How do you reach a lo-fi, "distant" sounding rec?
Kinda like "Initium" by Samhain, or the Mars stuff, or black metal stuff.
I can't kill the lows because it's a bass/drums only stuff.

Probably the Samhain one Is the best example of what I need to reach.

If it turns on but makes no sound at all its very likely that you blew a fuse on the high voltage supply. The amp turns on because the mains fuse is intact and the filaments of the tubes work and light up. On that amp, however, the secondary fusing is all internal (and possibly hard-wired direct to...

If any tubes are glowing your mains fuse is intact; there would be no power to the tube heaters (or anything) if it was blown. On the Marshall forum a couple of guys said the signal would have passed despite the dead tube, if the fuse was intact. I am VERY confused. I'm a newbie and have no idea of...

I have opened the amp just to be 100% sure about the "not glowing tube" thing. I had confirmation that one of the four power tubes is dead. Currently there are 4 Sovteks inside. The 3rd is not glowing at all. I'm evaluating if I can make an attempt to replace the tubes and bias the amp mys...

What did the tech say is the problem with the amp? Blown transformer? Any other info? I didn't bring it. Maybe I'm gonna just sell it as it is. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought it. There is no hard and fast rule that says you have to replace all your power tubes at once. If the amp is...

There's a lot of useful info on tube amps here: https://robrobinette.com/Amp_Stuff.htm and here: https://www.youtube.com/c/dlab500/videos Also look around for Gerald Weber's Guitar amp servicing videos. they're out there. If you have a soldering Iron and a multimeter and some basic related skillz (...

I bought this amp for 800€.
The repair would cost 300€, and I'm not even considering any further damage aside from the tubes (e.g.: blown fuse). These KT88s are insanely expensive.
Really fucking depressed and don't know what to do.

Any band in the Thee Oh Sees vein (mishmash of 'cool' retro influences, vocal slap, and high strapped guitars..) is probably ok to see live but there's not much to it beyond that. Bring on the €40 hoodies. Yeah. In the case of The Cramps or B-52s there was also a bravery in doing something very unf...

So good to see the thread is back...

I was also thinking the HT fuse. I took a look at the KK signature head, and unfortunately the HT fuse is not accessible from the outside. The amp use KT88 power tubes. A little more that EL34s,cost wise. It seems like a pretty standard fix for an experienced tech. Are these costly repairs? It's th...