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I just received an ADA MP-1 that I bought on Reverb, allegedly in good working condition. Plugged in my Les Paul, hooked the thing up to my JCM2000 effects return, booted it up. The following occurs: 1. It cycles through "C1" through "C200" 2. It says "Err 1, Err 2, Err 3." 3. It says "ADA MP1"...

I'm pretty inexperienced with any maintenance on my gear, but lately have been doing some speaker changes in my 1960A cab. The one with this back plate, 8ohm stereo/4ohm mono left side, 16ohm mono/8 ohm stereo right side. I believe this is series parallel wiring. I swapped it from the X pattern...

This has been discussed ad nauseum online, "EVH 4X12 is made of four 20 watt speakers but they're secretly not actually 20 watts, they're 25-30, but that's still too low if we're talking 100 watt head, so what's the deal?" But let's take as a starting assumption that the G12EVH is a 25 watt...

I know how to use the two 8ohm jacks for double 16ohm inputs, but is there any way I can run the 16ohm and 8ohm simultaneously?

These are utilitarian speakers, at the end of the day. High wattage to handle basically any head, and the highs and lows, though extreme, can be leveraged to meet a variety of needs and play many different styles. They're not nice to listen to by any means, but to some extent electric guitar...

Can someone clue me in on this "production floor custom" line of SD pickups? I bought this SH-4 JB on ebay many years ago as a youngin for a steal, and had it put in my MIM Strat, and it stays in there to this day. You will see the pickup in the guitar and the side of the box that the pickup...

I've always thought this looked like an interesting amp. I'm particularly interested in the 60W head. Seems like it's sort of Deluxe Reverb-inspired but with built in overdrive, higher wattage, and it's a head, so I can slap it onto my cab. I've been always on the fence about hopping off from...

Marshall Origin, DSL, Orange Rocker/Terror and lots of other new amps have built in switches for lower wattage. Often there's like a 5W, 3W, 1W, .5W, .1W, insanely low wattage. There's the one question of at what wattage level is power amp distortion actually attainable at a very low volume...

My 4x12 with G12EVH Heritage Greenbacks is a great sounding cab, but I'm finding more that 57s and it's close relatives do not do it justice. I cannot seem to get a great sound out of that combo, it's always kind of stiff sounding, filtering out the good qualities of that speaker. It's not a...

I'm looking to move in a different direction tonally. EVH 4X12 with G12EVH, Friedman 2x12 with V30s and JCM2000 DSL 100 are what I'm playing these days, and I feel like it's all just giving me stiff upper-midrange glass. The G12H30 seems like a better speaker choice for beefier, less irritating...

DSL 100 JCM2000 through 4X12 with G12EVH. There's certainly something that the attenuator unlocks that isn't there playing straight, but i can't get over this feeling that there's this mud, honk, haze shrouding the tone. The low end turns to dog ****, and it sounds less present. Just plugged it...

I'm battling between getting a lower output PAF style pickup and a Dually Gold in my HSS Strat bridge. Currently have a JB in there mounted diagonally EVH/BJA style. While it's not a terrible pickup, I'm just tired of it. Something is just unpleasant about it, it has a weird scooped chunkiness...

I love my EVH 4X12 with G12EVH speakers (Heritage Greenbacks), but one thing I'd love is for it to have tighter low end. Not a fan of V30s, and I suspect T75s are probably just a bad match, volume wise. But why not some H30s? I know that these conversations usually wind up with people warning...