I bought some NOS Russian tubes a while back from a Khazakstani seller on ebay. They were just too cheap to not give a try. I haven't installed them in anything yet, but holy shit, look at this. A QUAD of KT88 for under $40! Anyone bit the bullet and tried any of these yet? I might just have to next time an opportunity arises. Even if they last half as long as other stuff, it's still worth it.
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This is a video response to Tone Priest's question about modding a Hiwatt clone build. If you are a paid member here on Locals and have tech or other questions, I'll be happy to give you a similar video response when I get time! Thanks so much for all your continued support.
This was the full jam session on the Gibson L1 I did recently. As you probably know, I usually will jam for a while on something and then pick a few highlights to show in a final video. A ton of stuff got edited out. It's not all great, but it's not all bad either. I find it kind of soothing, this quiet acoustic stuff. I'm never sure where the mood will take me.
I made this quick video the other day for a friend and figured I'd post it here as well. He wants to get started in slide, so I was quickly showing him some open tuning concepts to make the transition to slide a bit easier. Kind of like learning slide without a slide.
Are you going to be making a big video of your trip to your buddy's? Seems like a treasure trove.
I think he may be onto something with phase matching in that weird network. If they just wanted to cut gain wouldn't they just put in a voltage divider? What amp is that? Curiosity has got me on that one.
When I built my 'Prince of Darkness' amp I copied the front end of an ancient Gibson amp and I gotta say, it sounds really good.
