Post by Zadoc on Apr 12, 2005 11:33:30 GMT -5
Can't say enough good things about how this amp sounds since JerryP did a number on it.
Initially the beast had developed a problem (possibly due to previous shoddy repair work) making repair a neccessity. Due to a few recommendations around town I brought this thing out to Jerry and got a rather speedy diagnosis of the problem along with a few more potential problems he pointed out.
Being pretty much an ignoramus when it comes to the electronic workings, it was nice to see a few photos attached to the next e-mail showing the leaking capacitor and my sorry looking power tubes. Much to my surprise, I hadn't even realised that this amp had been already modded previously and had been outfitted with 6L6's.
Before the amp went in I had a few difficulties really getting the right amount of gain and sustain out of this amp and settled for using a compressor in my chain to saturate the amp a bit. After Jerry set this amp back to life with new EL34's I was amazed at the turn around in this amp's tone and power.
It felt like I'd gotten a whole new amp out of the deal. I've owned this head for about 10 years now and have never quite heard this beast growling as good as it did once I got it to our rehearsal space. The aforementioned compressor sits tucked away these days.
I've had this amp out to be retubed and serviced quite a few times over the past decade, but have never seen such a great boost in this amp's tone - and the manner in which Jerry treated me as a customer with indepth e-mails and photographs was a boon to such a non-tech such as myself.
Thanks again, J!
Initially the beast had developed a problem (possibly due to previous shoddy repair work) making repair a neccessity. Due to a few recommendations around town I brought this thing out to Jerry and got a rather speedy diagnosis of the problem along with a few more potential problems he pointed out.
Being pretty much an ignoramus when it comes to the electronic workings, it was nice to see a few photos attached to the next e-mail showing the leaking capacitor and my sorry looking power tubes. Much to my surprise, I hadn't even realised that this amp had been already modded previously and had been outfitted with 6L6's.
Before the amp went in I had a few difficulties really getting the right amount of gain and sustain out of this amp and settled for using a compressor in my chain to saturate the amp a bit. After Jerry set this amp back to life with new EL34's I was amazed at the turn around in this amp's tone and power.
It felt like I'd gotten a whole new amp out of the deal. I've owned this head for about 10 years now and have never quite heard this beast growling as good as it did once I got it to our rehearsal space. The aforementioned compressor sits tucked away these days.
I've had this amp out to be retubed and serviced quite a few times over the past decade, but have never seen such a great boost in this amp's tone - and the manner in which Jerry treated me as a customer with indepth e-mails and photographs was a boon to such a non-tech such as myself.
Thanks again, J!
