Recent content by Stratmeister

Or a blonde tolex model would work too... thanks.

OK, I do a lot of vintage amp repair and restoration so I'll pull the chassis and take a look. Thanks for that bit of info, and to you others... well I should know better by now to ask a question like that... :roll:

Keep my eyes open for one of these babies, anyone have one for sale?

I picked up a killer little Subway Rocket (non-reverb) and was wondering how to find out when it was made. Is there a website or someplace that I can find out by the serial number perhaps?

NO you cannot put EL84's where EL34's belong. Wrong size for one thing, different characteristics for another...

Hey guys, I got my first MkIIC+ and love it to death. But to make it scream it does have to be pretty loud. So... for something around the house that approimates the sound/tone of my MkIIC+, would a Subway Rocket be close? Or another model? Never played one, can't find one around to try so I...

Well if you get one of the mentioned mods done you can have them do the caps and battery at the same time for not much more. Otherwise any amp tech can do the caps and battery. Changing the battery is no biggie but it is on the main board so you have to get inside the chassis to do it, and it...

I have the obligatory big hair 80's rack system in my home studio, a stereo setup with the G-Major in parallel using a Ground Control System and switcher. It's lots of fun, but totally a hassle to move. I switch between two preamps, and Engl, and an old modded ADA MP-1. You just can't beat...

Hey Pudge, how you doing. I thought you only hung out at BAM! When I clean my rosewood board guitars really good I put a couple of drops of rosewood oil on them that I got at a natural foods place. Talk about a fine smell when you open the guitar case... :D

LOL! What a great description... I learned this lesson young when I decided to figure out how a reel-to-reel tape recorder worked. Pulled the chassis and figured it had to be plugged in to work, right? That first two hand grab of the frame kept me shakin' until it finally dropped from my poor...

Hey, I know I'm a new guy around here, but I can help you with this... I know the dude, Joel. They're a local house band around here, and a **** good tight blues band. My wife even works with the band manager. Your hearing classic Strat and overdriven Fender blackface tone, vintage Super...

What is "hardness"? That must be a Mesa term for their tube rating of some sort...

As a new MkIIC+ owner, and amateur amp tech/restorer, I have a question or 2 maybe I can get some opinions on from the forum. Anybody ever use power tubes other than Mesa branded ones? My non-simulclas IIC+ is apparently fixed bias, but that assumes you use Mesa tubes of a certain rating I've...

First picture, it's a PRS singlecut (Violin Amber quilt maple 10-top, bird inlays, stoptail) that I replaced the PUPs in, with... tada... Santana I's. Yeah it is instant Carlos for sure. They come with PRS #7 PUPs installed which are a bit harsh for my tastes, more of a metal-ish tone, so I put...

I didn't see anything obvious that looked like a violation in there, but considering it's something like 20-21 years old I'm amazed the electrolytics are all still good. It sounds like pure heaven too with the PRS. I typically play a '66 blackface Super Reverb and a Strat with pedals, but the...