Recent content by Daughter of Boogie

You made the right call getting the Mark V 25. Congrats and enjoy the new amp!

If I recall correctly, I kept tapping tubes with a pencil until I hit the problem one, at which point the popping/cackling sound worsened. That's how I knew which tube was causing the issue.

Ah, I see. I had this issue as well with my Road King combo and it turned out to be a tube issue. Not sure if it was a preamp or power tube issue but you'll probably have to troubleshoot all of them until the popping stops.

This is a well-known issue with the Road King/Roadster series of dual rectifiers. Apparently, it can be mitigated by switching through the channels on standby a few times before playing. I believe it results from build-up of static and is not harmful to the amp and wouldn't be noticeable at high...

How high is your channel volume set? The louder you crank the amp, the less fizzy it gets. I have a multi-watt dual rec and if I have the loop bypassed and I turn the channel volume up to 10 o'clock or higher, there isn't much fizz at all. My lead setting on that amp is Channel 3 vintage, tube...

Hi everyone, I know it's well established that JP used the Mark iic+ and the Road King on Suspended Animation but does anyone know which amps were used on which songs? I have a JP2C and in the manual, it says he used the C+ for the opening riffs to Jaws of Life and Damage Control and for the...