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Contact Eric Summer at Viking Amps and tell him you want the Louie mods. ;-) http://vikingamps.com/

Not that anyone cares, but my love hate relationship with my SOB 100 watt head is now love. After a cap job, new tubes, and some mods, it is a monster that reminds me a lot of a Marshall. My tech added a pentode/triode switch, so I can now cut the power even more when needed, plus if I need...

I have a 100 watt SOB head, as mentioned earlier. I had a love hate relationship with it until I needed new tubes. At that time my tech suggested some mods. He put in a pentode/triode switch (in place of the ground switch) to cut the power down to around 25 watts. He removed the useless...

I've had two or three others tell me this, so the 6V6 mod is out... I appreciate your wanting me to go to an authorized dealer, but I trust Eric with my amps. He did the cap job and when my power switch on the SOB shorted out, he ensured the hot side of the switch was fused instead of the...

Well, I need a new set of tubes. Since I started a new job, they will have to wait until I get paid. I asked my tech about putting a set of Yellow Jackets in the low power position so they'd be the normal tubes used, and when I clicked on the 100 watt, the 6L6s would kick in. He said, "That...

I sent it to my tech that did the cap job and fixed the switch when it died; Eric Sumer http://www.vikingamps.com If he can't find it, I will take it to Roger in Charlottesville. I just started a new job and sending it to a tech on the way to work just made sense. Roger is over an hour...

I have read on here somewhere that an SOB 100 watt head can be modified to be a Mark I. What is involved with this process, and what does it buy me, other than losing the useless limit knob?

I have an SOB 100 watt head. Love it. However, I almost never use the 100 watt switch... always run it on the 60 watt setting. Wondering what installing two Yellow Jackets and EL34s in there would sound like... I was thinking of having them in one position and then in the others, the blend...

No idea how old. My amp tech did a cap job a few years ago and told me the tubes were fine. He had to fix something a couple of years ago... I don't remember what... the amp stopped working, but the power stayed on until I unplugged it. He said something about the way it was wired from the...

Used this head last Friday and it worked flawlessly all night. After 4 hours of sleep, loaded in for a Fall Festival (outside, a place I've played with this rig before with no trouble). Turn the head on to warm up the tubes; left it in standby while I set up everything else. Plugged in a...

I know I've asked this before somewhere, but can't find the thread. I use all three modes of my V-Twin pedal; clean (green), crunch (blue), lead (red). Having to try and do the little black switch with my size 11 1/2 6E foot isn't that easy. Is there a way to use the external control plug and...

From my tech: "I took a look at your amp and it's what I thought, you have a shorted power switch. I'm not sure why Mesa decided to wire those hot on those amps and fuse the neutral side. I can just replace it or I can rewire it as well to make the hot side fused so it won't take out the whole...

Before getting the tone I REALLY liked on Saturday, I had considered installing two of these and converting two tubes to EL84s. My reasoning was, I have a Blues Jr with EL84s that I love, and one of the favorite amps I've used, Dr Z MAZ-38, uses EL84s. I contacted the people that make them...

Talked to the tech I use (Eric @ http://vikingamps.com/). He said he doubted if it was the resisters. He suspected the preamp tubes, told me I could use it be be gentle. On Friday night, I played around with it. I did the pencil flick test... none of the preamp tubes mad a sound but one of...

Haven't had time to pop it open yet. Maybe not until the weekend. When I do, I'll post pix. Since I haven't torn it open since I bought it in 2007, is the tube layout similar to the Mark I? It has reverb also; no EQ though.

Last night, while I was waiting for laundry to finish so I could put it in the dryer, I decided to hook up my SOB/Weber 2X10 cabinet and play with it for a while. I had a cable where the tip on one end had shifted and it wouldn't go into a jack. Corrected that by gently squeezing with pliers...

I'm a little slow... back in 2000, I recorded using a Dr. Z MAZ-38 through a 4X12 Marshall cabinet. An amazing amp. I was able to plug my PRS Standard into the MAZ and use the volume on the guitar to go from clean to full out... I haven't had the chance to check it yet, but was the...

No... each pedal has its own power supply. The only multi is the Godlyke PowerAll for the Roland GR-30 and Xotic BB Preamp. BTW... my V-Twin is in the shop to have an LED replaced. I have borrowed one until that is finished. When mine is done, I'm sending it to Jody to do some trouble...

I have a Line 6 M9, which is a AC pedal... I also have a Godlyke Power-All that does the Roland GR-30 and Xotic BB Preamp. That's it. I have one heavier cable in the snake for high voltage pedals; the M9 is on it now. The V-Twin and Power-All have standard cable channels. If you haven't...

Well, I measured it last night with my DVOM. The connector of the PS connected to the AC is a little over 13 V. I plug it into the PedalSnake and measure at the end that connects to the pedal; 8 something volts. The channel of the snake works with any and all other pedals. I've swapped to...