Mikey Dee 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
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
These Mackies beloved by users all over the world can suffer from a strange and rather annoying problem of volume reduction after a few years use. I don’t mean volume fluctuation; I am talking about a permanent reduction in output level – up to 80-90% in some cases. That is a hassle that we well … Read more
