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ManInTheBox

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About ManInTheBox

  • Birthday 06/23/1972

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    guitar, music production, camaros
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    Port Arthur, TX, UNITED STATES
  1. You should probably ask this guy. If anyone can understand what your issues are, he would. [video:youtube]
  2. She"s awfully talented. I can"t imagine some publishing company can"t figure out how to market that.
  3. Trying to learn the lingo here, by straight up, do you mean just playing basic triads?
  4. This may confirm that I am tone deaf, so just to clarify, you're saying each person played in a different key? Edit: I just reread the original note... yeah, all 12 keys. I am tone deaf
  5. Myles, If I had a 50Watt amp, with an eight ohm output, what is the limit to the number or cabinets I dould hook up to it? If I could manage to wire 10 cabs to gether with eight ohms of resistance, would this work?? would it be louder or quieter or the same as one 4x12?
  6. Ok, so maybe I overexagerrated ( and I don't appreciate the slap on the hands either) lol. But what I meant to ask, was how do you know when you reached the end with your blueprinting. I mean if I like the tone I am getting, but think I can get a little more sweetness, I could be working on an amp for a lifetime, and never be happy. I guess it is up to me to decide when enough is enough hugh? anyway, thanks for all your time.
  7. I can't remember if I asked this or not. But Myles, when would you say is a good time to leave an amp alone, and get another one. From what I have been reading, the differences in tubes should allow a person to get just about any amp to do whatever they want. Is there some limitation that I am missing here?
  8. Hey Myles, what is the difference between a 6L6GC STR 454 and a 6L6GC 420? What do those STR numbers mean?
  9. So you are saying this is a good deal/reputable dealer. A good source of tubes? tundrkys ...... I think he may be one of my blueprinting clients, and if it is who I think it is, his photo is on my website at: http://www.guitaramplifierblueprinting.com/ludo.jpg He is the guy standing with "Luke".
  10. Myles, what do you knoe about this guy? web page
  11. Myles, what would cause a power tube to burn out prematurely. In the past seven months, I have had to swap power tubes on my BlueVoodoo 6212. both times, the power tube on the right side of the cab(facing the back if it makes a difference) was bad. The manual said to use MesaBoogie matched sets, and I always have (I think that is because of the auto bias feature). but anyway, any ideas?
  12. Hey Miles, I did it again, I messed up my amp. I am always hearing that you can't play a bass through a guitar amp. And I wanted to find out why, so I did it, and I heard a loud pop. Then there was no sound for a few minutes. I turned it off, and back on, then I heard sound, but it was real thin, and low sounding. I pulled it out of the chasis(Crate BV6212) and checked all the voltages at the various test point(which appeared to be at the output stage of each tube. All checked correct. I plugged it back in, and it got a little louder, but still not good. I looked at all my tubes, and they weren't glowing, so I changed them. They glow now, the tone is back, but the volume is still really low. I changed the output tubes with an old set, and I had the same problem. Sounds to me like none of this is even related. I am sure the bass didn't ruin my tubes. I saw a little tag on the bigger of the two transformers on my amp, and it says there is a resettable fuse inside the transformer. I think some how the bass blew that, but when it reset, I lost something some how. Any idea what I should check?
  13. It is a Crate BlueVoodoo 6212 combo. I would like to try what you suggest, however I don't have another cab, or any friends (or friends with cabinets). So I'll probably try some new speakers in the near future. Any suggestions. It is a 60 watt open back combo. It currently has Crate 30 watt speakers. I know your specialty is tubes, but would you know how different wattage speakers would change the sound? Would 70watt speakers give me a cleaner sound, could I push them harder? If I am going for TexasBlues overdriven sound, would I be better off going with lower wattage? Who would be the right guy to ask these questions?
  14. Oh yeah, now I have this pinging type of noise whever I play a D or B on any of the high 5 strings, or a G major chord. Sounds funny I know, but that is what is going on. I am thinking maybe the voice coil of the speaker. I swapped all the tubes one at a time with one that had never been in the amp before, including power tubes, so I knowe it ain't the tubes.
  15. Hey Myles, Thanks for the quick response. I feel I should apologize for not really believing you, or your expertese. i originally posted months ago, concerning my BlueVoodoo. The highs were extremely bright in the clean channel, and you suggested a few tube swaps. Me, believing a tube is a tube, I held back on the tube swapping, well, I swapped around the tubes I had in there, but realized no effect, so the amp has sat here for the most part with both switches in the off position. I am preparing to send the amp back to the manufacturer, to see if they can fix it, and I decided to go ahead a buy a few more tubes, and see what happens. Amoung the tubes I bought, I opted for one 12AT7. The place I go to hands out MesaEngineering tubes at the same price as sovteks, even though they are probably the same. I installed the 12AT7 into the V1 position, and voila, I am pretty close to where I wanted the amp to be. crystaline highs, and blooming lows. I still think it sounded better when I first got it. Of course I am going to write the manufacturer, and find out exactly what came stock with the amp, and probably retube again. The tubes I pulled out were Sovtek 12AX7WB. the ones I put in are 12AX7-A, is there a big difference between these tubes, and can I ask for them by name? Also, the tubes I bought today, are marked russian 2, whereas the ones I installed six months ago are marked Russian one, is this a significant difference.
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