Hi,
4 weeks ago I bought a 2b (childhood dream).
What I would like to do is to send it to Mike B. for a recap job. The problem is that I come from Germany and its to expensive to send it to Mesa.
What I don´t like: The sound is very compressed; with high gain the attack is louder than the tone itself. Is this a sign, to recap although the amp is very quiet? The amp was at the local repairman for service and all the tubes are new.
I´ve read often in this forum, that the 220 u caps are not the best quality. Also I often read that some of the resistors could go out of range. Who can tell me who are the typical suspect rs and cs?
Another person wrote there is no need to replace the cathode bypass-cs (22u, 25V) if they are younger than 40 years. Can you confirm this?
I wrote to Mesa an asked for the email of Mike B. No way.
I would be VERRY happy if you could help me in some way.
Thanks and excuse my bad english.
Whitey
4 weeks ago I bought a 2b (childhood dream).
What I would like to do is to send it to Mike B. for a recap job. The problem is that I come from Germany and its to expensive to send it to Mesa.
What I don´t like: The sound is very compressed; with high gain the attack is louder than the tone itself. Is this a sign, to recap although the amp is very quiet? The amp was at the local repairman for service and all the tubes are new.
I´ve read often in this forum, that the 220 u caps are not the best quality. Also I often read that some of the resistors could go out of range. Who can tell me who are the typical suspect rs and cs?
Another person wrote there is no need to replace the cathode bypass-cs (22u, 25V) if they are younger than 40 years. Can you confirm this?
I wrote to Mesa an asked for the email of Mike B. No way.
I would be VERRY happy if you could help me in some way.
Thanks and excuse my bad english.
Whitey