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About Guitar Amps Newsletter 23rd April 2007About-Guitar-Amps Newsletter Please take time to read through this newletter especially as this is the first ever AGA Newsletter ever!
As you can tell you won't be getting your mail box full of mail everyday from me, but you
will receive mail when there's something you could benefit from. The About-Guitar-Amps.com website has only been around for a few months, but Iv'e been around a lot longer,
servicing audio for over 30 years - OH MY GOD!! I'm ancient...
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Sharing information I guess is the main objective.
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I would encourage you to email me with feedback and information on your experiences - you know the sort of stuff..
...Problems and faults or operation problems - How did you get round it?
...You're getting a great sound with your amp and a particular effect - Well how did you do it? What kit are you using?
...Problems with spares or manufacturers? Have you found a good source of spares in your part of the world? Let us know please.
...Found a rare schematic? Would you share it with others? Send it in and we'll add it to our library, along with a 'supplied by "your name" ' note.
...Product Reviews - Send in your thoughts - from one sentence to a complete review - Share it!
Remember our readers range from absolute beginners to the 'old hand' so let us know so we can post it on the site.
Please use the contact form at http://www.about-guitar-amps.com/Contact_Us.html you can post a 'snippet' or whole article if you want : )
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Although there is an article on the about-guitar-amps.com website about buying used gear,
I would like to mention here again about dangers of buying on Ebay or buying before
seeing/trying/inspecting.
I have nothing against Ebay and have purchased various goodies myself, including electronics,
(which weren't without faults) but one fact remains constant.
We regularly get amplifiers in for repair, I mean most weeks, from people who have bought
on Ebay and have real problems with their purchases.
The latest was a Fender Pro Reverb - This is the list of faults!
12AT7 smashed - No Reverb
EL34's fitted instead of 6L6's - Would have been ok if mods to electronics had been carried out.
Main earth to chassis resoldered very badly. I pulled the cable gently and it fell off! - Lethal.
Smoothing capacitors replaced with oversized cases so the 'can' wouldn't screw down to the
chassis properly and bits of cardboard stuck to the inside of the 'can' to stop HT (400 volts plus!)
from shorting to the chassis. - This fault with the combination of non existant earth - well....
BIG bang plus one possible fried guitarist.
Various other dry joints/broken bits and pieces.
In short - what a disaster waiting to happen.
The problem as I see it is that the seller may not know how bad or dangerous their guitar amp
is. They may have paid loads of money getting the thing 'fixed' to sell, so they can advertise it
as 'Fully Serviced' - who knows? And there the problem lies - Who Knows?
So beware - If you are buying without being able to check the amp out properly, make sure
you get the seller to give you a trial period, or some sort of money back guarantee. If they
won't 'play ball' then take your money else where.
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New Blog A new About-Guitar-Amps Blog is online!
I will be adding useful snippets of information regularly, so please take a look and leave a comment : )
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I have had a few people asking how they can download schematics from our site.
Well - If you would like to save or download a schematic -
Select which Manufacturer you require
Enter the User Name - amp
Password - schematics
'Right Click' on the Schematic you require and select 'Save Target As' (Internet Explorer)
or 'Save Link As' (Firefox) and Save the file in the folder of your choice.
If the Schematic is in PDF format you will need Adobe Reader to open it.
You can download it at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Hope this helps, but as usual, please contact me if you require any help.
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This is a warning from a fellow UK 'ite' about the lastest versions of
software he had previously used for ages. This guys runs an online training company.
"In case I set myself up for a libel case., I will simply say that
as far as I am concerned I will steer clear of these 2 programs at all costs and will NEVER EVER trust the company again. The company is http://uniblue.com also at http://iutilities.com And the programs are called SpeedUpMyPC and Registry Booster. By sheer coincidence, about 10 minutes after writing this I received an email from Moe Miller asking me to warn Newbie Club Members not to use SpeedUpMyPC because he had even worse problems than I had - and that's saying something!" .......Oh dear
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Thanks for reading
See you next time
David Grant
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More schematics
More Reviews
'Quick Tip' page to be added to our website - Your 'input' here would be good.
'Super Supplier' page to be added to our website - Send us details of the supplier you use, where ever you are in the world.
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