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Hi all, I've harassed you all over the years with my tiresome questions but here's one more for the pros: The BA manual says to take the speaker down one jack when using only 6V6s. Now I use the 6V6 setting exclusively and I have a 4 ohm load (currently plugged into the 4 ohm jack). What...

Hi all, I own 2 Blue Angel combos. They don't sound identical and I started to investigate why. I got a warmer, richer sound sound with better breakup in the older amp. Now I realize they don't have the exact same tubes, but my idea was to adjust the trim pot which according to the schematic...

Right, that's what I've found too. Let me cut to the chase: Could one plug a 8-ohm speaker into the 4 ohm jack and a 16-ohm speaker into the 8-ohm jack for proper loading of the OT when using just 6V6's?

Hi guys, I would really like someone to set me straight on the output transformer for my BA's. The Manual simply states that 6V6 setting should be run on the 4-ohm jack(s). Is this assuming that the speaker load is 8 ohms? This goes against everything I always understood about impedance...

So I had this annoying problem last year and replaced all the tubes and filter caps (expensive!) to get to the bottom of it. It worked fine until recently. What I notice is that the volume drops about 10-15 minutes into playing (sometimes more). The odd thing is that flipping the standby...

I had a problem with my BA, volume was fading in & out. Took it to a tech who only found a burnt resistor and changed a diode (?). Then a few days later, the problem persisted and the amp stopped making sound. So I tried variou stube swaps, rectifier and power tubes, didn't help. I suspected the...

I'll try and see if it happens at home. Funny I was going to record it last night but there was too much extraneous noise so I decided to pass.

Hmm, I didn't think of that. We were in a small basement and 10-12 people in the room each had a cell phone. Don't know about the wiring in that place but we had a bunch of crap plugged into 2 oulets using power bars (keyboard, a laptop, 2 guitar amps with pedals). I assumed it's my amp because...

Ya it's my blue angel acting up again. I remember reading once what at causes that sound but can't remember now. It's the ticking, glitchy sound very much like an old modem. It's intermittent and sometimes quite loud. Happens even if I roll the volume all the way off, but goes away when I...

Thanks Henry, that's probably as good a price as I'm going to find!

Hey all, I think my Blue Angel may need to be re-capped. I'm not sure of course but the amp is roughly 20 years old and it started having problems (read below for a description). What bothers me is the cost of Atom caps! Why, oh why do these things cost $15-20 and availability of 30 uF is so...

I'm sure there's a simple answer, but I haven't found it yet! I can't seem to locate the d-shaft pots that my BAY uses. Only tube amp doctor seems to sell them and they're in Germany. Would rather order in North America... Thanks!

Good tip I'll try that -thanks!

Hey guys, My Heartbreaker has started doing this random static/popping sound as if someone were playing with the input jack. I'm guessing a loose connection/solder joint? How should I go about isolating the problem and solving it? I can't play the amp when it's doing this.

Hey all, just bumping this to share a bit. I tried the arrangement mentioned above, using the 2x10 cab I built (Weber alnico P10R and Silver Ten) and the combo's 12" (Mojo Greyhound). To my surprise, there was a volume drop when using all 3 speakers and it didn't really sound that hot. Either...

Awesome, thanks Chris!

Hey guys, I feel a bit dumb but I can't can't figure this out: I want to run my 1x12 BA combo + a 2x10 extension cab. Right now my 12" speaker is 16 ohms and the manual says to use the lower impedance jack when using 6V6's (which I use most of the time), so it gets plugged into the 8 ohm...

"only to mess with something and learning there's still more." That's exactly right! This was NOT something I expected from a single non-MV amp like the BA. Such a pleasant surprise and GREAT freeking tone. Hard to describe but some of the best tone I gave ever coaxed out of an amp. Delicious...

Why am I such a twit? I know you can't answer that, the question was really meant for me. I kept on hearing all these rave reviews about the Blue Angels' breakup character but never experienced it for myself. Why? Because I never crank my amp. Why not? I guess because I tend to think in...

Hey all, I have a Blue Angel and a (modified) Heartbreaker. On each of them, I sometimes get unexpected volume spikes. I have noticed that the volume/gain pots are very scratchy and the volume jumps when I turn them. Can pots just die like that? Granted the amps could be nearly 20 years old...