Re: Should I bias myself?
Do you think you are Capable of properly biasing the amp yourself? Are you going to be comfortable doing it yourself? Obviously your a tad nervous about it (considering ya posted this question at all), How nervous are you about it? Do you have the proper tools to complete the job yourself? Are you familiar with all the correct safety practices when working on a LIVE tube amp?
Really only you can decide if you can, or should do it yourself. While it may not be a difficult thing to do, and the video shows you exactly how to do it. That doesn't mean YOU are comfortable doing it yourself.
From the way the video looks, it makes it seem like basically a trained monkey could do it. It doesn't look hard. But are YOU comfortable doing it?
Unless your mentally challenged, or plan on drinking a bunch of cough syrup before hand. You should be totally capable of doing it. But just cause you are capable of doing it, doesn't mean your Comfortable doing it.
I've been told repeatedly how easy it is to bias an amp. I'm totally comfortable fixing little things on my amps, provided it doesn't require me to have the amp on while I'm working on it. I know all the safety practices, know the best ways to drain the filter caps, and all that. But I won't bias my own amps.
I'm sure I could do it, but I'm not comfortable working inside an amp while theres current passing through it. I know how I am, and I know I can be clumsy occasionally. I also know that if I'm the slightest bit nervous, my hand's shake a little. Which is not a good thing to have around high voltages.
So since I don't wanna risk getting electrocuted to death, or risk accidentally bridging two components with the tip of a screw driver(thus ****ing up my amp). I let someone I trust to do it right, do it for me.
Biasing an amp totally seems like a very easy thing to do. Totally seems like anyone with even half a brain could do it correctly. But, I personally just don't feel comfortable doing it. So I don't.
The only person that can decide whether ya should do it or not, is you. I'm sure your capable of doing it (if you can operate a computer, and type actual words, your defiantly smart enough to do it), I'm sure most anyone on this forum COULD do it. But if your not totally 100% sure of your skills to do it safely, Then ya probably shouldn't.
Good Luck
