I recently went through an extremely bad case of G.A.S. brought on by spending way too much time cruising Craigs List.
I ended up trading an old classical for a mid '80's 7okai '62 Strat copy (that I have really fallen in love with) and in another deal traded my '57 AVRI Strat plus a Fender HRDx amp that I had picked up for $450 for a sweet 1993 cherry sunburst Les Paul Custom.
Now combine new gear with the fact that I work for myself at home we have a situation where these things are getting alot of use through out the day. I might on average plug in and turn on my amp 8 to 12 times a day.
So my question...
If you were going to be using a tube amp (in this case a DC-3) intermittently over a 12 hr period day after day, would it be less strain on the amp to :
1. Just go back and forth into standby leaving the amp powered up all day.
or
2. Go off/standby/on(use)/off numerous times during the day.
TIA
here's a pic of the new LP and Tokai...
I ended up trading an old classical for a mid '80's 7okai '62 Strat copy (that I have really fallen in love with) and in another deal traded my '57 AVRI Strat plus a Fender HRDx amp that I had picked up for $450 for a sweet 1993 cherry sunburst Les Paul Custom.
Now combine new gear with the fact that I work for myself at home we have a situation where these things are getting alot of use through out the day. I might on average plug in and turn on my amp 8 to 12 times a day.
So my question...
If you were going to be using a tube amp (in this case a DC-3) intermittently over a 12 hr period day after day, would it be less strain on the amp to :
1. Just go back and forth into standby leaving the amp powered up all day.
or
2. Go off/standby/on(use)/off numerous times during the day.
TIA
here's a pic of the new LP and Tokai...