Tube Amp Archive

Ah yeah thats an understatement. I bought this amp from a guy who's father used to play in Dire Straits (apparently just before they made the big time). For 3 years I had no trouble at all, massive clean sound and so much punch. My band had a gig last year, toward the end of the summer. It was in th...

Hey thanks for the reply. Had a few hours on it today. It looks like the fuse carrier has had a bit of heating in the past, and looks a little carbonised. I removed the fuse carrier from the board and soldered in an inline fuse holder ... and BAM it works ! Seems like the fuse carrier leaves weren't...

Hi guys. Getting to the end of my tether with this one. The R100 uses 4 output tubes, all EL34's. With the amp on standby, the heaters glow and everything seems fine. With no guitar connected, I flick the standby off and everything is still fine, last test it ran for over an hour with no problems. T...