@@jza70r2jz Thank you so much for watching! All of the components like the fire pot heat deflector and the deflector for the temperature probe is all found on Amazon. The rest of the miscellaneous hardware parts were found at my local hardware store. I'll see if I can find the links for the Amazon and put them in the description at some point this week. My apologies I should have included them initially.

@@aliminjuna3932 Thank you for watching! Will definitely take your suggestion into consideration for a future video idea!

@@RobertMusilli still for sale on Reverb. Where you located? Hesitant to ship

@@Bassguitarist1985 I'm in Mass so I can pick up. What's your best price on it?

@RobertMusilli Cool. I'm in CT. If I can sell off Reverb I can do $950. If you came here feel free to try it out.

@@Bassguitarist1985 I will consider it after the holidays. Please provide a way to contact you

@RobertMusilli sure email me, bassguitarist1985 at yahoo DOT com

@@aldito7586 Awesome man! A 12AU7 is very low gain at 20mu. I find a mid gain 12AX7 works best, usually 85-95 mu. You can also try a 5751 which is essentially a low gain 12AX7 with about 70mu. What do you have in there now? If you have JJs, they will sound sharp/harsh. EHX or Sovtek will be smoother. V1 handles the Clean/Overdrive, V2 handles the Overdrive/Blend when using the blend. What cab you using with it? Cheers!

Good question. I have had the amp for about 3 years. I'm assuming it's all stock tubes. No issues with it. I actually dig it so much that I rarely play it. Kinda like that really cool classic car you always wanted. You're not going to drive it to work everyday. The clean channel is great. Very warm. This amp just oozes quality. Even the control knobs have that quality feel to them.

@aldito7586 probably has JJs in it. Try some Sovtek or EHX branded tubes. If you really want to get exotic you can try NOS Sylvania ones

@@christopherdiaz9170 the ground pin of the power cord is what prevents shock

@@terrykorsmo3586 let me know how it goes!

@@PotaroAK47 that a good thing?

@@Bassguitarist1985 more than good, sounds amazing

@@juanmanuel81 it will work harder keeping the heater element on longer to heat the cold water rather than warming up the already heated water. No big deal but it's more efficient to connect the hot water line to the blue input.

@@luisrodriguez-se4yn sounds like a failed inverter unit if it struggles and then the overload light goes on.

@@Vintage_375 thank you for your comment. Guess I need to check the bias and see how hot they are running. The classic 30 is a fixed non adjustable bias set via a resistor. If they really are running beyond 70% then that's not good.

@@Bassguitarist1985 Would highly recommend it.

@Vintage_375 I have a bias probe for EL84s. Now I'm curious...no red plating though

@@Bassguitarist1985 They don't have to always have to red plate when they're over biased around 100% of the spec of the tube. Generally red plating occurs when a component goes bad after a tube shorts permanently or temporary. (Which you diagnosed on your other video when you replaced the tubes and the hum went away.) - On the 90s version of the C30 it was generally C32 or C35 or R43 or R53. Then the tube will red plate because they're rated for 300-350VDC and if a Cap or Resistor fails and they receive 350-450 volts then they will red plate. - Another good thing to do, with the amplifier chassis out and access to the board. Read the Resistor Color Codes and measure every resistor on the board you have access too and make sure none have drifted. I don't suspect that to be the case. I completely expect they are all within spec but you never know, always good to check and doesn't take too long. As I've stated previously almost every single company that has a EL84 circuit build never correctly bias EL84s within a normal range. If you want to check out a YT channel called Psionic Audio an amplifier tech from Memphis who is a great teacher and has a lot of high quality amp repair videos on YT. Other great channels. Brad's Guitar Garage / Forgotten Gear Restoration / Headfirst Amps / The Guitar Amp Tech / Rift Amps. All are fantastic channels with high quality content.

Plate voltage is 332 volts, bias is -14 volts. Ideally 70% dissipation should be about 25 mA per tube. I'll have to put the bias probe on one day and check it out. The fan definitely keeps the heat from going up into the control panel though still a worthy mod.

Thank you! I'm sure it will!

@@reynardjafoster3040 It is possible to use a male-to-male accessory lighter adapter to charge the battery yes. You would have to buy it separately.

@@TJH3113 thank you Troy!

@@RavenMadd9 my pleasure!

@@willgammage8032 no worries! Keep me posted!

@@willgammage8032 hey. No the resistor issue is a reliability issue. It has nothing to do with using the return jack. No risk with that.

@@willgammage8032 no not at all. The resistors issue is more a reliability issue, not connected to what you are trying to do

@@jeffclark2725 some of them anyway ha. Got 17 total!

@Bassguitarist1985 I've watched you generator fixing videos, saw you with Ken's Small Engines,and James Condon, didn't realize all the music stuff thumbs up

@jeffclark2725 one of many hobbies, music more so than small engines when I have a choice in the matter ha

@@jeffclark2725 yeah it's a beast with 6 strings and fanned frets, but it has a very unique tone!

@@willgammage8032 my pleasure! A side note, make sure you remove the 10k resistors that tie pin 8 suppressor of the power valves to the bias supply. If you get a shorted tube it will burn those resistors and potentially take out your bias supply which can then in turn blow up the whole set if you don't notice it in time. I got mine in time, but passing the info along.

Apologies but I have no idea what you are talking about. But thank you anyway. That advice is way over my head.

@willgammage8032 the details are in the description. An amp tech will understand. Some of the VB-2 amps had resistors inside that should be removed to prevent future problems. Later production ones didn't have it but earlier ones did.

@@willgammage8032 an XLR is a low impedance output and the return of the effects loop is a high impedance. They do make XLR to TS wires where pin 3 is disconnected in order to drive an unbalanced input/output but signal level is lost by doing this. Shure makes an XLR/TS matching transformer but it's normally used for microphone so it has a decent low frequency roll-off. The other option is to use a small sub mixer. Connect your XLR line out to the input of the mixer and then send the output of the mixer going to the return of the VB-2. This allows you more flexibility in the adjustment of the signal.

@@willgammage8032 Hey Will, I assume the Line Out is an XLR from the Fender amp? If so you would need an XLR to 1/4" impedance matching adapter

@@frankarthur2551 45⁰C

@@frankarthur2551 45° C and it is a normally open switch

@@Bassguitarist1985 TU

@@rockonguitar8117 I'll have to check out that version! This version I'm playing is from 1997 the album called The Dance

@@Bassguitarist1985 Cool man. Yeah, I would check it out, I really just watch it for the bass stuff. His tone is killer in this particular version.

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@rockonguitar8117 that's that Alembic bass he uses. Very unique sound.

@@Bassguitarist1985 Cool. Yeah, I have seen him use it, wasn't familiar with it, though. Looks big and heavy.

Thank you!

Thank you!!

@@richardalaniz556 I do not sorry

@@adamjg4 noisy. Modified square wave no good for audio

@@stevec5000 very common practice in the industries. Brand name recognition is impactful when it comes to sales units. Gone are the days where we can have an American company make products here in America even if they source the parts globally where us Americans can actually work on and fix things rather than throwing cheap stuff out all the time.

@@JourdanMount I do use this with OBS. Yes the left and right channels are recorded individually

@Bassguitarist1985 Thank You.... if you used 2 of them, it would intern allow for 4 feeds?

@@JourdanMount I do not know for sure but if I had to guess I would say no. Each would be treated as their own individual LR feeds and summed into whatever output destination you have set for. It's worth a try. If you need four HDMI feeds then you may need a larger switcher to accommodate.

@Bassguitarist1985 I have the osee gostream deck, but ad far as I can tell. It will only output 2 feeds

Thanks for listening

The front louvers should allow front air flow instead of straight up

@@Bassguitarist1985 The louvers only tip down about 45 degrees from vertical so there is no front airflow unless you tip the unit over forward. Doesn't matter now though because they are rubbish and the unit went dead and won't turn on again. I had to try 3 of them to find one that would run but it didn't even last the whole season!

@stevec5000 Sorry to hear. My unit's still going strong and it's a 2020. We use it for supplemental cooling in the summer in the spare bedroom of our house and then also in the garage when I'm working on equipment. I would think the primary failure is the bad start relay since it is constantly cycling. Hard to say because they do not provide schematics for the unit, much less parts.

@@frauddetector6129 I've always wanted one and I've done plenty of research to know where their pitfalls and their advantages are. Certainly there is a learning curve for actually playing one for the first time but nothing else sounds like them and I'm grateful to have it. The mods do make a difference. Every bass guitar should have electronics shielding.

@@Joaryinez009 thank you! It was close but missed a few notes