Sovtek EL84 Matched Pair

Sovtek EL84 -A Customer’s Feedback

Here is a customer’s feedback on replacing the EL84’s with Sovtek EL84’s.  I have only removed the customer name I promised you an update on the Sovtek EL84  valves and how they handled in my Bugera V22. Well I have been using them for about three months now and I am absolutely delighted with the changes they brought to the Bugera Infinium V22’s tone and even ‘feel’.   To be frank I have never considered […]

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Bugera Infinium amp

Bugera V55 Infinium Video

We recently repaired a Bugera V55 Infinium amp.  We added a Bugera V55 Infinium video to our video channel . There has been a lot of chatter on especially North American forums about these amps so we thought we would show the amp repair  with an amp that was blowing fuses. We then did a quick review on its build and features and then finished off with a couple of suggestions to improve the amp.

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Belcat 20R Service

Belcat 20R Service I had a Belcat Tube amp in my workshop.  this was distorting  but not in a nice way.  It really made your ears hurt! This is  a Fender Blues junior copy.  The rectifier is solid state and there are three ECC83’s and the output is two EL84’s. I tested the valves on my tester just to make sure they were OK and they were perfect. I again replaced the output protection diodes

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VHT Special 6 Ultra Valve Amp

VHT Special 6 Ultra Valve Amp I am currently working on a VHT Special 6 Ultra Amp. This is an amp head and this one has a 1 x 12 Goodmans greenback equipped close backed cabinet. This amp is only 5 watts. It makes a nice little practice/ bedroom/ studio amp where you  can sound as if you playing through a fully cranked up Marshall 200 watt stack..great fun. These amps are very competitively priced

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Safety First with imported amps

Safety First – For European Owners of Imported Vintage Guitar Amps from North America I was having an email discussion with a friend in the USA who had an original Blackface Fender Super Reverb amp. So it is obviously pre 1969.  Ams of this era oonly have a live and neutral connection and no earth ( ground) connected on the powerline. There is a switch on the back of the amp which optimises the ground

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