Noise and Excessive Gain, Hoffman Pro Jr Board in a Carvin Vintage 16

[tubeswell]

0.016V = 16mV (which is 16mA through a 1R resistor).

[sluckey]

I would adjust the bias pot to let those EL84s run a little hotter and show off their grind.

[thetragichero]

I used to have a meter which defaulted to DC, and I had to press the other button for AC. This made real trouble when colleagues borrowed the meter for AC power checks.

my trusty radio shack meter is like this. got me the other day as i was trying to test a salvage power transformer. measured close to 0v. tried everything, switching test leads, checked the fuse, etc. then i tested the voltage from the wall which was also roughly 0v. weird, my soldering iron is plugged into the same strip and it's hot as hell.... oh i'm measuring dc volts not ac volts