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[CTN]

New Bias Probe Day!!!

frickin finally, I got around to assembling the bias probe kit from tubedepot that I got a little while ago. Happy happy joy joy, now I can finally bias my amp correctly and enjoy some juicier warmer tones and get it running at optimal performance for when I start recording the good guitar tracks for my album.

Still gotta do some electronics work on a couple guitars before I am 100% ready to record, but that'll be a piece of cake.

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[formula73]

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That's badass, man! I always wanted to get into something like that but just never had the drive.

 

[CTN]

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It was a royal pain in the ass soldering all the connections inside the tube base. Not much space to work with, coupled with delicate components and not having a third arm to hold stuff while soldering made it really difficult. I actually screwed it up while wiring it up. I forgot that the bottom is the mirror image numbering of the top part, so I accidentally didn't factor that into the wiring...I was about 80% done the assembly when I realized that, then I had to back it up and undo 30% of it and start wiring the inside of the tube base all over again.

finally got 'er done though, tested everything and it's all good. I've got a busy weekend ahead, but I'm gonna try to squeeze in some time to bias the amp and get it singing.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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Cool! Mind if I ask how much that cost you?

 

[CTN]

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$19.95 for the kit (not including shipping) and a lot of cussing while assembling it.

http://tubedepot.com/bt-bias-scout.html

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Awesome. Keep us informed about your biasing success.