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Well I swapped out a couple of the preamp tubes around and they're all working fine in the clean section but are still messed up for the gain channel. Any other guesses before I take it in?

I'll try swapping out the preamp tubes today after class. Wolf, cap = capacitor? where are those located on the amp mainboard?

I have tried another guitar through the amp so I was able to isolate it as an amp problem, not a guitar problem. I used contact cleaner on all the new tubes I installed, I'll try the contact cleaner on the footswitch and input jacks EDIT: just used contact cleaner on the input jacks, footswitch...

Hey guys, my amp started acting up today. Everything on my clean channel works fine (including the clean drive) but when I switch to channel 2 there's a very harsh static/fizz and there's virtually no gain (the fizzing only gets worse as I turn the gain up). I replaced the tubes a few weeks ago...

Thanks for the help guys. JBroll, In the long run, yeah I'd have an ideal setup with a soundcard and analog preamps, etc. but I'm stuck in a small college environment armed with a macbook so I figured firewire would be one of the best ways to record ideas I had. So has anyone messed with the TC...

So I wanna start recording my own stuff. I play a C-7 Hellraiser through a Laney VH100R head w/Orange 4x12 Straight Cab. I imagine that to record I'll mic the amp up to a preamp, but I'm trying to decide what preamp is best for the $ I have a budget of roughly $500 and I'd like to get a preamp...

Anyone? Should I just try replacing all the tubes first?

Alright, so I've had this head for about a month now and everything seemed fine up until a few days ago. My clean channel sounds perfectly fine, but my gain channels sound very flat and muddy as opposed to how crisp they sounded. Perhaps I blew some tubes for leaving standby on too long? (I...

So I'm looking for some pretty intense, slow, brutal bands, songs, etc. to listen to while weight lifting. I figure that I may have to dip more into the hardcore pool (which I don't really enjoy listening to) if I want some really intense shit but any suggestions would be great. Help me out guys!

Yeah, figured it wouldn't be a great idea so I figured I'd ask some people more knowledgeable about the subject

So I recently moved into my new room and all I really have as far as speakers go is my Orange 4x12 Cab that I run my Laney VH100R through. I was wondering if it's possible to connect my MacBook to the Cab to play my iTunes songs and shit. If so, what kind of special cable would I need?

So I've seen my share of bands with both shitty and excellent live tones, most specifically with the guitar setups. What do you guys suggest as far as achieving thick, rich, and big tone when playing live? A lot of bands sound great in the studio, but when it comes to live they sound very thin...

So Celestion and Eminence are brands then I assume. What are the basic types of speaker setups in cabs and which produce what kinds of sounds? Will a slant cab make that much of a difference in the low end sound? I'm deciding between an Orange 4x12 or a Mesa Slant 4x12 playing through a VH100R...

I've been thinking about either a Mesa 4x12 Slant or an Orange 4x12 straight with Celestion's in them. Could anyone give me a rundown in the difference of the speakers like V30s, Celestion's, etc.?

Ok, so I finally got my first tube amp, a Laney VH100R. One problem...no cab yet. I know the speakers play a huge part in determining the sound output, but do the actual cabinets make a difference? Would, say, a Peavey XXX 4x12 cab loaded with V30s sound the same as a Mesa 4x12 with V30s? Do...