Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - $299 Gibson tube amp

Guitarslinger1 · March 3rd, 2008, 04:22 PM

I've got one of these on the way, should be here her Thursday. I need another amp like I need another guitar, but I figured what the hell...

I couldn't build a comparable amp for anything close to that price, and can mod anything on it that I want to dial it in, so it seems like a winner.

First thing I see is that since it has solid state rectification, there's no possibility of using an indirectly-heated cathode tube rectifier to make up for the lack of a standby switch, so a standby switch mod is in order to increase tube life.

March 3rd, 2008, 04:22 PM	#164 (permalink)
Guitarslinger1 Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 966	I've got one of these on the way, should be here her Thursday. I need another amp like I need another guitar, but I figured what the hell... I couldn't build a comparable amp for anything close to that price, and can mod anything on it that I want to dial it in, so it seems like a winner. First thing I see is that since it has solid state rectification, there's no possibility of using an indirectly-heated cathode tube rectifier to make up for the lack of a standby switch, so a standby switch mod is in order to increase tube life.