Punchy
Slacker Supreme
Well, I'm trying to get my shit together for when I have two arms again so I drug out the Valve Jr. head, the Peavey Backstage 50 I'm using as a cab, and the Tele. Cleaned up the surface of the amp and cab as best I could (is there a good way to scrub heavy Tolex?), plugged in the Tele, and turned it up. Well, the pots and switch in the Tele are noisy as hell, the cable wouldn't stay in the jack, and the volume knob on the Valve Jr. was static-riffic too. Is it worth getting some contact cleaner to blast everything, or would I be better off getting something like the standard wiring kit from StewMac to just start fresh for the guitar? I'm leaning toward refresh, the poor girl has been neglected too long.
As for the amp, I can't imagine replacing a volume pot would be brain surgery, these amps had all kinds of DIY mod kits back in the day, but I don't necessarily want to poke around in a tube amp if anybody thinks that's a bad idea for a noob. I have successfully changed the tubes previously, so I got that going for me.
If anybody's got advice one way or the other I'd much appreciate it. Otherwise I'll just wing it and hope for the best
As for the amp, I can't imagine replacing a volume pot would be brain surgery, these amps had all kinds of DIY mod kits back in the day, but I don't necessarily want to poke around in a tube amp if anybody thinks that's a bad idea for a noob. I have successfully changed the tubes previously, so I got that going for me.
If anybody's got advice one way or the other I'd much appreciate it. Otherwise I'll just wing it and hope for the best
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