Members fisherpard Posted April 17, 2007 Members Share Posted April 17, 2007 After tons of research I found this to be possibly one of the best bang for the buck. I will not know until I receive it. Anything I need to know about mods, like speaker upgrade, tubes or any helpful info would be appreciated.thanks,fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cambell Posted April 19, 2007 Members Share Posted April 19, 2007 i know nothing about them but they seem really nice and alot of peps like them. congrats and let us know how you like it when it arrives. i am interested in picking one up myself. i have never owned a tube amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johngris Posted April 20, 2007 Members Share Posted April 20, 2007 I've been looking at those too, especially for the price. If I ever get one, I would pull that printed circuit board and stick a hand-wired board in there. I can imagine that running around $20-$40. That would probably make future mods easier on it too. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fisherpard Posted April 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2007 I have only had a few minutes to test it but here is my take. Sound is real good on straight clean. Some hum but not more than expected, however, when you use the speacial effects the hum really increases. Like I said I have not had a lot of time to fine tune adjustments on volume and gain so I will give more later. On clean it has less hum with volume all the way and gain about 3/4 and cut back on volume on guitar. I am using a American HSS Strat. Anyone know ways to cut down on hum?? Maybe changing to better tudes? thanks,fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fisherpard Posted April 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2007 I did forget to mention this thing is big and heavy. A lot larger than I expected for the $299. I may have wished I would have gotten the Valve special. However, I would have only had class A instead of push pull A/B power. If I can get the hum down I will be very satisfied. I just plugged it straight into a wall socket in a 40 year old house with 40 year old wiring. May be getting some ground loop. Does anyone know of a device that you can plug into a outlet that might help with the hum? I seem to remember seeing one at some point. It looked like a little transister with a male plug on one side and then the female to plug into on the other side. If anyone knows what I am talking about please send me the info. thanks,fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newmaxnew Posted April 20, 2007 Members Share Posted April 20, 2007 I know the the first versions of the Valve Junior had a design flaw that caused excess hum. One fix for that was to rewire the heaters for the tubes . Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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