Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum
Forum and Web site Stuff => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: BourbonAndGames on November 03, 2024, 10:56:01 pm
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Hello folks. I'm 40 and work in the trades, good at robots/plc's, horrible with mechanical stuff! I'm still new to guitar, started mid-July this year and targetting to learn blues. I've been deep diving into it hard as I tend to do, learning every aspect of it I can. I've modded my telecaster and fixing to install a new body and go from a 4 way Oakley to a Schaller super switch to make it 5 way.
I have a PRS SE 594 McCarty, but have had a lot of issues with it. It's now the guitar I'm learning how to repair. Cold solder joints bad enough that two of them came off. Fret work really bad, so I put new stainless steel frets in it. Managed to go from having to play above 5/64th's on low E to stop buzzing even with soft pick attack down to a smidge above 4/64th's. I had my truss rod adjustments checked and everything before I attempted it to make sure I didn't do that wrong. I was going to send it back for warranty work, but they took about 3 weeks to get back with me. At the rate they seem to go I figured I'll pick up extra hours and make up the difference in tools and learn a skill.
Have a few AionFX pedals under my belt and been reading on The Guitar Amp Handbook. Bought a Carvin Vintage 16 amp off of facebook that didn't work. Did get my money back, but didn't find out the source of the issue. Just know his V1 Tube was at 2.1VAC and V4 was at 3.1VAC. So now I'm targettiing to do my first amp. Looking forward to combing over the forums and finding more stuff that I didn't know and to learn.
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Welcome to the Hoffman Amps forum
There are many different boards on this forum for different topics.
The Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs board is where you can post amp questions.
That board is listed here.
https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?board=13.0
Thanks,
Doug Hoffman
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Welcome, there's a lot of big brains here that are willing to help. Show them a bit of respect and post a schematic
& they will give you lots of tips, fixes and education!
Side note, with the blues, sometimes less is more! The blues has to breathe and
don't be afraid to play that one long note and shake the hell out of it! :think1: :icon_biggrin:
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Welcome, there's a lot of big brains here that are willing to help. Show them a bit of respect and post a schematic
& they will give you lots of tips, fixes and education!
Side note, with the blues, sometimes less is more! The blues has to breathe and
don't be afraid to play that one long note and shake the hell out of it! :think1: :icon_biggrin:
Seems I'm on the right path then! I been running penatonic blues scales a lot, changing cadence up but slowing down at different spots for bends and attempts at vibratos.