Recent content by Soundchasm

Thank you Buckeyedog. I can only imagine that it's not that big a deal since I don't dime anything. I know that a head needs to be specially designed to be able to handle a two ohm load, but that's in reference to PA power. I know somebody out there will tell me that a mismatch is a mismatch...

Hello, I've discovered that there's about a 3db volume drop from the head when I switch it from 8 to 4 ohms. There's a very subtle tone change as well. I think there are occasions when that 3db drop could be all the attenuation I need. Clean channel volume at 11 am (watts=30), Ch2 gain at 2...

Here's the two bits from Mike Safreed, my amp tech. This guy makes me loud and proud. It was a pleasure to watch him patiently eviscerate and repair my amp.

Apologies for miss-characterizing the jack and I appreciate the clarification. There is a difference between what I wrote and what you've made! I can't help but express some worry because my first unit exhibited the same "really bad guitar cable" symptoms, but I never literally put my finger...

Hello, Just want to post to save anyone else a future headache. It's just my luck, but the replacement for my first Rebel-30 head developed a problem, or had it all along and I finally noticed. I had a lot of static and low level signal as the amp warmed up. I didn't notice it for a while...

Big kudos to GC. They accepted the internet sale/return, and the sale probably gets transferred from the net to the store, so it's not bad for them. I traded it for their floor model. I'm kind of glad to be getting a unit that hopefully has seen and survived more abuse than I'll ever deal...

OK, now I'm not very happy. As I unscrewed the first screw to take the chassis out, it felt completely wrong and I heard a metal fragment move inside the chassis. There was no turning back now. I was able to simply pull the screw out. The chassis is affixed to the head cab by means of one of...

Hey RSM, I tried 30 12ax7 tubes in an old Airline amplifier ([1]12ax7 and [1]6v6) today and discovered that I had two bad tubes in my stash, both old US tubes. I tried all the 7025 Eganater tubes, and none of them sounded bad, but I found one that sure didn't like being jiggled in the socket...

Thanks, 3MS. I keep telling myself I need to record and post a clip, and that way, folks might be able to tell me I'm making a mountain out of a molehill, or what I'm experiencing is normal for running a channel so hot. The holidays are tough to get any extra projects done. I have plenty of...

Hello All, It's unfortunate but not unexpected that a first post concerns a problem, so forgive me. I'm really interested in having this amp work for me, so my hopes are positive. I got a Rebel 30 on Black Friday, and it gains-up very well. But my problem occurs when I turn down the guitar...