Recent content by baron55

Most of the current production KT77 and 6CA7 variants don't meet original emissions specs or gain, they work ok, but fail on testers because they are below the old NOS spec.

Kansas is a prog band, in their heyday in the 70's and 80's very much prog. They are a big influence on Dream Theater and many others.

Many businesses have left CA and many more will leave. As for AZ, many starts in Hollywood have homes there to get out of the LA rat race. Many forget Soldano got his start in LA and then moved to WA. But yes, I can see many CA based music companies shift their assembly elsewhere. Synergy...

In fact he is

The movie was called Turbo Lover Starring British Steel

The demand is high enough and they have been backordered for years on products. Don't want to spend money on something that will net them zero profit. Bogner is most likely deciding to stay a small boutique company. There margins are probably pretty thin, and they don't want to spend money on...

Yep, Uber mode boosted on Channel one sounds great. You can just about get the same on Channel 2 in Uber mode with the Metamorph in Tight mode about 11:30 position and the Focus in the middle position. Yeas, boosting the Ultra Mode is over the top and 6 gain stages!

This is why the entire guitar Industry moved away from Nitro Laquer. It is prized by the purists. Nitro reacts with many different things, like guitar stands. Thats why you will see some companies mention that their products are "nitro safe" Chances are your lacquer reacted with he chemicals...

Gibsons are not shielded with copper or shielding paint. One of the few guitar companies that don't do it. This is the most likely cause of the buzz. Did you replace the PCB with components or just the toggle switch.

Most likely the case. The PCB for these amps is all the same with multiple value options. There are plenty of empty component slots for additional tweaks. So, he most Lilley decided to give everyone the choose of voicing verses buying a particular voiced amp. The original 35watt was the 101b...

Bogner himself

The circuit is 100% 100b, it's not a modern 101b. The 35 watt is a modern 101b

Michael Wagener confirmed this in an interview

You can dial in all the above.