Mikey Dee 
This lovely little Harp amp is made to the very highest standard. Every single wire is routed carefully to minimise noise, every single part seems to be carefully thought out. I looked at their pricing and actually it represents fantastic value in comparison with the big players. I recently used it as an example of … Read more
Morgan Amps aim to be high end boutique amps born out of a desire for touch sensitive and responsive amps, more that on their website. A couple of faults I have come across are: cathode cap exploding and the power scaling transistor blowing and some bad solder joints on the heater wiring. Not sure if … Read more
A remake of a Vox AC30. Not much info out there on these other than what is available here. Made in limited numbers, clearly by hand here are some nice pictures and observations Big spacious chassis with power valves oddly crammed together. Lots of signs of being made bespoke with cheesy angle brackets holding the … Read more
Surely the most popular amp in the UK. Recently asked to work on a cream board era FBJ and found that the PCB was heat damaged to the point of being like a brittle biscuit. Either scrap it, new PCB or bit of work to replace with hard wired valve bases. I like a challenge … Read more
Quite a rarity these days these German amps from the 60s do occasionally come up on the second hand market and are worth looking at for a couple of reasons. First of all they look fab and are well made. Most faults are routine servicing issues like damaged or worn pots and jacks so nothing … Read more
Regularly I seem to have to revive these kind of power supplies from studios. Common problem is heat damage, not surprising when you conider how many hours service these have to provide. Replacement modules are something like £450 so repair is worthwhile especially as the repair will upgrade them as per Chandler themselves recommend to … Read more
Hiwatt Amps are classic 60s/70s amps associated with rock bands like The Who and Pink Floyd. Extraordinarily loud.
I keep running into fans of Quad amps. Mainly from recording studios who seem to like to use them as a mixdown audition amp. As these amps age there is a fair bit of routine maintenance to consider, things like. Some of the old control parts, e.g. balance control, are very hard to locate so … Read more
Arguably the most popular amp sold in the UK it is certainly the most popular portable combo amp that comes across my bench. It is a great clean amp for the money, not so adored on the fizzy drive channel but most seem to concentrate on the cleans. I think the reason for its … Read more
Just a working chassis for sale. Great sounding medium sized amp would work as a neat portable head or in combo if you have the wood working skills to finish the job
