@danger_steve @Eve6 It was probably that way for their beginnings… but in the 90’s they definitely had a tech and his name was Dale and he was a cool guy.
@ErickWeber dude just saw Black Phone and all I can say is “WOW”! Trauma mixed with horror! Absolutely one of the best scary movies I’ve seen in years!
@exceptions@UndercoverIndi I completely agree with that sentiment. When I dig in on Thursday I’m going to double check, they seem tight. I think I’m only the third owner of this amp and the tubes hadn’t been changed when I got as far as I know.
@UndercoverIndi thank you for the advice on that! I’ll use one of my wood handled swabs from back when “head cleaning” was my jam. (I think I have a case of them from Miller Stevenson)
@UndercoverIndi straight in and straight out… right? I’m going to see if the pins are even crusty and then just use an emery stick with deoxit (actually I have gold cleaner) instead of using my sacrificial tube set to clean the sockets.
@UndercoverIndi I only “think” I know what’s up, every time I think I know what up is I find something to confuse me. I hope this convo sparks some interest in elder tube amp maintenance too! Thank you for being a great sounding board and providing awesome advice!