[Feel free to ask Myles]

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

[Feel free to ask Myles]

thanks for your quick reply

dr

[Feel free to ask Myles]

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