A Marshall JCM900 Breaking Valves was the cause of this amp’s failure. It travels around a lot and it has the original 1990’s valve retainers on the output valves. The…
Quick Intro to the Fender Bassbreaker 007 The Fender Bassbreaker 007 is a cute little valve amp. There are two versions – a head and a combo. It has two…
A brand New feature for amp techs and amp makers We have a brand new ” Website Trade Area” for amp techs, service folks and amp manufacturers. You can find…
Worldwide Payment Options We accept American Express, Mastercard and Visa worldwide. We also accept Paypal. European Specific Payment Options Austria and Germany- EPS, SOFORT Belgium – Bancontact The Netherlands –…
I thought it worth the time De-Mystifying Sovtek 12AX7 WA WB WC Variants. Why are there three versions of the Sovtek 12AX7 and what use one versus the other? One common…
A Marshall JCM900 100 Watt Combo arrived in the workshop. This version is the 4102 It was very poorly. The first issues seen were : 10 amp fuse in the plug!!…
The early (1997-2003) Marshall JCM2000 DSL50, DSL100, TSL100 and TSL122 amps are often troubled by an unstable bias (drifting bias). These are nice amps and I have one myself This…
Here are Things learned about Valve Amps in 2018 . They are in no particular order. Perhaps some useful info about your amp. I thought I would share them before…
A friend has an ACOM 1000 amplifier. It is used on the HF bands( short wave bands) . It uses one valve for the output and the valve is a…
Summary of this amp A lovely Fender Blackface Deluxe Reverb 1966 came to us. It was extremely noisy and the reverb was crackling and popping. It was a USA 110…
Getting that Superb Fender Tone Blackface and Silverface Fender amps were renowned for their clean sounds which moved to nice gentle bluesy break up when pushed hard. How did…
A Marshall JPM 50 arrives in the workshop. This blog covers this Marshall JPM50 Re-Commission. This Marshall JPM50 Amp is from the classic era of pre-1973 Marshall amps. It…