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Good to know. I guess I was asking more along the lines because I like being able to flip a switch and get two different sounds on the fly if I'm messing around... I was thinking in terms of an on/on switch, push button, etc... I have a b.b clone from Blammo! called the bluesblaster and it...

20%, my bad. I knew one component had a higher variance while others not so much... maybe I was thinking pots or resistors or something else. I am very new to all this... I got into building pedals because I can't play at night when the baby is asleep... I'm the type that prefers to build over...

Hey Robert, just curious on the Super Stevie pedal. Only difference I'm seeing is a different pot value and the exclusion of R6 to make it "high gain". I'm in the process of starting this build and wondered if I could simply use the "High Gain" version's 1m pot and add an on/on switch with the...

That's very good to know... I guess that explains why some of my more heavily used pedals that stayed on my board for years began to fall out of favor. I always attributed it to my tastes changing over time, or (as mentioned) certain events that I KNEW there was a problem with power and felt...

Really. I knew Leo repaired army radios and audio equipment in the Army back in WW2, so it's very plausible he took that training and went a step further to complete builds. Many of the early Fender amp circuits were supposedly based heavily in old military equipment... Interesting that Marshall...

THAT'S AWESOME! Yeah, Leo was thrifty, but he also didn't skimp on quality and reliability.

Yeah, in amps they can dry up/crystalize... kinda like batteries left in a flashlight for years... The old Fender amp Electrolytic caps were cardboard and they were close to their shelf life expiration when Leo bought them. As I heard it, Leo got a surplus deal through his Army connections and...

Just curious, as I've experienced this in a couple pedals over the years... I'd imagine such failures might begin to show if a pedal starts to sound different. Case in point, we played a summer gig on asphalt at a baseball stadium. They had us on the last outlet on the same circuit as the...

Ok, so I've heard some real off-the-wall stuff, but this takes the cake. A very respectable gear repair page I follow on IG threw me for a loop today. The owner was showing an old Boss Delay he had in his shop, and showed a walkthrough of him replacing all the Electrolytic capacitors... Now...

I was super bummed. I gigged that Marshall for 15 years and recorded 5 albums with it... and one stupid gig did it in. Granted, it still sounds pretty good... but something DEFINITELY changed in it. It used to be very crisp, very articulate with tons of sharp midrange bite and focused gain...

Once we had a gig at a Baseball field at the entrance... They put us on one outlet at the end of the bathrooms and concession stands in the middle of August... Dozens of hand dryers going, A refrigerator or something kicked on... SOMETHING caused a huge power spike... the volume on all the gear...

I can relate. I hand-paint mine just for fun...

Just wrapped up a Trio of builds... A Glory Hole ("Sparkler Bomb" *also my favorite homeade firework*) A VHS/ JHS Ryan Adams VCR (I call it the "pick-me-up" after my favorite R.A song), and a Fordobal/ThorpyDane (I called it the "Thorpedo"...) I also have a Kliche mini (I plan on calling it...

Yeah, I'm kinda new to the vintage amp party. I gigged and recorded with a Marshall JCM2000 TSL and blonde tolex Fender Blues Deville 4x10 for many years and never really needed anything else... plus money was always kinda tight to be spending on extra gear... Most of my extra walking money went...

Oh, mine is the new custom deluxe reissue, not a vintage one... but all the other amps in my collection are. a 1966 Super Reverb, a 1969 Bandmaster Reverb, a 75 Vibrochamp, a 75 Super Reverb, a 76 Twin Reverb and a 78 Bandmaster Reverb

This 1969 Bandmaster Reverb is a killer sounding amp. I bought it and a late 70's MV Bandmaster Reverb from a collection. The old gearhead that had them passed away, and they were liquidating his assets. He worked as a service tech on the road and accumulated some KILLER gear over the years...

I've got one as well... I bought it "broken" for $600... Turns out the Reverb tube was bad and it was making a continuous raspy reverb splash/ gurgle in the background... A Quick swap and away I went. I swapped the TypeV speaker (or whatever it's called) for a Celestion G12-65 Heritage, which...

You can get into the vintage Silverface stuff for a reasonable price. I'd probably watch older PCB amps from the 90's-2000's because they are probably in need of capacitors and starting to have problems... 20 years is about max on caps before an amp needs overhauled... Some old Fenders are...

I think I should elaborate a bit more... I like playing with tube amps... Sometimes they break. If yours fries live during a set, how do you finish? Sometimes a buddy wants me to track something at his home studio really quick, but taking all my gear over is a pain, and I hate using...

I was just hit by inspiration... What if you could combine a preamp style pedal (Peace Hill JM or Crystal Lettuce b.f) with a Danelectro Spring king and optic tremolo... You could have a legitimate Fender Reverb amp in a box...