Crate amp blowout

[ET335]

Finally! Got my 112 today! On the first, I had MF send me out another unit since the first one fell into a black hole somewhere. She was waiting for me at the front door of my apartment when I got home from work today. I did have time to un-Crate her, plug her in, and test her. I'll have more time tomorrow to test her out.

That's great WackyT!! Glad to hear you finally got it. I know it took them long enough:thwap:

 

[WackyT]

Thanks guys for thinking about me in this shipping dilemma. :beer: I'm glad I decided to ask MF to ship me another unit instead of asking for a refund. This is a really nice amp! I fooled around on it for a few hours today. One observation I see is with the guitar directly plugged in, both the Samick (LP copy w/ h'buckers) and the Strat with vintage GFS singles, she is "dark". With a clean boost, my modded DS-1 in clean boost mode, she "brightens" up quite a bit and still stays clean. Is this "darkness" due to the first 12AX7 not being driven hard enough?

Also, ordered 3 Tung Sol 12AX7 and a pair of JJ EL84 tubes for her. From some reading today these sound like a good combination for her.

Found this video today showing how to access the tubes on these amps, and it works great! My amp is fully populated with Sovtek tubes from the factory. The V18 doesn't have the cage around the EL84 tubes though.



These don't have a big power transformer, so it must have a switched power supply, ala computer power supply, inside the chassis.

 

[richey88]

It's the same one Richy. I live in Vermilion Hills right down the steet. My son takes guitar lessons with Jake on Thursday nights at the store. :dude:

Hey Neighbor!