What do you do when you get the guy who brings and amp or a pedal, etc., and says, "I don't know, it just doesn't seem as *fill in the blank* as I remember it. Everything measures within reason, nothing seems amiss, it sounds OK to you, nothing loose or intermittant that you can see. How much time do want to spend chasing down what may just be someone's imagination, or something else all together?
I get these sometimes, and right now I have a Rivera 100 watt head in that the customer says doesn't sound as "shimmery" as he thinks it used to. Tubes check out, all of the many bells and whistles seem fine, bias seems a bit hot for a guy who like big clean tones and pedals, so I brought the current down a bit and buttoned it back up. Minimum hour charge, see ya!
So, how much time do you spend on gear that you aren't convinced is broken? I've spent so much time in the past chasing this kind of thing only to find out it's the guys cable, or pedal board, or cab... or never finding out at all, and wondering if the guy is telling people you can't fix his amp. These days, I'm not so inclined.
I get these sometimes, and right now I have a Rivera 100 watt head in that the customer says doesn't sound as "shimmery" as he thinks it used to. Tubes check out, all of the many bells and whistles seem fine, bias seems a bit hot for a guy who like big clean tones and pedals, so I brought the current down a bit and buttoned it back up. Minimum hour charge, see ya!
So, how much time do you spend on gear that you aren't convinced is broken? I've spent so much time in the past chasing this kind of thing only to find out it's the guys cable, or pedal board, or cab... or never finding out at all, and wondering if the guy is telling people you can't fix his amp. These days, I'm not so inclined.
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