VHT pro's come in. Old UL vs. New UL???

[maddnotez]

the UL is a hell of an amp. play it, and if you like the VHT/Fryette tone, get your money back and grab a 3 channel one with the GEQ and footswitch. fully loaded, a UL is tough to beat.

looks like JJ6550's in that amp of yours and years of dirt to clean up on the chassis. he still will make the two channel set up like this one. it's not a matter of old vs. new with the amp.

I did realize mine is a 3 ch. as well. The Lead/Rythym channels are shared eq. Otherwise yes, if I'm not completely satisfied I'll just sell it to maybe find an uberschall.

Still gonna be fun to check out the UL regardless and you never know, it may slay and stay.

Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

 

[RJF]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

 

[maddnotez]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

Haha yea, well I will definitely be cleaning it up.

Anxious to get it. I will pay it off on the 5th.

I might need to invest in a bias right and some KT88's and do a lot of reading.

 

[maddnotez]

This picture I can blow up better and it's all clear now.

Definitely the 6 tube version. Can read all the print on the back now including the odd 2 1/4" Footswitch.

You can see under the power tubes it says KT88 with 6l6 under it.

All the way to the right you can see the 12ax7's and the 6th pre tube marked in the pic.

 

[RJF]

Well there you go. You just need some KT88's, some lemon pledge, and you're GTG.

What did you have to give for it?

 

[cardinal]

Just reading the back it has 5 12AX7 tubes and 1 12AU7.

Quoting myself, but the back clear has labels for six preamp/PI tubes. Not sure why you're so afraid it ha only 5. I assume they would have changed the labels when they changed the PI configuration.

 

[maddnotez]

Just reading the back it has 5 12AX7 tubes and 1 12AU7.

Quoting myself, but the back clear has labels for six preamp/PI tubes. Not sure why you're so afraid it ha only 5. I assume they would have changed the labels when they changed the PI configuration.

Probably but it is Fryette.

I think sometimes they had pre labeled chassis.

For example my Pitbull 100cl had an extra hole in it for a preamp tube with a cap on it because that model didn't have that tube.

Oh well, I'm over it. I'll find out soon enough.

I do appreciate everyone chiming in

 

[cardinal]

Just reading the back it has 5 12AX7 tubes and 1 12AU7.

Quoting myself, but the back clear has labels for six preamp/PI tubes. Not sure why you're so afraid it ha only 5. I assume they would have changed the labels when they changed the PI configuration.

Probably but it is Fryette.

I think sometimes they had pre labeled chassis.

For example my Pitbull 100cl had an extra hole in it for a preamp tube with a cap on it because that model didn't have that tube.

Oh well, I'm over it. I'll find out soon enough.

I do appreciate everyone chiming in

I'm pretty sure you can even see the two tubes that are the phase inverters. There's a pair of tubes closer to the back that are separate from all the rest of the tubes but in-line with the power amp tubes. I suspect those are PI tubes.

 

[xzyryabx]

are getting ready to launch the 1 watt recording amp.

whatever happened to that?!
People seem to be losing hope since it's been delayed for so long...

 

[Kelly]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

Haha yea, well I will definitely be cleaning it up.

Anxious to get it. I will pay it off on the 5th.

I might need to invest in a bias right and some KT88's and do a lot of reading.

You can bias it with a multimeter, no need for bias rite.

 

[maddnotez]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

Haha yea, well I will definitely be cleaning it up.

Anxious to get it. I will pay it off on the 5th.

I might need to invest in a bias right and some KT88's and do a lot of reading.

You can bias it with a multimeter, no need for bias rite.

I should probably start another thread for this and read alot more but I think I am ready to start Biasing my own amps. I have an OHM mete I do not think I like the looks of the Multimeter.

I could be wrong but to me, a BIAS Rite looks 100x safer.

I just get a bad feeling when I think about sticking two metal probes inside of a tube socket. (obviously there are ways to do this correctly) but I have never done this before. Don't you think the Bias Rite provides a little more of a safety feature?

 

[Kelly]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

Haha yea, well I will definitely be cleaning it up.

Anxious to get it. I will pay it off on the 5th.

I might need to invest in a bias right and some KT88's and do a lot of reading.

You can bias it with a multimeter, no need for bias rite.

I should probably start another thread for this and read alot more but I think I am ready to start Biasing my own amps. I have an OHM mete I do not think I like the looks of the Multimeter.

I could be wrong but to me, a BIAS Rite looks 100x safer.

I just get a bad feeling when I think about sticking two metal probes inside of a tube socket. (obviously there are ways to do this correctly) but I have never done this before. Don't you think the Bias Rite provides a little more of a safety feature?

There are bias points on the board. You never set bias by sticking anything in tube sockets!

 

[maddnotez]

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Dude, the footswitch jack is not on the front of that amp, it's in the back.

So I assume it's the 2 1/4" jacks (grey color) right before the loop?

The pic he sent me is so hard to see.

I would assume so. The newer amps use a multi pin connection with a 5 button footswitch.

On the front of the amp the 2 1/4" jacks are hi and lo inputs. Lo input is pointless, but never the less, it exists.

Steve is right, damn that thing is dirty.

I got a 3ch dual recto really dirty like that, but worse. It sat in front of an open bedroom window of a farm house, summer after summer. When I had a problem with it and took it to Mesa Boogie ( they are 2hrs away from me) the guy asked me if it had been stored outside or something.

Haha yea, well I will definitely be cleaning it up.

Anxious to get it. I will pay it off on the 5th.

I might need to invest in a bias right and some KT88's and do a lot of reading.

You can bias it with a multimeter, no need for bias rite.

I should probably start another thread for this and read alot more but I think I am ready to start Biasing my own amps. I have an OHM mete I do not think I like the looks of the Multimeter.

I could be wrong but to me, a BIAS Rite looks 100x safer.

I just get a bad feeling when I think about sticking two metal probes inside of a tube socket. (obviously there are ways to do this correctly) but I have never done this before. Don't you think the Bias Rite provides a little more of a safety feature?

There are bias points on the board. You never set bias by sticking anything in tube sockets!

Good to know. Another reason why I'm just gonna get the euro tube bias probe.

I don't want anything to do with the board or the sockets. I can change some tubes put a little spacer probe in the socket and be ok with only having to adjust the trim and not mess with anything else.