Recent content by thinskin57

Does anyone know of where i might find a 5-way selector switch for my Parker Nitefly? I'm finding that most will bottom out in its route cavity due to the fact that it is only 1.25" deep. I DON'T want to use one of those crappy chinese "box-style" switches, especially because i know Parker did...

As much as I love the sounds of modern takes on AC style amps like the Morgan AC20, dealbreaker with me is the fact that there’s no effects loop. The MV35 piqued my interest in that it has (kinda) the formula- EL84’s. Then there is the fact that it is multi channel and has an effects loop as...

I’ve a Bad Cat Cub15R Player Series. This is a PCB amp with a digital reverb. I noticed that the reverb has developed hum. The higher I turn up the reverb, the louder the hum. I sent Bad Cat a video demonstrating the problem and they said it’s likely the bridge rectifier. There is zero hum...

I love the chimey, edge of breakup sounds that an AC30 can produce but I’m put off by too many other things with this amp. I’m wondering if the 5-35 can do those gorgeous chimey/jangly sounds of the Vox. Seems like all the videos are focused on super-clean or heavily distorted tones. FWIW I’m a...

I’m looking for a looping pedal that would allow me to have a loop’s playback fade out within a predetermined amount of time upon pushing its corresponding footswitch as the other loop(s) continue to play. Even better if I could determine the time length of the fadeout (versus a factory...

Can anyone suggest a good parallel compression pedal that would allow me to dial out the "pop" of the note attack that you hear on so many compressor pedals? I recently got the new Keely Compressor Plus and although it's parallel, the lowest setting on the mix knob is 50/50, wet/dry. I have NO...

Dennis Fano, Dave Friedman, and Johnny Hiland. Pie-eating contest. discuss.

i've recently purchased a TC50 that i love. it can do so much! one thing it can't do is a Vox impersonation which makes sense as they're both totally different animals. I'm looking for suggestions for a AC30 in a box. I've owned (and really liked) the Wampler Ace Thirty/Thirty Something but...

i've decoupled for years. in my studio with my near-fields, and on stage with an Auralex GRAMMA under my amp. i recently purchased on Orange amp and as some of you may know they have two large plywood skids/sliders on the bottom of their cabs for better coupling. i always thought the ideas...

I noticed that the (Demeter) transformer on my TC50 is held together with only two nuts/bolts (one on each side, mid-way up). typically they're held together with 4 nuts/bolts. in fact, on the transformer in question i can actually see the four holes in each corner where the bolts would...

can anyone tell me what harm, if any, will come to an amp if i use a regular ecc83s in the phase inverter socket instead of a tube that's meant for this position? it's a non-mesa amp (Orange) but i don't think it would really matter from brand to brand. i had a buggy tube and replaced it but...

i have a newly purchased, brand new, Orange Rocker 32. 40 minutes into playing it the sound got really thin and then i heard some crackling noises and then lost all sound. upon viewing the tubes i could see that one of the four JJ EL84's wasn't lighting up. the tube didn't look like it fried...

funny you should ask... years ago i had one of their MTS (master tube series) and had to send the chassis back to them twice for repair. btw, this model is was the platform original Legacy model. it's been over 15 years so i can't remember what the problem was but i think it had something to...

amp is an all-tube Genz Benz Black Pearl 30. treble knob stopped working out of the blue. never got noisy or scratchy. no warning, just up and died. can any amp techs here tell me if there is anything that could have caused this other than the pot itself failing? oddly the amp still sounds...

i have a 2x12 cab that has two eminence private jack speakers. i also have a spare warehouse guitar speaker veteran 30. i'm curious as to how it would sound if i were to put the veteran 30 in place of one of the private jack speakers. i just want to be sure first- because the private jack is 50...