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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Okay for small gigs but for bigger gigs it has a bigger brother with a 12" speaker and stiffer power supply already.
The smallish speaker and relatively underpowered output transformer are part of the charm IMO, no point spending a small fortune on the amp then changing it into a Deluxe Reverb.
I used to run mine through a 12" inch Celestion gold in a bigger extension cab now and again, the bass was a little better (comparing to a 10" Eminence Ragin Cajun here) but the bass was still flubby. I think to cure this properly you need to look at the BillM upgraded output transformer and other mods.
Personally I think even with the stock speaker, the amp sounds ace, it's just that it has a very definite sweet spot (about 3 - 4 volume and 2-3 Reverb) and if you use it out of these parameters in becomes quickly apparent that it has it's limitations.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Cheers @ICBM
Anyway, I'd like to give it a try but as I'm complete noob and never changed tubes in the amp, I would much appreciate some advice on that.
I have JJ 12AT7 in my Tube Drive that I can try + RCA 12AV7 and JJ 5751. AFAIK, they are all interchangeable, right? But @ICBM haven't mentioned the last two in the post, so wanted to confirm if it's OK to try with them too?
Also, tubes location seems to be a bit different in 64, but if I got it right V3 is the 3rd one from right to left (if look from the back of the amp)? In case of 64 it's under metal cover which I'm not quite sure how to remove safely... Or is location fully different in 64?
V3 is the third from the right.
To get the cover off you push it up very slightly and rotate anticlockwise - if you were looking from underneath - about an eighth of a turn... it's a 'reverse bayonet' type fitting.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I assume it's safe enough to do in terms of voltage and other things as I only want to change the tube
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein