Recent content by the_meridian

My dual rectifier has been working fine and the tubes are fairly new- and tonight, in the studio, it blew four fuses. Each time, it would stay on for a few minutes and I could play out of it- but it would blow. Any ideas on what could be causing this? I really don't think its the tubes, I got...

I always power straight off, and I don't have any popping noise- just a wierd whistling. I do all the repair work though on my amp, so I'm anal about discharging the caps.

could you email them to me? I'd like to have them for reference on my computer. [email protected] . Thanks.

I've done it before on my Dual Rectifier. It doesn't effect the tone at all, but you won't be able to switch the effects loop on or off with the included footswitch. The mod involves some rewiring on the MIX pot. Super easy. But definately get the schematic from mesa first.

I'm about to order some tubes from Bob over at Eurotubes, but I'm not sure if I should get the 6L6's with the GZ34's and run the amp in tube rectifier mode and EL-34 mode- or get the 6V6's instead of the 6L6's. I want a nice clean tone and a heavy distorted tone. Bob thinks I shuld get the...

Nice. Let us know how you make out. I had similar problems when I first bought my shure wireless. Turns out it was both the batteries AND the level setting. Hopefully everything works out easily.

Are you using fresh batteries?

I use it a lot when I'm messing around at home, but I find the volume difference is a pain to setup in a band situation, even on both channels. Same thing with the vintage mode. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

Interesting. I don't really want to have a bias pot installed, but I do like the idea of getting cooler graded 6L6's and running them in the EL34 mode. When he says "cooler graded," what exactly does that mean?

I was trying my amp out with EL34's the other day, so I had the amps bias switch set over to "el-34," and of course when I put my 6L6's back in I forgot to change the bias back to 6L6.Now, leaving the bias set for el34s made my amp sound a lot better, more dynamic and punchy. My question is- how...

A little update on this- I pulled a rectifier tube when I pulled two power tubes. I just tried using the tube rectifer tonight, instead of the diodes- and the amp made this dying sound (like it was just put on standby). Is it possibly I still need both rectifuer tubes in there?>

How did you blow your rectifier tubes? You shuold pull either the two outer power tubes, or the two inner; when this is done- the ohm jacks on the back of your head double. So your 16ohm output is a 32, your 8ohm jack is a 16, and the 4ohm jack is a 8ohm jack. If you're running an 8ohm...

I've played lots of outdoor gigs, and a few halls with it cranked- and it still sounded like it wasn't getting any power tube saturation. When I pulled the tubes, it actually seems louder, and sounds MUCH better. For the record, my settings are: Clean Channel Master: 1:00 Gain: 1:00 Presence...

I recently bought a Fender Hot Rod Deville, and it was frustrating the hell out of me how the Deville had such definition and a really dynamic touch, while my rectifier always seemed lifeless and flat sounding. I decided to pull two power tubes to knock the amp down to 50 watts (since the...

What the hell is a feedback loop in regards to the rectifier? And what exactly does it do?