Here are Things learned about Valve Amps in 2018 . They are in no particular order. Perhaps some useful info about your amp. I thought I would share them before…
The Wannabe Shadows are doing a gig next April in Gillingham in Kent. They play Shadows music and give their Vox amps a good airing. Check out their website They…
Many folks ask what the difference is between the standard EL84 and the more expensive Sovtek EL84M. There has been no data available and I see lots of questions on…
All of us that have a valve / tube amplifier at sometime find our lovely favourite all valve amplifier suddenly starts blowing fuses. Sounds like a disaster has happened and…
Vox AC30 Overview The Vox AC30™ has been around since 1960. It is one of the classic most recognisable British amps to this day. It sounds absolutely gorgeous and I…
A number of customers have asked us about new EF86’s. This a famous high gain audio pentode from the 1950’s and 1960’s. There are a lot of used EF86’s on…
I was on the hunt for a nice original Vox AC30 from the 1960′ s and it got me thinking on why I wanted it and what work it would…
Korg has kindly gathered together the schmatics of a whole pile of schematics from about 1960 onwards. This is a very handy reference for Vox amp owners. Click here…
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A Marshall JCM900 100 Watt Combo arrived in the workshop. This version is the 4102 It was very poorly. The first issues seen were : 10 amp fuse in the plug!!…
The early (1997-2003) Marshall JCM2000 DSL50, DSL100, TSL100 and TSL122 amps are often troubled by an unstable bias (drifting bias). These are nice amps and I have one myself This…