Recent content by Sg1

Hey All. I played a show last night with my Lonestar 2x12 half way through the second set I switched over to chan 2 for a solo. when I switched back (footswitch) to channel 1 it was virtually gone. producing about 7% of the volume it should and horribly distorted. Channel 2 (drive) was still...

Hey guys. really need some quick help here. - gig coming up soon. Lonestar 2x12 1993 The clean channel has suddenly lost 60% of its power. doesn't seem to respond to the output control at all. The drive channel works normally. I've replace the AX7's in slots V1 and V2 and the V3 - FX loop. I...

Hey All. The clean channel on my Lonestar just started getting muddy. (dark, bassy, lacking brilliance). The drive channel sounds fine. I would guess I need to replace some tubes... Can someone tell me which tubes, (power or pre or both) are dedicated to the clean channel. Thanks.

Hi. - thanks. Bought it used. yep, I changed out 2 preamp tubes. Seems to have restored the volume and tone. Thanks - Love that amp Now if they could just make the dang thing lighter. LOL In the process of troubleshooting it I learned how deep the science of creating tone with tubes goes. One...

Hey all. I recently bought a Lonestar 2x12. I absolutely adore the amp. Problem is just this past week the power (volume) in the clean channel has dropped about 50% and sounds terribly thin. channel 2 sounds normal. I tend to run the gain pretty high on the clean channel.- I love how you can...

Hi, new to the forum. I have a 525 plus that I love. I'm a bit of a tone freak ( I suspect that's why we're all here) :) I'm a seasoned player.I play a vintage strat with Texas specials. I like to play in the crunch mode with gain at 2oclock. Sweet break up, chimey, delicate, rich harmonics...