Post by borz666 (Chris) on Oct 24, 2014 8:29:27 GMT -7
Well my 38NR is coming up to its first anniversary (with me anyway) and we've had our ups and downs.
After 3 months had already gone through 2x Quads of tubes, so I bought a little fan to clip on the back and have had no troubles since.
(I know that could have be down to bad tubes but I like the way I can now turn off the amp and not have the power switch be almost too hot to touch!)
Then there was a noise problem which at first sounded like tubes but turned out to be a bad earth on the volume knob.
Then I started to tire of the sound of the G12H-30 so I found one of the Doc old small box 2x10's and that made a difference in the right direction but something wasn't right so I put the amp up on ebay (really cheap) just so I could cover the cost of a new Carmen Ghia.
I was GASing for the Carmen as this was the first Z that I had tried and loved it but missed out on a load of used ones. (I ended up with the Maz as I got a great deal with a local shop) and coupled with the 2x10 I thought all would be well.
Well the amp never sold and with past experience I would only regret it, also I was starting to find the 2x10 a little boxy, I wanted a mix of the 12" and the 2x10" but I didn't like running them together ( I have a Brake Lite SA) so I stuck the 2x10 on ebay and that sold the next day!
So with the money from that I just thought "SOD IT!" and pulled the trigger on a Gold.
Well............... I am never selling this amp! I know it would put the retail up damn it should ship with this speaker. It isn't even broken in yet!
I am just going to have to save up for a CG!
I am going to save for Carmen Ghia.
After 3 months had already gone through 2x Quads of tubes, so I bought a little fan to clip on the back and have had no troubles since.
(I know that could have be down to bad tubes but I like the way I can now turn off the amp and not have the power switch be almost too hot to touch!)
Then there was a noise problem which at first sounded like tubes but turned out to be a bad earth on the volume knob.
Then I started to tire of the sound of the G12H-30 so I found one of the Doc old small box 2x10's and that made a difference in the right direction but something wasn't right so I put the amp up on ebay (really cheap) just so I could cover the cost of a new Carmen Ghia.
I was GASing for the Carmen as this was the first Z that I had tried and loved it but missed out on a load of used ones. (I ended up with the Maz as I got a great deal with a local shop) and coupled with the 2x10 I thought all would be well.
Well the amp never sold and with past experience I would only regret it, also I was starting to find the 2x10 a little boxy, I wanted a mix of the 12" and the 2x10" but I didn't like running them together ( I have a Brake Lite SA) so I stuck the 2x10 on ebay and that sold the next day!
So with the money from that I just thought "SOD IT!" and pulled the trigger on a Gold.
Well............... I am never selling this amp! I know it would put the retail up damn it should ship with this speaker. It isn't even broken in yet!
I am just going to have to save up for a CG!
I am going to save for Carmen Ghia.