Tube Amp Archive

Yep...we have some bozos down here.

I threw it in after the third stage in my X88R. Brought the noise down dramatically...REALLY DRAMATICALLY. I can't tell any difference in the tone untill I roll the volume WAY back...but who does that with that much gain. And, the tone doesn't necessarily change, you can just hear the "gate" closing...

Thanks for the JSX schematic. Great example of the implementation of this.

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

I got a Soldano X88R clone and I'd like to integrate a simple noise gate circuit into the lead channel. I've looked around the web but haven't come up with much. Any thoughts?

looks like it would be great for amp building.....if you wanted to power your amp with a watch battery.

I know...it sounds really cool. And once it goes away it stays gone. It happens about a minute after the standby gets flipped and it is there even with the volume turned down. It does go away when the PI tube is pulled. The PI is a new JJ, and I have tried an old also...makes no difference. I have s...

It started life as an ab165. Someone let it get really crappy on the inside. Chassis was rusted and all the guts were just gross. I gutted and rebuilt to aa165 with vintage wire, etc...kept the trannies, swapped the pots, kept the blue caps, removed the death cap, all new carbon comp resistors. Anyw...

I'm the last one to call someone a dunce! I'm still quite the newb round here. I've gotten a lot more help than I've contributed that's for sure.

Why why why suspect the reverb transformer? Oh, my car won't start. Blame the windshield. Turns out it was the reverb transformer. Dropped a new hammond in it and BAM!...works great. I about killed the 6V6s from it though when I threw them in my express for a minute. Yikes! But the amp sounds like ...

God forbid you put a rack unit in....oh, I don't know...A RACK!!!! Doesn't look like he's sold any. I wonder if Cliff is aware someone is using his logo to make a buck?

With regard to the badger goop...Husky can add to this and I'd be curious to hear his opinion, but I was talking with John Kasha a few months ago when degooping a old Rockmod II. John said that the reason for the goop was two fold. One, it hid values. Second it affected the frequency response of the...

as to the alumamark faceplates...download you a copy of Inkscape. You can do panels in vector graphics and send it to your local trophy and award shop. Most likely they have a laser and can do what you need them to. There is a great place her in town that I use.

Good news fellas...apparently the new pair I got for this build is a wuss pair. Cause I swapped out the tubes from my marshall and the amp sounds completely different. Both sets are JJ EL34 too. It was so nice...now I gotta go undo some stuff I did.