - IS THIS HISS NORMAL?

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  • YES

    Votes: 1 7.1%

  • NO

    Votes: 9 64.3%

  • WOW

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • OTHER

    Votes: 1 7.1%
  • Total voters
    14
Another update if anyone is keeping up here, The yahoo I was going to trade with no-showed and come to find out he has a bad habit of doing that (got stuck at my job lol) So now I've been playing it and ran a ISP Decimator in the effects loop and this completely eliminated the noise/hiss. So if anyone has this issue try that for an effective solution.

Also I'm going to send it in to Dave after the first of the year to go thru and for some mods..
 
ShredSquatch said:
I'm not a tech so no I'm not going to open it but I can assure you these guys know what they are doing. I got it worked out so no need for you to worry anymore. And again I hate that losing your money has made you so angry. 😉

Thanks everyone... I know it's been a wild ride but got it worked out I'm trading it back to the guy I got it from for a different BE.

~ss
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Did you try asking for help over at that new TGP spin-off forum ?

Those guys are "brown eye" specialists.

:unsure:
 
MantraSky said:
I might be forgetting a few things: Synergy Caps / Structure Switch / SS-100 Clean Channel Conversion / Voice Switch / Thump / Resonance Control
Assorted Electrolytic Caps / Assorted Caps & Resistors Tonal-Center Mod / HBE Master Volume, Gain Control and Presence / Voice Restructure etc.
*I also have these other amps when looking for something different:
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My Main setup for studio sessions & live:
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How does that sE guitaRF reflexion filter work ?
 
MantraSky said:
I might be forgetting a few things: Synergy Caps / Structure Switch / SS-100 Clean Channel Conversion / Voice Switch / Thump / Resonance Control
Assorted Electrolytic Caps / Assorted Caps & Resistors Tonal-Center Mod / HBE Master Volume, Gain Control and Presence / Voice Restructure etc.
*I also have these other amps when looking for something different:
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My Main setup for studio sessions & live:
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AWESOME man!!!

Definitely doing the SS clean conversion and adding the Thump/Res. It's cool now but want the HBE to be a little more open, aggressive and modern but no or minimal compression. I played a JJ at GC and it felt very compressed so maybe more along the lines of the ButterSlax?

~ss
 
napalmdeath said:
Have you opened it up and checked your "tech's" handy work? Did he do everything in front of you? Did you check the bias? Hate to break it to you, but some techs have no business working on amps.

I'd find another tech, if it had the same problem after they worked on it.
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You are right on the money.
I had enough of it dude,and bought a soldering
station & Tad bias meter ( the bad ass one ).
I learned from the school of hard knocks, many of these technicians have resentments at guys like Friedman and Wizard.$$$?
-Never fixing anything right and blaming too much gain, then one of the jerks pulls out his amp he built, a generic kit build 18watt Marshall and starts his own f’n parade….

Solution?
ONE email to Dave, he sent brief instructions-
BOOM!, up & kickin’ ass again.
 
Dino 939 said:
You are right on the money.
I had enough of it dude,and bought a soldering
station & Tad bias meter ( the bad ass one ).
I learned from the school of hard knocks, many of these technicians have resentments at guys like Friedman and Wizard.$$$?
-Never fixing anything right and blaming too much gain, then one of the jerks pulls out his amp he built, a generic kit build 18watt Marshall and starts his own f’n parade….

Solution?
ONE email to Dave, he sent brief instructions-
BOOM!, up & kickin’ ass again.
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This is EXACTLY what I just told OP.

:cool:
 
napalmdeath said:
Join the club. I've biased and retubed my own amps for the last 20 years. Have everything I need to do it right, but soldering isn't a strong point for me either. I'd sure save money changing my own pickups!
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Well at least you can do that and thats a big deal. I've always wanted to solder and build amps and pedals but I live in a small condo and don't really have a good spot to do anything like that.

~ss
 
ShredSquatch said:
.... So now I've been playing it and ran a ISP Decimator in the effects loop and this completely eliminated the noise/hiss. So if anyone has this issue try that for an effective solution.
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Well, you probably know, ....You haven't eliminated the hiss, you've just masked it. Like turning on a car radio so you can't hear the engine knocking.

ShredSquatch said:
Also I'm going to send it in to Dave after the first of the year to go thru and for some mods..
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Let us know how that all works out. Is it under warranty?
I'm curious how much and how long it takes.
 
Dave M said:
Well, you probably know, ....You haven't eliminated the hiss, you've just masked it. Like turning on a car radio so you can't hear the engine knocking.



Let us know how that all works out. Is it under warranty?
I'm curious how much and how long it takes.
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Good point... it's working for now and I haven't used the right position on the S-Switch.

It's also about $500 to ship it both ways so... I'm debating if I want to spend that. TourSupply here has an amazing tech Randy, so I may make one last effort to have it fixed locally before I pay that much for shipping and whatever else needs to be done.

~ss
 
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ShredSquatch said:
Good point... it's working for now and I haven't used the right position on the S-Switch.

It's also about $500 to ship it both ways so... I'm debating if I want to spend that. TourSupply here has an amazing tech Randy, so I may make one last effort to have it fixed locally before I pay that much for shipping and whatever else needs to be done.

~ss
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Dave will work with your local tech to get you through it if necessary. Just shoot him an email
 
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