WE plans to produce new US-made vacuum tubes

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In case you guys/gals haven't seen this yet, some good news for tube lovers.

https://guitar.com/features/intervie...western-electr...

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I'd appreciate that! John Hall has said that from around 64 it has been 44 gauge, but he couldn't speak on the pickups before then. Obviously the Horseshoe...

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You're welcome. It's a great forum, though as with all forums these days, traffic is down. The admin set me up as a contributor for an amp section, but I...

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A Ric 4000 series bass from 1983 is going to be the 4001 model, which had weaker pickups than the modern 4003. To be honest they sound better to a lot of...

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Dave Stephens did a lot of research into all of the old Gibson pickups including the P13, though not sure if he contributes much here anymore. You can email...

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Awesome news! RG is a treasure for all of us!

Greg

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I agree with you, though I'd say that even many of the long time users here have migrated to elsewhere like Facebook. I think they know about the MEF already...

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All the forums (amps, guitars, pickups, etc) have had a serious decline in traffic and seems everyone has gone to Facebook. Facebook groups work fine but...

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Xicon and pretty much any of the xxxcon caps are good quality. I've used Xicon over the years many times with no problems at all.

I tend to...

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It sounds like someone did the mod and didn't rewire it correctly, or wasn't familiar with how Sunn did it as opposed to Fender and screwed it up. It hummed...

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Nope. Imagine the circuit the same exact way it is now but with a 110uF 700V cap in place of that one that is there. That is essentially what is being done....

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Using a solid state rectifier allows you to use higher than 60uF capacitance in the first stage. These amps use pretty high voltage that often goes over 500V...

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Hand-winding is great for single coil pickups, but there is a reason all the successful humbucker designs are wound with a machine.

Greg

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My 1993 Korg AC30 with Celestion Blue speakers had some cone cry from new, and I was new to playing guitar at the time and didn't know what it was, but describing...

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Buy the ones that Jason makes. They're fantastic and as close as you can get to an original without buying an original. Plus I think yours don't de-magnetize...

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I can't comment on the tonal properties per se, but the vintage Danelectro Lipstick pickups used Alnico 6 bar magnets. They made a huge difference in my Danelectro...

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Thanks for helping to figure that out. I guess I need to post more often haha. I've been on Ampage longer than most but don't post super often. It's all good...

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Thanks Tboy! Awesome work you do for all of us.

Wish I could find the reputation setting.

Greg...

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Hey Tboy, as I noted above it seems that there is a Sunn subforum missing where all the good Sunn stuff was located. It's address was sunnforum.ampage.org...

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Hoffman's scheme seems to work well for most people, though I suspect most of the people using those techniques are building lower gain amps. I don't agree...

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Hey Tboy, are some of the subforums still being populated? It looks like there is nothing on the Sunn subforum? There was a lot of stuff on there that is...