Valves Update and New Products I have not posted for a while. We have had the perfect storm of loads of amps to service, expanding the product line and sourcing valves. We have seen the insides of Voxes, Marshalls, Fenders in the past few weeks. I have a dead Fender Frontman 212R solid state amp as it was supposed to be unfixable. One hour later and it is basically working. It does need new […]
More New Products In Stock We have added more new products to our website. Valve Sockets Valve Retainers Screening Cans JJ Electrolytic Capacitors You can check these out in our website section called Amp Parts. We thought that. a range of high quality, European manufactured capacitors was a useful addition to our product range especially as they are rated ant either 500 or 560 volts. You can see our range of products by clicking
Tube Amp Doctor TAD Now Official Dealers We now have our first valve stock from our new supplier, Tube Amp Doctor (TAD). They are based in Germany and traditionally bought in valves and did additional testing and selection. They also offer a wide range of products. We are starting off with valves. I am sure you are aware of that Russian valve supplies have become next to impossible and JJ in Slovakia are just
Here is a classic example of damage done in an amp when valves are left in the amp beyond their useful life
Vox AC30 Birch Stolec 1970 Here is a summary of the work done to restore another Vox AC30 Another Birch Stolec 1970. Background: When Jennings Musical Instruments ceased operations, the assets were bought by an organization called Birch Stolec and they created the company Vox Sound LTD. This is a rare model. It was only manufactured for a number of months using the Jennings Musical Instruments design. It was replaced with a PCB version which
Resurrecting a Fender Supersonic 60 Amp This is the tale of a fender Supersonic 60 Head almost self destructs What Happened? This Fender Supersonic 60 Head was a smoking amp – literally . While playing there was a strong smell of burning and smoke then the amp blew the mains fuse. What was the cause? I open up the amp and there is soot covering everything. It looked like ashes from a forest fire it
Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 Tube Damage Cascading Events following an EL34 valve /tube failure This Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 tube damage results in a number of failures – all caused by a Marshall branded EL34. The valve had short circuited. The EL34 was a TAD EL34 and these were supplied to TAD I believe from Shuguang in China. Marshall switched to the Tung Sol EL34B a few years ago. the Russian factory supplies them with Marshall branding
