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YoursTruly
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I would like to direct my message to Peter Diezel himself (and the Diezel community as well).
Peter, hello. My name is BJ, I'm from Boston, Massachusetts. In April 2007 I purchased a new Herbert in Boston. Along with the Herbert, I purchased the Diezel rear-loaded speaker cabinet. So my rig was Diezeled up! I made this purchase after trying out the Herbert and falling in love with its hot rock sound. Whew! what a naked sound to get from an amp straight with no stompboxes or anything. I was hooked! I was proud!
Anyway, here's my issue: in May of 2007, a month after taking possession of my new Diezel rig, it crapped out (I was playing it maybe three times a week). All of a sudden the sound lost all semblances of the smooth, big, aggressive, and ballsy sound I fell in love with. The sound became thin, weak, and tinny (and that was channel 3). I went back to the place I bought it, and was there was nothing I could do as there are no authorized repair dealers on the east coast. A couple weeks went by and because of no other alternative, I packed it the best I could and sent it to Uwe Salwender in California (this was scary). I finally got the thing back about July. After playing it about two months the loop crapped out. Didn't want to send it to California again so I had a local Boston service look at it. After two attempts, which took a total of two months, they managed to get it working (there are still issues). I got it back in October 2007. In January 2008, the life of the amp again went out. That is, the sound again became thin, weak, and tinny. After some pondering I turned it over to the local service here in Boston in February. The local service still has it, as they have not had a chance to get to it. So I'm without it as I write this, indeed, since I bought the amp in April 2007, I've had it for a total of six to maybe eight months out of the 11 months since I bought it.
Needless to say, I am very very unhappy with my Herbert experience. Yesterday I stopped back in the store where I bought the Herbert. I tried out another new Herbert they have up for sale and man! what a sound! I was gone again. My question to you is: given the negative experience I've had with this expensive, yet very special amplifier, how can I restore it to its former glory?
Please respond.
--- bj
Peter, hello. My name is BJ, I'm from Boston, Massachusetts. In April 2007 I purchased a new Herbert in Boston. Along with the Herbert, I purchased the Diezel rear-loaded speaker cabinet. So my rig was Diezeled up! I made this purchase after trying out the Herbert and falling in love with its hot rock sound. Whew! what a naked sound to get from an amp straight with no stompboxes or anything. I was hooked! I was proud!
Anyway, here's my issue: in May of 2007, a month after taking possession of my new Diezel rig, it crapped out (I was playing it maybe three times a week). All of a sudden the sound lost all semblances of the smooth, big, aggressive, and ballsy sound I fell in love with. The sound became thin, weak, and tinny (and that was channel 3). I went back to the place I bought it, and was there was nothing I could do as there are no authorized repair dealers on the east coast. A couple weeks went by and because of no other alternative, I packed it the best I could and sent it to Uwe Salwender in California (this was scary). I finally got the thing back about July. After playing it about two months the loop crapped out. Didn't want to send it to California again so I had a local Boston service look at it. After two attempts, which took a total of two months, they managed to get it working (there are still issues). I got it back in October 2007. In January 2008, the life of the amp again went out. That is, the sound again became thin, weak, and tinny. After some pondering I turned it over to the local service here in Boston in February. The local service still has it, as they have not had a chance to get to it. So I'm without it as I write this, indeed, since I bought the amp in April 2007, I've had it for a total of six to maybe eight months out of the 11 months since I bought it.
Needless to say, I am very very unhappy with my Herbert experience. Yesterday I stopped back in the store where I bought the Herbert. I tried out another new Herbert they have up for sale and man! what a sound! I was gone again. My question to you is: given the negative experience I've had with this expensive, yet very special amplifier, how can I restore it to its former glory?
Please respond.
--- bj
Enjoy the amp. 
