daddy ray

myles i just brought my first tube amp home today (been in lay-away for a couple of weeks) it is a crate bv 60 w/crate 4-12 slant front cab found it in a local pawn shop for $400 my son (a 20 yr player & hard core tube amp guy) went with me to check it out we felt it was in good condition & a good value for the $'s i had done a lot of "shopping" & tube amp prices are quite high relative to the digital stuff... still having a couple of kids in school i was quite pleased to find this much amp for the price paid aside from various guitars my rig consist of: morley lil alligator volumn pedal dunlop wah boss ds-1 boss mt-2 boss rc-20 loop station an older korg (free from a buddy) multi effects that i sometimes use for the chorus & flanger i have never owned an amp with an effects loop before how would you reccomend i arrange my various items going into the amp it seems to me if i want all of the effects to be captured by the loop station all will need to go in the front with the guitar signal however i have also read that some feel the distortion should be sent through the effects loop what's the skinny in your opinion thanks happy playn dr

thanks for your quick reply dr

myles i just purchased my first tube amp can you reccomend a good book for learning maintenance, diagnosis/repair, upgrades (retubing/biasing) etc i have no electronics experience i'm not so much interested in theory as practical hands on instruction thank you happy playn dr