On July 3rd I decided to, as they say, bite the bullet! I ordered a bass amp head. This is what is said about that amp head: new high-end line that is made exclusively in the U.S., a variety of upgrades & evolutionary changes, upgraded tubes, each tube is tested & matched, they have increased the printed circuit board to a thickness of 1.6mm using a 2 layer board with through-hole plating & increased the copper weight. After construction & extensive sub-assembly tests, each product undergoes an extensive QC process at the factory, including thorough tests of each amp stage, a 4 hour burn-in, and a final play test with an experienced staff player. The way I understand it, they only make so many a year & per order. These amps are apparently, personally built & hand wired by 1 guy in a custom shop & then played by that person before leaving the shop (per a youtube video). I did finally receive my new head...not 1 but 2. The 1st one came and I had issues with it. I talked to people I bought it from & they were kind enough to send me a shipping label so I could send that one back & they ordered me a 2nd one. I eventually received the 2nd head...low & behold, that one didn't work properly either. I had a whole new set of tubes send to me, I installed them but still had issues. I ended up sending it to a warranty repair shop to get this brand new head "fixed"!! The repairman went through it & checked all kinds of solder connections & resoldered where he felt necessary. He did actually find a resistor that he said one end wasn't soldered at all. It is supposedly fixed & on it's way back to me. So, this kick-ass head I ordered on July 3rd, I think I will finally get to play it this weekend - Nov.29th!! On a good note though...everybody I talked to & worked with through this whole process were very polite, concerned & did all that they could to make the situation right for me. I also read a lot of reviews & forums on this head & didn't see that these issues were a common problem...Just "my luck" I guess!!!
