Thanks Myles. I'll try the 12AY7. It seems to be a sturdy little beast, and if you use the volume and tone knobs on a single coil guitar it helps. It's a novelty amp and I bought it on Black Friday. My Pignose sounds better!
Hi Myles,
I picked up a Fender Greta and would like to get some more clean headroom out of it. It is a 2 watt amp with a 12AX7 preamp tube and a 12AT7 power tube. I've never seen that before. What if anything can I do to get some more cleans?
Thank You
Anthony
Hi Myles,
I hope all is well. I've been looking at a few Boss pedals and in all their info they state that any power supply other than a boss one could damage the pedal. Is this BS or do you really need a Boss power supply.
Thanks
Anthony
Hi Myles,
It's been a long time since I've asked a dumb question so...
I know if you have an 8 ohm tube amp, you must use a cabinet that is a least 8 ohms or better. I have a Vox DA10 with 2 6.5 inch 8 ohm vox speakers in it. The amp is solid state and 8 ohms. Players on the vox forum are connecting 2 6.5 inch Jensen Mod 4 ohm speakers to the amp. Is this OK? Is it different with a solid state amp? Thanks.
Anthony
Hi Myles,
It's been a while since I;ve asked a dumb question, so here goes! Can I use a 1/4 inch male to (2) 1/4 inch female stereo Y cable to connect (2) 8 ohm speaker cabinets to an amp. In this case it's a Pignose head unit. Will it still be 2 mono speakers in parallel? Don't laugh too hard!
Thanks
Anthony
Good Morning Myles. I recently picked up a Piggy in a Box. The legendary nasty Pignose sound in a pedal. It's a 5 watt SS amp and a really nasty distortion pedal combined. I'm using it with a 10 inch, 8 ohm, Jensen cab and it's loud, nasty and fun. I'm told it's a 4 ohm amp. Does the same rule apply as with tubes? Higher speaker ohms are ok? I can't imagine it getting any louder!
Thanks
Anthony
Hi Myles,
Happy Monday! I use a EH Holy Stain for my Verbs and Tremolo. It's EH's multi FX pedal. The last knob on the top of the pedal is a Clean/Fuzz/OD selector. I would like that to be a stomp switch. Could I install a 3 position heavy duty switch in it's place? I could tap that sucka with my size 9's easy.
Thanks
Anthony
Hi Myles,
I just picked up a Crate V18. It has a tube compliment of 3 12AX7A preamp tubes and 2 EL84 power tubes. I would like to have less gain and was wondering what preamp tubes I could use to accomplish that. Less volume would be ok too. Any suggestions?
Thank You
Anthony
Hi Myles,
A short while ago I asked you about a sticky pot on my Melody Maker reissue. I took your suggestion and sprayed it with Deox It, but no luck. I guess I have a bad pot in spite of its age. My problem is that I don't have a receipt for the guitar because it was a gift and Gibson requires a receipt for service. I was just going to get a short shaft Gibson pot from MS and put it in myself. Is there anything special I should know before I repair it?
Thank You
Anthony
Hi Myles,
Last night my 07' Gibson Melody Makers volume control was intermitent at best, and really only seemed to work on full. Do you think it's a bad control or dirt? It's in my practice room, with no animals or smoke.
Thank You
Anthony
Hi Myles,
Thanks for the adapter info. I was worried about using an adapter that had a higher MA than the pedal needed. I can see that's not a problem.
Thanks
Anthony
Hi Myles,
When using a 9 volt adapter on pedals, does the MA rating, as in 100 MA or 500 MA matter on different pedals? I have adapters with 100, 200 and 500 MA and they all seem to work on all the pedals.
Thanks
Anthony