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by BobSimpson
Tue Jan 09, 2024 2:30 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Tom (Structo)
Replies: 33
Views: 16031

Re: Tom (Structo)

Hi Tom!

Glad you are back.
I had a stroke in 2015.
I hope the road back is easy for you.
If you need anything, please just let us know.

Bob Simpson
by BobSimpson
Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:41 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: anybody want to lend me $3500
Replies: 4
Views: 1253

anybody want to lend me $3500

https://amplisphere.myshopify.com/products/1970s-dumble-od-50w-overdrive-special-guitar-amp-head-cabinet-dennis-herring-49193?currency=USD&variant=45904345366825&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&srsltid=AfmBOopDOPJNfYGYLpAKpmmO2P_NVPb8cDKQpPavcZueCRptANFsssf5qIU Someth...
by BobSimpson
Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:05 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: McIntyre Bluesbreaker
Replies: 6
Views: 824

Re: McIntyre Bluesbreaker

I built that Blackface Bassman mod in '94, I think. '95 maybe... It came out in Guitar player magazine, and Bassman amps were really cheap then, $50 to $100 probably, which made for a great test bed. I no longer have it, and I didn't have the ability to record everything back then... It sounded good...
by BobSimpson
Wed Dec 21, 2022 3:32 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Mortality - Some Thoughts
Replies: 31
Views: 4546

Re: Mortality - Some Thoughts

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
by BobSimpson
Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:46 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Does that sound like a Dumble Amp to you?
Replies: 23
Views: 3308

Re: Does that sound like a Dumble Amp to you?

Several rather large-ish Dumble 4x12 cabinets, as well, if I remember correctly....
by BobSimpson
Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Where does tone come from in a guitar?
Replies: 34
Views: 4372

Re: Where does tone come from in a guitar?

I've always been told it's in the fingers...
by BobSimpson
Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:34 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Synopsis of Adjustable Fixed-Bias Measuring Methods, Bias Tools
Replies: 15
Views: 1222

Re: Synopsis of Adjustable Fixed-Bias Measuring Methods, Bias Tools

Thanks gktamps.
I didn't remember if I had to double the negative voltage, halve it, or take it as it was listed for each tube.

I appreciate the response.
by BobSimpson
Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:58 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Synopsis of Adjustable Fixed-Bias Measuring Methods, Bias Tools
Replies: 15
Views: 1222

Re: Synopsis of Adjustable Fixed-Bias Measuring Methods, Bias Tools

Hi gktamps! Thanks for the table. I'd like to ask a question. First, I have a BlueMonkey 88 reverb amp from Brown Note. I've always taken it to the best tech I know in my area ( IMHO ), Willie Whitaker, otherwise known as Lord Valve. Sadly, he passed away a few months ago. I need to know how to bias...
by BobSimpson
Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:13 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Pearl Harbor Day, 2021
Replies: 5
Views: 1179

Pearl Harbor Day, 2021

Not much talk of this one any more.
Some would have us forget it altogether.

December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Indeed.
by BobSimpson
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:54 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Any news on the amp warehouse fire?
Replies: 5
Views: 2140

Any news on the amp warehouse fire?

Looks like there's going to be a lot fewer boutique amps for a while...
by BobSimpson
Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: What is a good Free audio editor program
Replies: 17
Views: 1889

Re: What is a good Free audio editor program

Cakewalk is free from Bandlab.
Not quite all Sonar Platinum was before Gibson & Craig Anderton buggered everyone who had paid for it for years, but mostly there.
In Singapore, I believe...

Bob Simpson
by BobSimpson
Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:37 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Can you identify these riffs?
Replies: 14
Views: 1706

Re: Can you identify these riffs?

Trust fund baby.
Enough money to make whatever chimpanzee noise he wants and call it music.
by BobSimpson
Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:19 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: brexit has really messed up UK amp builders- now with puppy photos
Replies: 65
Views: 12970

Re: brexit has really messed up UK amp builders- now with puppy photos

Phil,
I did not mean to insult your intelligence.
I'm sorry you took it that way.

Puppies?

Bob
by BobSimpson
Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:27 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: brexit has really messed up UK amp builders- now with puppy photos
Replies: 65
Views: 12970

Re: brexit has really messed up UK amp builders- now with puppy photos

Phil, your heart may be in the right place, but IMHO, your head is not. Please look at what a mess unrestricted immigration / invasion by those who do not want to integrate has made of Europe. The Visigoths are at our door and our politicians are gleefully expediting our downfall. Perhaps we should ...
by BobSimpson
Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:19 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: ph204 diodes?
Replies: 17
Views: 1878

ph204 diodes?

I've got a yba-1 with a physically split PH204 diode.
I've not been able to source one, but the net says 1N4007 is an equivalent.

I'd prefer to find an real PH204.
If I have to go the 4007 route, should I replace all 4 PH204's?

Bob Simpson