This. Original owner of 20/20 and Blue Angel. Sprauge filter caps from that period are some of the best made - however 20 plus years is too long.
You might pass the noise through a spectrum analyzer to see if you have a peak at 120 Hz. You should also visually inspect them by taking the...
I use a Euna and find it very useful in preserving top end on my guitar input. I have a treble booster (R2R elec) which I use on my P-90 guitars - in Euna's loop, which is designed for those sorts of pedals. I run all of my pedals into a Mastermind PBC/6X switcher. The loop in the Euna...
Captor X saved my marriage! Joking but it's the most useful tool I have ever purchased and you get an outstanding recording interface and cabinet sims and much more with it. I have obtained IR's for it that duplicate the speakers in my combo and it amazes me how accurate they are.
I don't see any shortage. I can buy all the tubes I need. I use mainly NOS in my Mesa in any event. In fact, I've only gone through ~2 sets of tubes in 27 years. Only EL-84's I use are TAD and I can get them at about the same cost as before COVID.
I had a similar issue with my Blue Angel. If your not familiar with the amp, it has no master volume. It starts to sing at about 10-11 on the volume knob, and is very loud even on it's lowest output tube setting (6V6 only).
I purchased an Torpedo Captor-X two years ago and I couldn't be...
The wattage prevents it from burning. It's the resistance that's key to the circuit as long as the resistor will physically fit. 1 to 2 watts is a tiny change that will not impact the circuit but will last longer as long as the amp is healthy. Very similar to Voltage rating for a capacitor.
I don't know if this will provide any insight but here goes:
As you asked about preamp tubes in your second post I thought I'd provide this.
This is what I use in my BA for the last two years or so. I've had the amp 27 years. Using a lower gain triode in V2 is probably the most significant...
Great question. I went back to my manual and just as you say on page 4 towards the bottom is the line, I clearly forgot about this for the 27 years I've owned and played my Blue Angel.
For at least 90% of her life my 2X10 Blue Angel has used the 8 ohm output only.
The vast majority of her...
Thank you. I'm envious of your environment where you can run your amps fully! Maybe in my next house next year when I move back up north and at least get a basement. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and scarf a barn or small building in the back of the house.
In my first four years in the...
Congratulations!
I wanted to share my experience with my Blue Angel - as I feel in the guitar amplifier community at large - it's a very overlooked, undervalued and misunderstood jewel. Note in fact that the Boogie Forum doesn't even have a section for it.
I've owned a 2X10 version I...
I have a Blue Angel 2 x 10 (since 1996) I replaced the original speakers in about 2000 with a pair of Kendricks. About 6 months ago I put in a pair of Celestian Golds and the amp has never sounded better.
They aren’t completely broken in yet either as I play my BA through a Torpedo Captor-X...