1966 Fender Blackface Bandmaster Clean, Bias & DEMO
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- In this vid, we'll overview how to adjust the output tube bias on most vintage Fender guitar amps and look at some of the common cleaning procedures for when you have static and crackling noises. We'll use this mid 60s Santa Ana labeled Band-Master Head to do it. At the end, we'll demonstrate the tone in our usual fashion.
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Yeah! Finally, a Bandmaster. The best vintage clean amp Fender ever made in my opinion.
Hey Will... like your comment. I have one I will be listing TO SELL. DO you know where would be a good place for me to sell it and any idea how much to ask for it? My health is costing me to sell my stuff. I hate this. Nick
@@1NicholasInSeattle Right now I think reverbDOTcom is the best place to sell amps, and Craigslist is still good. BF & SF Bandmasters usually go from $500 to 1,000 depending on year and whether or not they're a reverb unit. Or at least they did. They've been edging up in price the past couple of years. If it's in really good shape, you might get a few hundred more.
@@1NicholasInSeattletoo... funny????
@@km4ryi270 Hey Sory km, not following you here. What's the 'too funny????' about? *Cheers!*
The brownfaces are even better than the blackfaces!
Great video, Brad. I have one of these from June '66. The transformers in this one were made in '66 but this amp was put together in the 15th week (April) of '67. See the QD date stamp on the tube chart at 4:33 and the assembler/inspector stamps (xx#1567) between the preamp tubes at 6:30 and inside the chassis at 10:20. That being said, you did wonders for this amp by cleaning the jacks & pots and warming up the bias. And for his own sake I'm glad the owner agreed to the AC wiring fix!
So glad I found this channel - I've been tinkering with tube amps for years but never really too in depth, love watching you work!
Thanks for watching, James.
great video ...thank you! I played my first gig in 1978 with my uncle's '66 band Master & 2x12 cab at age 15....what a nice amp and memories too!
Great tip on lifting up the strap for bolt removal!
REGARDING PUTTING A FENDER AMP HEAD CHASSIS BACK INTO THE WOODEN CABINET:
That transformer side strap bolt is real tough to get the nut back onto. Try this: wrap up a good length of transparent tape, sticky side out, so that you make a circle. Stick one side of the circle to your longest or most usable finger, stick the nut to that tape, and stick it on the bottom of that strap bolt and just hold it there. Turn the bolt, not the nut. Works like a champ.
And BTW: You can pop off a Strat knob by using two very small flathead screwdrivers under the knob, opposite sides, going opposite directions ... inch the knob up slowly.
You can use a long, narrow flathead screwdriver that will fit inside the loop of a tremOlo spring, holding the hook into the bridge block; stretch the spring, placing the flathead screwdriver against the far side of the receiving bracket hook, and pry the loop down on to it. Works like a champ, but of course, be careful. And those Raw Vintage springs make your Strats easier to play (you will most likely ALSO, lose the spring reverb chimes). You might note flexibility improvement right away; but it gets better after 5-6 weeks.
Hope that helps somebody. And once again ... Happy Easter, here in 2024. Jesus saves and TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Look around you! The antichrist is on his way!
Great to see your channel's doing well, its super informative and entertaining.
Thanks a lot! I've put a lot of hard work in on it. I hope it's beginning to show a little.
Thank you so much on that input jack cleaning tip!! And these amps have one of the better midrange tonalities I have heard in black/silverface Fender amps.
Hey brad, Awesome vid as always and glad it was in the archives as im finally getting around to restoring my 1967 bandmaster.
Always pays to go that extra step and getting everything dialed in like you do. Nice work Brad.
Thanks, Carl. Always good to hear from you. I sometimes see you over at Shango too commenting there.
I just found your channel you are good at your job. You and Synthchaser are my new favorite channels.
Glad to have you aboard. Thanks for commenting!
Recent subscriber, I've watched quite a few of your videos now, pretty informative & entertaining.
Hey Brad, new subscriber right here! I have your videos playing in the background while I'm working: I liken them to listening to a murder-mystery story being solved, but with bad caps and blown resistors as the victims. I do flip over to actually watch if it sounds like something is red-plating, catching fire or is about to blow up! :D Keep 'em coming! Peace.
I have the newer vintage modified Bandmaster and the Gain/Volume combo in the trem channel is precious... you can dial in the crunch and volume and with the foot switch - it's golden. Can't imagine the amp without it.
Great walkthrough - Been watching your channel for a few weeks and I've finally subbed :-) - Cheers.
Welcome aboard, Oscar. Good to have you.
Brad, love the videos! Maybe sometime in the future, do a video on fixed bias verses cathode bias and let us hear the difference in the tone and any advantages to either one type. Thankz
The Bandmaster is a great way to get into vintage amps. They're cheap and sound great. They stay clean a little longer than the reverb models, especially with a Bassman output transformer(very, very common mod).
I'm a new sub,thanks for giving me
knowledge and great content.
I love old bandmaster amps
Welcome aboard! Nice name! :D
Me, too, TCasteroil. I had to have my new '64 Super Reverb serviced back around 1965 and the dealer I bought it from, loaned me a new Bandmaster. I was playing rhythm at the time and it sounded so much more tight and solid for chords, than did my SR. I knew the closed back cab helped that; but even at 16-17 years old, I could tell there was something about the electronics that helped out that tightness. Of course, back in 1965, the average player had no clue about rectifiers and SS rectifiers.
Nice vid! Great demo too👍
Always like the test at the end!
Very interesting! You do great work! Sounds great!
It's amazing to see how warped that piece of phenolic is! That was normal for vintage Fender amps until they started dipping them in wax to prevent the moisture from penetrating it causing it warp. Sometimes the warping can be so bad that it breaks the connections on some of those resistors, and that causes intermittent problems.
New subscriber. Really enjoying the channel. Have something on the bench here regularly (usually one of mine).
Gave the comments a quick perusal, but did not see mention of the tube chart code on the Band Master...looked like "QD" (?) which would be April 1967. No matter, just a 'technicality'. Those can be wrong, too: I have a '66 Vibrolux Reverb that has "OA" (January '65); none of the typical parts bear a number in 1965.
Keep up the good work and I'll be tuning in. Thanks, man!
"And here we have the trem-molo jack, or tremolo for all you picky fuckers..." That line was perfect!
+Rob LaSala You'd think anybody with more than a few hours of CZcams under their belt would be able to grasp the basic truth that people in different places pronounce things differently-It's mostly TREM-olo where I live , but I've been places where it's the opposite. Like the guy said, "tomayto-tomahto". BTW Brad, really enjoy not just the vids, but your sense of humor as well-kinda meshes with mine
I actually spit my coffee out on that "im not gonna whip it out on ya" line lol. great video.
Hi Brad, thanks for this demo. I can not afford my desert island amp (a Vibrolux) BUT a really nice option is the Band Master with an external reverb. I found an amp exactly like this amp locally and am considering it seriously now. I had been looking for a Bassman but I may have just been converted because of your effort here. Thank you!
I have a couple Bandmasters in my collection. Ones a combo conversion.
@@TheGuitologist cool! I ended up passing up on the 66 for a 1970 silver face Reverb Bandmaster.
I run it thru a 2x12 Avatar Traditional cab with a WGS Veteran 30 and a WGS65. I dimed it today just to see. Wow. Vintage rock n roll!! I bought it for the studio sessions. Its great. Need to find a footswitch or jumper to activate the trem. Not sure it works yet.
Thanks for showing close-ups of that bandmaster
Fantastic tremolo on that Bandmaster!
Just pick up a 64 BF. All original caps . found a 6 amp fuse in the holder WTF... Plays well, I cleaned the tube sockets and pots, jacks. Going to get it recapped. Funny thing, I grew up in Santa Ana...didnt play guitar at the time . I think the actual factory was in Fullerton but the admin office were in Santa Ana. Great amp, played at a jam last Sat. and the old Bamdmaster blew away a Boogie MKII everyone was floored. Course the Mesa could go louder but the old Bandmaster tone was like honey poured over butter...nice
I have one of these. Its biased a little hot and screams when its dimed. I used to light smokes off the tubes at rehearsal. I always covered it with a flag when I played and the number of people who asked me what I played because it sounded so deadly is in the 100s. Most guys minds were blown when I showed them an old bandmaster, most didnt know what it was. I got a lot of "sick plexi tone" complements
I am new and your welcome i am learning quite a bit so thank you for that.
I had my tech set up my '67 with 5881's ... sounds fabulous.
Very very helpful, I could set the Bias on my totally modified 64 Blonde Bandmaster with the Video and bring it back to Original, thank You Brad
Thank you for showing how to biasing.
Every now and then I leak something useful. :P
Man that ole Fender sounds smooth as butta. Your work is much appreciated and very entertaining but don't get froggy LOL
*VIBRATO* is *correct,* meaning a cyclic change in *volume.* *TREMULO* is a cyclic variation of *pitch,* or *frequency,* and you do that with your fingers on the strings.
Outstanding improvement, there...That was a real joy to watch and to listen to. :)
It´s exactly the other way around...
very informative, thank you for explaining everything
Hey Brad, on my 69 Princeton Reverb I'm only getting a PV reading on the right 6v6 and the left one is giving a negative low number on pin 3. Am I missing something? Amp sounds and plays great but checking the bias I noticed this.
Hi, I find your videos very good and informative. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about my Bandmaster 1965. The plate voltage on mine seems very high. It's 484 volts on the plates. Just wondering if this is normal. Seems very high compared to yours. I replaced the output transformer and choke with a Magnetics Components from Chicago. The output transformer was way off on the readings , so I replaced it and the choke. Power transformer seems very warm to the touch running. The amp sounds ok playing it, but I'm a little concerned about the high plate voltage. Also wondering about the bias cap. I changed it as well to a 100uf @ 100v.
top notch videos !!
thanks much.
a question tho
which is best a head/speaker cabinet setup ? or a one piece integral job ??
I know very little about amp's.
so many makes and models I'm confused.
all the best Sir.
Hi Brad, I just wanted to ask you a question about the Bandmaster. I have one and was wondering if I would be able to run JJ KT66 tubes in this amp. I have replaced the output transformer in mine with a Classic Tone 40 watt magnetic components Inc. Brand. I have read and seen on CZcams that say you should be aware that yout transformers could over heat and you would be replacing them. I believe the JJ'S are 1.3 amps and 6L6's are .9 amps. I would appreciate your advice on this. I did actually try the JJ'S for a short while and the amp sounded great, but I turned it off shortly after fearing I may b.ow something up. Thanks from Michael Newell from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
How do you bias an Ampeg SVT VR? Ampeg has a video online, but it deals with the SVT Heritage and all you have to do is use a small flathead to adjust the pots to get the two leds to light up. The VR has the two leds, but also comes with a balance pot that has to be set. What tools do I need to do this and how?
Great video and playing - I had one of these amps ; wasn't playing it so i sold it many years ago . Damn , i kinda wish i had it now...
Me too. With the cab.
Lost it to the pawn shop during rough times
I own a 64 bandmaster.What is the best new replacement you would recommend as the ones in there are not original. Also ! The vibrato goes in and out .
I bought 3 Traynor amps this month. Ever worked on one? I'd not be surprised to hear " nope, not even one". Man they are well built. So have you? BTW, great vids man, thx you for them.)
Hey Brad. Great videos! I signed up to the channel. I've got a '67 BandMaster that is exhibiting a peculiar phenomenon which I'm having a hard time figuring out. The Phase inverter 12AT7 plate voltages are wildly off the charts. The first plate (through the 82K resistor) tries to run at almost 400V and the other plate (off the 100K resistor) drops down to under 190V. I replaced both resistors to no avail. The incoming voltage to both resistors is spot on at 430V. The voltage off the cathodes is low as well around 65V. I replaced all the coupling caps and nothing seems to do any good. What am I missing??? Thanks for the great videos!
Great informative video. I have been wondering about bias, it comes up a lot in regards to amps. Now I understand more about it. I have a Fender Super Champ XD and sometimes it does some wonky things, I may try checking the bias. Any warnings or safeguards would be appreciated. Thanks for the time and detail to which you go. Also would like to hear about your background and training in electronics and music, just curious and interested.
I have a 1966 Bandmaster as well (black face) thanks for this video.
We just worked on one of these. It was suffering from a broken ground to a pre-amp tube and leaking capacitors. The pre-amp tube was also microphonic. It also had a leaky "Vibrato" capacitor. Gonna change all the caps out I think.
hi guitolo gist, I have a Fender blackface Bandmaster amp also. My question is that my amp has a very high plate voltage of 485 volts on the plates. The amp seems to play alright but this plate voltage seems awfully high. Is this a problem for an amp like this? I have changed the output transformer because the readings were drastically different when testing the output transformer. I changed it to a magnetic components output transformer from this company out of Chicago. Just curious what would cause this high plate voltage. thanks Michael Newell from Niagara Falls, Ontario
that surfer guitar in the background second from right what brand is it I had one when I was 16 I bought from gibsons in Clevland tn.
I love the sound of the Band Master
Is it possible to change the solid state rectifier to a tube rectifier ? And how would that be done, If possible?
Hi Brad, Love your videos. I have a silverface(black circuit) bandmaster and bassman. I'm curious how the ext speaker jack works on these things. My question is: Can you run a second 4 ohm cab with that or would there need to be two 8 ohms cabinets in order to use it safely/correctly?
I watched this and set the bias on my 65 Bandmaster. It was at about -50 and I set it to 48. Then the vibrato channel lost about 50% its volume. Any thoughts?
How would the biasing process differ on a Fender amp with four output tubes? Say a Twin Reverb or a Dual Showman Reverb?
I'm a fan of Fender amps. I own a evil twin as they call them. And a deluxe reverb II gonna have to dig into them the deluxe is starting to have a bit of hum and the twin needs a couple tubes as they've gone microphonic great sounding amps though bought both new. Enjoy your channel you do great work and you play awesome.
Hi Brad, I've got what I think is a 1975 or 1976 Fender Super Twin (the one without the reverb circuit) amp chassis that's mounted in a wooden cabinet for a Blackface Fender Bassman, I paid Au$300.00 for it, anyway I'm going to be doing some restoration work on it so I can use it as a gigging amp, these Super Twin amps are rated to put out 180 Watts RMS, or 395 Watts peak, a friend of mine reckons they make great Bass guitar amps, which is cool cause I've got an old Squire P-Bass guitar that needs a decent Bass amp to play through, I really enjoy watching your videos so please keep them coming.
It's amazing how Fender built these amps was such they can just stand just about anything redundancy
can you do a bassman 100 sometime? I own 2, I have heard about some killer mods for this amp.
Hey man.... so I have an original Band Master Black Face with Separate head and the lean-back cabinet with the 2-12's inside. I wondered where I would sell it... any ideas? Due to my failing health I have to let things go now. Can't take em with me yanno? Thanks for your help if you do. Kindly always, Nick
Awesome Channel, I would like to know what that guitar move was at the end there. Its like a whammy bar sound without a whammy bar. I've seen folks do it but I can't figure it out.
Just hit a note or chord and bend your neck forward a little. Lowers the string tension just enough to get a little vibrato. The neck is an oft-unused source of vibrato. You can practice by just hitting chords and shaking the neck around and see how it behaves.
Brad when checking the resistance from the central in Ohms does the amp need to be powered up. You said turn it off and cool down. Never mentioned to turn on again for this test. Could you confirm the process. Thanks
Amp off for any resistance measurement.
Another nice job, Brad!
Where did you get the tube pin straightener?
Oops, just saw your reply to another person further down the page, regarding the pin straightener. Sorry about that!
I have one of these, and hope to learn more about it this weekend from a guitar player I know that wants to hear how it sounds, with a old guitar I had restored. Question. It has the original plug (no ground) I was told by a guy that has some knowledge of old tube amps, that he recommends changing that to a grounded plug. Do you recommend the same? I am hoping to start lessons soon. And learn more about my amp.
Vickie Hurst Yes! Change that plug as soon as possible! Its dangerous!
I've bought a 94 fender dual professional and the 95 fender tonemaster I wish I could find manuals for them ? help me....
Hi Brad, what if your Bandmaster is reading a plate voltage of 470 . Seems very high. Any advice on this would be appreciated.
It probably means your plate current is set lower than it should be. As you lower plate current, plate voltage will increase. Plate dissipation is really what matters. Max plate voltages on datasheets are something you'll need to worry about when you're selecting a power transformer or designing a power supply. Assuming all of that stuff is original and of the correct value, shouldn't be anything to worry about. Just set output bias for proper plate dissipation and it doesn't matter really where your plate voltage is.
Sorry for the random question but, do you have any particular brand of tubes that you think sound better than others? I don't notice much of a difference honestly. Even when I upgraded from the stock tubes to supposedly high end, I still think the amp sounded pretty much the same. Preferred brand for preamp in a say ac30? Your preferred for power in say ac 30?
Tubes will have some variations of tone, mainly due, I think, to the capacitance between elements inside the tube and the size of the elements, etc. Sometimes tubes will be slightly microphonic, which can color the tone as well. You should listen critically to different tubes without worrying bout the brand. Sometimes the cheapest Chinese tube will sound magical in an amp, and sometimes you need a NOS RCA 7025 to sound its best. It's a subjective thing. One thing I will say about tubes from the golden era of vacuum tube technology - the 1940s-1960s - is that the tubes from this era tend to be better made with more quality control attention paid in their manufacture. This is true for tubes from both the US and Europe.
I don't know how you feel about modern JJ tubes, but I think their 6L6 and 6V6 power tubes are among the best I've ever used. The only ECC83 (12AX7) of theirs I tried sounded nice but was noisy. I think the RCA 12AX7 tubes that they made for Fender (says Fender in red script) are excellent too. Those are the only modern tubes I swear by. They sound great, are inexpensive, and last a good long while.
hi, i followed your instructions on mine, thanks a lot, its way better now.But i have lower b+ a 434v vs you 445v.My wall ac is at 122v ac.The ac before retifier diodes is at 340ac before the rectifier diodes and 434v dc after.On standby, the readings were 344 ac before and 453v after.I think the rule of 1.414 should apply ( so it shoud be 486v) so, i think i must test those diodes and maybe change them ? OR ? thank you for answering please
Finally , another day the wall was at 124v and it all went up to your numbers
I have a 1964 Super Reverb and the bright switches lack the white border around them. Everything else looks normal. It's an awesome sounding amp. Also , this was an excellent video. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
Hmm. That's weird.
I think he's hinting that those are allegedly in the 1st production run before they put the border on. I've seen 1 on eBay and 1 or 2 on Reverb. And while I'm here, at about 18:20 when you come back after cleaning up a bit you never refer back to what was causing that buzz/hum. Also my Vib unit makes a thumping like the sound you had but 10 times worse. It's like a frigging helicopter. Any ideas? I pulled V 4 & 5 and it stopped. I didn't have any more tubes but I do have some new ones coming. If they don't clean it up yo have any idea what else to look for? 69 Super Reverb just to be clear. Thanks.
Your channel is super cool and interesting! As a european watcher (Austria next to bella Italia) your pronounciation of „tremolo“ makes me kind of shiver;) but its ok because you are one dedicated and helpful man!!! All the best for you and your family! THX for your work, althoug some Italianos are maybe laughing ;) Those picky fuckers!
do those wires (14:12) running along under the posts need to be twisted like that. the black/brown and yellow ones are twisted from the board up to wherever they go. are those wires running to the pots? maybe that is the preamp ground buss??? thank man.
Those are going to the tremolo controls, I think. Twisting probably isn't strictly necessary in that case. It might suppress some noise, but more likely it is as much for neatness.
Back in the 80's (when you couldn't sell these for 30 bucks) I was given one of those amps. I used it for trying out different preamplifier mods. I even tried adding more power tubes (not for long) but not the OPT so I put it back original. I don't recall what happened to it after about 94. Hope somebody found it and used it.
beautiful!!
The tele seems to be home for you. Suits your hybrid picking. And who don't love a tele?
I get a lot of Teles come and go through my hands as a trader, but this one was probably my favorite one I've had recently: czcams.com/video/samqLjkGR4w/video.html
Wish I kept that one now. Don't know what it was about it. It just had an aura, a mojo that really just "worked". But, I'm a rambling man. Guitars come and go...but the music remains.
Hi Brad, where do you buy a 12ax7 pin straightener?
They sell plastic ones on ebay I think. Not as good as the vintage ones, but they should work.
Do you have a preferred contact cleaner? I've always used the CRC QD. Thoughts?
Yep, that's what I use for general use. amzn.to/2qKVI5k
Cool, thanks for the response bud ;)
I love that fender 4-12 cab. I had one years ago and wish I never let it go.
I love this thing. Got it for very little. I buy and sell, and I kept selling my cabs as fast as I could get them in. This one I decided to keep for demo purposes. It's working out great so far. Now to upgrade my sound capture, and I should be in business.
Hey dude, you're the man! Thanks for all the insight.
I'm really after a Early SRV Vibroverb/Superreverb Blackface tone. Vibroverbs are way too expensive. Wanted to try and get a head instead of a combo because the weight of the amps is a ton and have a 1x15 cabinet with a vintage JBL D130 1x15 speaker. Which fender head would get the closest to a Vibroverb/SuperReverb SRV "El Mocambo" tone. Yes I know his tone is in his fingers. Heard that one alot. I get that. I have a pre cbs strat and I'm looking for that amazing clean tone he had. I also love Rockabilly and Surf. I would be grateful if someone could point me in the best direction. Bandmaster ? Bassman? Showman? Twin Reverb? Silverface Deluxe Reverb head? Any of them get me close with also a great surf and rockabilly tone Effects wise with alot of twang and bite to the amp? The pandemic makes it hard to try them in person currently
can u do a video of ur fingerpicking style? especially the fast run u did at around 31:40. do u use 4 fingers? fingertips or nails?
I use all fingers except the pinky. For faster runs, I tend to use my index fingernail as a pick. Here's a video explaining a lot of my fingerpicking style: czcams.com/video/EZE0CTiuMn8/video.html
hey thanx! i mostly do travis style fingerpicking but have always admired people that can do lead w/out a pick. i will try some of the things w/the index finger that u demoed in ur vid. some people i talked to say they use their thumb nail, but it just didn't work 4 me. i'll try ur method. thanx again.
This is GREAT and has provided a view into the amp bias looking glass! Huge thanks!! Is there any way I could contact you via email with a few questions? Thanks
The late great Terry Kath of the band CHICAGO used one of those as his live rig.
whoa, I never saw those vox phantoms back there!
20:35 Should have mentioned note 1 on the schematic: _"Voltages read to ground with electronic voltmeter. Values shown + or - 20%"_.
Good point on that.
How does one go about procuring your services? I’m the original owner of a 90’s Prosonic head and have never had it checked/serviced before by a tech. Everything is just as it was when it left the factory.
Not taking anything in right now.
The Guitologist thank you for the reply.
I played with the negative feedback loop ( on a foot switch ) and dropped in 6v6’s......oh boy!! Game on!!!
lol. If only pronouncing words a certain way made a difference. I can say guitar with the best of them but playing is a different matter..Enjoy the vids a lot even though I've never replaced a single tube. Appreciate your approach to dealing with the issues. Thanks.
Thanks for that. Yeah, it's a running joke on this channel the way I say certain things, but WTH...I'm from the South.
Brad do you really advocate 70% PD? I thought vintage Fender was bias-until-there's-no-crossover distortion and that was typically 50% or so ..
Is there any sonic benefit? I can't say its significant enough for my ears to justify cooking the power tubes 2x as fast.
www.aikenamps.com/index.php/crossover-notch-biasing-why-it-should-be-avoided
You touched on something here that has really been bugging me lately. Vibrato vs Tremelo. In my mind they can NOT be the same thing. How can they? Isnt one a variance of note pitch and the other a variance of note volume? I would really like to undertand what the deal is.
last year i sold a 64 black face Bandmaster. this amp looks like a silver face era not a black face. I still have a silver face that I bought back in the 70's. Still has that clean sound and is flawless. It's trem alo with the emphasis on the trem. Not the olo. lol
looks great
I think the grill cloth was replaced on this example. That probably helped the appearance. But, yes, it's very clean overall. Nice example.
either way it is absolutely incredible what you are able to do with some of these amps, and i have trouble with my tv remote lol
It's like riding a bike, hard to forget once you've done it a few times.
Do you mind if I email you about a project I'm looking at having done?
wow it took almost an entire minute for that tremolo circuit to warm up
one thing about sanding the contacts on the input, if you ever see one with gold plated contacts that hasn't been sanded before you can clean it with a business card and it will last much longer
I am missing the amazon link for the "pin straight tool" :D
I figured someone would make a new one, but NO!!! Anyone out there run a machine shop? You need to start making these STAT! You'll make a MILLION BUCKS!
Yeah I got my NOS tube straighteners on Ebay. Get the metal aluminum or stainless ones not the ones made of pcb circuit board.
There's these you can buy, but they aren't nearly as cool as the one I have: www.hifitubes.nl/shop/accessoires/miscellaneous/duplex-tube-pin-straightener.html
Wow thats just like my old GC I got decades ago, sweet deal.
Geez its nice with a 4x12 cab, but is it an 8 ohm cab ?? How much of a volume loss is it, still giggable ?? Nice playing by the way
Every time you post a video, Our Canadian friend calls me... he confuses the two of us. I have no idea why... I thought our projects, videos and style were different enough.
Couldn't find the pin straightener link Brad.
I know. No one makes the ones like I have anymore. This is all I could find: www.hifitubes.nl/shop/accessoires/miscellaneous/duplex-tube-pin-straightener.html
Thanks Brad. I have about four tube testers and they all have straighteners on them. Sexy little gadget though.
Oh, The Picky Fuckers second album is EPIC.
Brad, it looks like you had some classical guitar training in your past.
Nothing formal. Just been faking my way through for a lot of years.
ECC803s is higher gain long plate 12ax7...