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New site? Maybe some day.
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Stupid post, but I generally try to avoid doing this stuff. Seeing how cold it is outside, would this fuck the head up? Had no choice.. |
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In and of itself, no. But when you want to play, leave it at room temperature for a while. Going from cold temperature to hot quickly could break the glass or the filament. You're fine if you just let it come back up to room temperature. |
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Ok thanks. That's what I thought. That's what I don't want happening. |
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Tubes aren't this crazy delicate technology that some people think they are. |
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No. Your power tubes are blown. |
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What about leaving frozen heads in a car for 8 hours? Would the cops arrest me? |
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If you let them come back up to room temperature, you get an abbreviated sentence. |
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Ok thanks. That's what I thought. That's what I want to happen. |
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You have an H+K right? I've been hearing a lot about them lately. |
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Valveking with upgrades tubes.
My SS is H&K.. But the other guitarist in hollagrim had a tubed h&k. Greeaat sound IMO. |
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You know, Valvekings are great amps. I was really surprised at the tones I could get out of Eliot's old one. What tubes did you "upgrade" to? JJs I would hope. |
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I can't remember the exact type but I believe JJs. I bought it used.
The h&k tube models blow me away everytime I hear them. It just sucks that there not many aithorized dealers around here. There's one in providence that not bad. |
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Zimbloth, (his user name at Sevenstring.org but I think his real name is Nick) who runs/owns The Axe Palace in Walpole is trying to become an authorized dealer. He has so much great shit there too. Never been there myself but his website lists all the good gear you'll ever need.
http://www.axepalace.com/ |
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That would be cool. Underappeciated company imho. But I don't know shit. |
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I want to get their tubeman pedal but I'm not buying anymore gear for a while besides a delay pedal and maybe a Peavey Rockmaster. |
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You know, Valvekings are great amps. I was really surprised at the tones I could get out of Eliot's old one. What tubes did you "upgrade" to? JJs I would hope. |
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I want to get their tubeman pedal but I'm not buying anymore gear until I learn how to play better. |
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Let's have a shred-off-a-thon |
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The last time 99% of RttPers could have seen me play was at a Dover Brickhouse show almost two years ago. I've gotten WAY worse since then. |
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Tubes aren't this crazy delicate technology that some people think they are. |
This |
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I'm pretty sure aliens made tubes. |
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Al Gore made a series of tubes. |
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Last Thursday someone sent me an Internet....and I didn't even get it until Friday.
It's not just some dumptruck you can load anything onto. |
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Zimbloth, (his user name at Sevenstring.org but I think his real name is Nick) who runs/owns The Axe Palace in Walpole is trying to become an authorized dealer. He has so much great shit there too. Never been there myself but his website lists all the good gear you'll ever need.
http://www.axepalace.com/ |
Yes, his name is Nick...he's one of the guitarists in Nemecide. He'd already become a dealer by the time you posted this |
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Tubes aren't this crazy delicate technology that some people think they are. |
if you consider a lightbulb delicate its pretty much the same shit |
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*runs outside, grabs blues head, runs inside, turns it up, plugs in guitar, plays open chord, plugs amp into outlet, lulz at result* |
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Tubes aren't this crazy delicate technology that some people think they are. |
if you consider a lightbulb delicate its pretty much the same shit |
haha yea |
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*runs outside, grabs blues head, runs inside, turns it up, plugs in guitar, plays open chord, plugs amp into outlet, lulz at result* |
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The only concern I would have is condensation caused from bringing the amp from cold to warm/hot environments. The resulting water could get into the pots or any other components. It's not a guarantee, but just a concern. I have heard that wrapping your gear in plastic bags can prevent condensation but I've never tried it.
Having done some touring in the winter, we've left gear in the cold and brought it right into sweltering venues, then back and forth etc. No real issues to report. |
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suggestions for tube replacement? also does continued use of an amp with one tube blown affect the amp negatively? |
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Yea. I never really had issues before. The condensation was a small concern but overall, it's fine. Thanks for the replies, including martins <3 |
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What kind of tubes are you looking to replace.
For your other question, it depends. A blown preamp tube will fuck shit up. Some amps allow you to remove two power tubes for half wattage. If one of your power tubes is blown and your amps allow this, you could pull out its partner and be safe. Otherwise, yes. |
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I'm doing a complete retube in a few weeks because epic studio time commences at the end of next month. My amps shall be fresh as fuck. |
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I want to do a full retube as well for epic tonez but now that I have 12 tubez and I want them all to be selected for high gain, I'm fucked $$wise. |
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You probably have even more tubez. |
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oy...yeah, only 2 power and and 2 pre in my Bad Cat, which is nice since I need to replace the power section after 6-8 months (the downside of Class A). The ENGL is 4 and 4, but I changed out the Preamp a few months ago, so that can obviously wait. |
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I need to get some sweet E34Ls for the ADA side of my TS100. Though I might be replacing the ADA with a Peavey Rockmaster for more metuhlz. Probably would sound sweet with that too. |
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You probably have even more tubez. |
Looks like we're tied at 12. |
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combo of EL34s and 6l6s are definitely a win.
My amp repair dude is pushing KT66s on me. I may experiment more after the studio. |
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between needing new tubes and a new catalytic (sp?) converter this holiday season is bullshit. |
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If I get the rockmaster, I'll have 14, then my dick is bigger. |
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This thread should have been marked gear. Fucking newb OP. |
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between needing new tubes and a new catalytic (sp?) converter this holiday season is bullshit. |
I almost needed to replace my catalytic converter a while back. Would have had to spend half a month's pay to fix that shit. Shit sucks. Just buy tubes. Tone > transportation. |
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being able to use the tone in good music > tone |
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I was so disappointed with the outcome of the Archaeon cd. Sounded horrible. |
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I thought it sounded good. |
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Don't care. We played through his nice 1x12 Orange cab but I have a feeling it was rated well below 100W. Speaker distortion (in a bad way) all over the place, nevermind the little Orange logo hitting the mic sometimes from the crazy vibration. Wasn't a very good room to record in. We still got an awesome deal and Ryan was a great guy to record with. |
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I guess you're that critical of it because it's yours. But I think the sound fits it well or being an ep. |
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Whatever, in the future we'd probably be recording at the studio Eliot works at and he would be engineering it. He's a wizard behind the console. |
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Lol, though I guess by we I mean me and Eliot anyway haha. |
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Your fault for recording through ryans tiny terror 1x12 and not a 4x12 brah. Definetly well under 100 watts rated. |
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Whatever dude. Didn't know shit then. Pretty sure I had just found out what a power tube was. |
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Yah I know. Just ragging on you. Wish my first real band's recording sounded liek that. |
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See? Told ya.
Back on topic: can't wait to throw a quad of SED winged C 6L6s in my Dual Rec. Them with some Tung-Sol 12AX7s = SEX |
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When did you get a Dual Rec?
2-channel, I assume? |
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I stand by the SED wing C's. I have them in my ENGL and will be putting the EL34s in my Lynx upon Dave Martinka suggestionage. |
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Blue's Dual Rec is one of the best things. Ever. |
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I had one of the 3 channel ones. Was my first tube amp.
Honestly, I haven't missed it a bit since selling it.
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Blue's Dual Rec is one of the best things. Ever. |
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Yeah, I'm not doubting his is good. |
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Yeah, I'm not doubting his is god. |
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When did you get a Dual Rec?
2-channel, I assume? |
I definitely told you about it when I first got it. Obtained it in June-ish for a fantastic deal. Two channel obviously, #001757 made. 1994ish. |
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This rings a bell.
Our relationship has been reduced to bumping into each other at Eyehategod. |
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I know, its sad. I'm going to come to a mast show sooner or later, but you guys won't play outside of RI. |
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