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i finally got it back from the repairman! and it sounds wonderful.

the choke had melted before, which he fixed, then it melted again. i brought it back to him a second time and he said that the
vibrations from the cabinet caused current to jump between the power tubes, overloading the choke (which then filled my
basement with a nice thick cloud of smoke).

he also said that 6L6 tubes in it were nearly dead. which is funny because i bought them brand new from
my local music store, leading me to believe that i got sold some bunk tubes.

this is day 2 and it is still functioning. things are looking pretty good.

SOND CLIPZ

sounds like you need some new tube sockets and retainers (and maybe some vibration dampeners).

i have no idea how to upload audio files into this forum. i am not computer savvy.

i recorded a short clip through a decent mic and mixer onto microsoft voice recorder
but that is as far as i got.

you should probably quit being such a wuss with that amp and take it on the road.

Looking at a diagram of that amp... it could be that some dodgy/vibrating connections at/around the tube sockets (like Will says) were interrupting the bias voltage that normally keeps the power tubes in their safe range. Cut off that voltage, and the tubes would pass way too much current, part of which would overheat/damage the tube plates, and part of which would stream through the tube screens and then heat up the choke.

So it could be that the tubes were of OK quality originally, but were suffering along with the choke. Hopefully nothing else got damaged?

Those old Dano-made Silvertones are all wired up dead-bug style. It's a nightmare for reliability.

holyCATS1415 wrote:i have no idea how to upload audio files into this forum. i am not computer savvy.

i recorded a short clip through a decent mic and mixer onto microsoft voice recorder
but that is as far as i got.

Use Soundclick.com. Easy way to get your samples/tunes uploaded.

So jealous!

I've wanted one of these for ages...grats!

Would love to hear soem clips if you get a chance. What do you think about the volume? How loud do you percieve it compared to another amp you've got?

Very nice.

Can't wait to hear it!

they always sound great- just not road worthy
i want one at some point

by the way this was posted one and a half years ago so if he was going to do some clip i'd imagine he'd have done them by now.

son of a bitch you're smart.

so no clip? we are still waiting

Skip wrote:so no clip? we are still waiting

Any day now, I should say.