Fender ProTube Twin-Amp reverb feedback

[Gutmann]

That's great. Have fun with this great amp!

 

[aeolian]

Your determination paid off. Good work!

I'm in Portland, but where the heck is Deer Island. I've lived in Oregon for 30 years and have never heard of the place before.

 

[Mick]

Thanks guys!

Your determination paid off. Good work!

I'm in Portland, but where the heck is Deer Island. I've lived in Oregon for 30 years and have never heard of the place before.

The huge metropolitan portion of Deer Island is located on Hwy 30 between Portland and Astoria. It is 36 miles from downtown Portland, and 60 miles from Astoria. It consists of one gas station/convenience store on the highway and a small church. Part of Deer Island actually is an island on the Columbia River. Most of the island is cattle ranch. My wife and I wanted to move away from the hustle and bustle of big city life, so we built our house a few miles away from town. It's about a mile from the highway, in the hills overlooking the river. We have no neighbors close by, so I can play my guitar as loud as I want without anybody complaining. Which is a very good thing considering how well I play.
:rockon:

Here's some pics that I took of our house this winter, and my wife Becky, and me, and Mr. Kitty (a stray tom cat we took in just before it started snowing).

 

[aeolian]

Here's some pics that I took of our house this winter, and my wife Becky, and me, and Mr. Kitty (a stray tom cat we took in just before it started snowing).

Now I know where Deer Island is. Less than 40 miles from me and yet I've never heard of it! You do know that Eurotubes is in Portland near McLaughlin Blvd, right? But if you have to drive that distance to pick something up you may opt for Bob shipping the tubes to you.

I remember the December snow we had, I have a few pictures of a lounge chair with snow piled up to the seat in my backyard. I checked out your photo albums, beautiful photography. Do you do that for a living? I enjoy taking pictures too, but if I come up with a decent one it is more due to luck than to skill.

 

[oldguy]

Glad to hear you got the Twin fixed, Mick. You should post a pic or two of it sometime. With your photography skills, you could make it look sweet.

 

[Mick]

Now I know where Deer Island is. Less than 40 miles from me and yet I've never heard of it! You do know that Eurotubes is in Portland near McLaughlin Blvd, right? But if you have to drive that distance to pick something up you may opt for Bob shipping the tubes to you.

Yup, I bought a complete set of tubes from Eurotubes. I put in my order on Friday and the tubes got here the very next day. Talk about fast service! Bob was very helpful on the phone too. A great guy.

I remember the December snow we had, I have a few pictures of a lounge chair with snow piled up to the seat in my backyard. I checked out your photo albums, beautiful photography. Do you do that for a living? I enjoy taking pictures too, but if I come up with a decent one it is more due to luck than to skill.

I'm glad you like the pics. Nice if you to say so. No, I'm not a professional photographer, although I've been doing it for almost 40 years. I'm really just an avid amateur. I have done a few paid photo shoots though, and I've sold usage rights to some of my photos to various companies and even some well known journalists. I actually make my living as a senior software engineer. Our company creates communications and network management/reporting software for large corporations.

I just recently took up the guitar again after a long time away. I learned and played for a couple years when I was a kid (late 60's), but I never got very good. I didn't really play again until my son bought me a guitar and amp for my birthday a year ago last March. Since then I bought myself an American Deluxe HSS Strat, this Twin amp, and just today my UPS buddy brought me a pedal board and my first two pedals. A Big Muff Pi and a Boss ML-2. Way fun!

BTW, if you like making digital photos then you might enjoy DPChallenge.com. They have several photo challenges going on all the time with various subjects. No prizes, just virtual ribbons, but it can be a lot of fun if you have a thick skin and don't take it too seriously. You can register and enter open challenges for free, or buy a membership if you want to enter member-only challenges and have a portfolio. My dpc user name is Mick.

 

[Mick]

Glad to hear you got the Twin fixed, Mick. You should post a pic or two of it sometime. With your photography skills, you could make it look sweet.

Thanks oldguy! I'll give it a try soon. I've actually been thinking about trying to recreate some of Fender's ad shots.

 

[oldguy]

That sounds like a cool idea. I've always liked this one, even though it came out two yrs. before I was born................don't know if it's the dachsund or the raybans...................

 

[Mick]

That sounds like a cool idea. I've always liked this one, even though it came out two yrs. before I was born................don't know if it's the dachsund or the raybans...................

Oh yeah, that's a good one!

I also like the “You Won’t Part With Yours Either” ad campaign photos by the late Bob Perine. Cool stuff!

 

[sevenfingersamurai]

Just recently picked up an old Peavey Deuce as it's the closest thing I have found to a Twin in my price range. Had the same issue described here. I pulled the reverb tank from my crappy 80s Fender Princeton Chorus and plugged it in, problem solved. Then I pulled the tank out of the deuce. It is clearly a new tank, so I was surprised to find that inside it there were blocks of light foam (think packaging for a retail product) in the center of the tank. Pulled those out and the issue was immediately resolved.

My theory here is that the blocks were acting the same way your finger does when you play the harmonic on a guitar string at the fifth, seventh, 12th (and so on) frets of a guitar.

Wish my Deuce were your Twin, but now that it doesn't feedback it is exactly what I was looking for.