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Hello, World! So, I've thought about what I want in my guitar, and above all things I want clarity and versatility, I was looking for a neck pickup to pair with my current bridge one, but I might just get a new set that works well together. I have a basswood Strat with a single-piece maple...

Hello, World! It's been a while since I've been here... I have a strat project, that I basically built myself which I "thought" it was finished. To keep it short, it's a basswood body with a single-piece maple neck, a 1H-1V configuration with a Gibson 498T in the bridge and a 500k master...

​Hello, World! New guitar day for me, I was looking for a Dreadnought guitar so I made an offer to a guy, but he rejected it because it was too low. HOWEVER, he was interested in an amp I was selling so we made a deal for his guitar + cash for my amp. In the end, I got this beauty for about 50...

Hello, World! I have a some questions and a few ideas for my firts build, sort of... I recently bought a Harley Benton GA5 head, which is basically an Epiphone Valve Jr. with an EQ knob. It sounds great, but it could be even better. I had thought about building an amp from scratch and someone...

Hello, World! I’ve been thinking about a way to get natural OD at bedroom volumes and was thinking about the following. Although both, the master volume and power soak, reduce the output volume, they operate in very different ways. The master volume, on one hand, sends some of the pre-amp...

Hello, World! I just picked up this lil' head over the weekend. It is a single-ended 5W all tube (12AX7 + EL84) head. The sound on this thing is unveliebable, very clean sounds at low volume, some dirt close to 12 o'lock and natural overdrive when you crank it up! I played it through a 1x12"...

Hello, World! Given my current understanding of electronics, I know that the transformer will take the mains (110V/220V) voltage and change it to power the tubes which could work around 450V and also other components that work at lower voltages like 12V. However, I've sometimes read in forums...

Hello, World! Just a quick post to share my experience and hear about yours. Recently, I picked up a new pair 16Ohm V-Types for a great price, I though I would use them for a project I'm working on. I have a half-dead 8040 Valvestate with a 4Ohm Celestion G12L which is not great, I installed...

Hello, World! I read once that one can use the pre amp section of one amp with the power section of another just by connecting the FX loop out to the FX loops in on both amps. Is this true? If so, I would like to see how some of my amps sounds on others. So I have a few questions: 1. Do I...

Hello, World! I got a new amp today! I saw it on the classifieds and went to try it. The owner said that a maintenance and new tubes may be a good idea, so I managed to bring the price down. A few thoughts and possible solutions: Some of the nuts are missing - no biggie, I’ll find some. It...

Hello, World! I have a question about the possible removal and reconnecting of a spring reverb tank. I see that some of my SS amps have a built im reverb tank, which is nothing more than a few springs, capacitors and a knob soldered into the PCB. My tube amps, on the other hand, have a...

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As a further step, I measures the voltage on all altice components, that is OP amps and the tube. Can anyone make sense of the values?

Hello, World! I am looking for a replacement speaker for my amp(s). As you may have seen, I have a Marshall VS 8040 that I'm bringing back to life, I'm creating a new thread, because I don't want the other to get off track. I read that a good improvement for this amp would be to replace the...

Hello, World! I few years back I saw a used Marshall Valvestate 8040 nearby for a good price, but when I contacted the owner he decided to give it to his brother... Fast forward to this month and I saw the same model elsewhere for a good price, since I always wanted to try it and drove to pick...