November 2024 Q&A

[@elmacaco]

Brother I love your streams and calling out bullshit repairs and designs! The mum jokes and general humor is top man, fuck the haters!

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Brad! Mahalo. Aloha Everyone!

[@noussommesla6591]

Thank you kindly for the answer and for what you do and for being you, ....head!

[@Dr.Fraunkensteen]

Btw, no extra comm's with this vid, thanks for getting that fixed!

[@BCEpedals]

Dang.. missed the stream, where the heck was I? Lol love the channel Brad, hope the 10k sub comes soon!

[@DeathMetalDevin]

Subbed, thanks for helping me out with bias stuff man

[@thatampguy]

I missed the stream. I appreciate the membership!

[@HangindownatDenos]

Brad! Thanks for answering my question/s. Didn’t mean to take advantage brother. Just have lots of questions. I’ll sit out the next two months as you already answered 3 of mine. Cheers Deno

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Nah, just taking the mickey, mate! Thanks for the questions. The more the merrier!

[@markspurgin8225]

Sorry i missed the Live I'm watching 👀 now. Cheers 🍻, mate

[@tedmich]

great to see a wild Brad in his natural habitat!

[@geezberry8889]

lotta critters out there

[@PeterMoore350]

39:10 Ive 10 guitars. I did have 14 but sold a few. No QC issues with my Solars. There was a run where fretboards had issues but all brands made in that factory including Solar during that run had issues too. The internet being what it is blew it up. I have no qualms about buying more Solars once my health improves. I have the only Sun Dew Gold Ibanez Pia in NZ id like to sell. Ill take $NZD8500 for it. Buyer organises shipping

[@bartnettle]

Hi Brad, hows your sunburnt noggin? You got a great sense of humor mate! Good info as usual , just got a 2007 TSL602 in good nick! Happy new amp day!

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

No sunburn, mate. 1L of scunscreen took care of that one!

[@bartnettle]

@@BradsGuitarGarage Good one!

[@Mackspowers]

Hi Brad, December Q & A question. I always chuckle at your dislike of axial capacitors with their generally shitbox specs for the price vs radials. This got me down the rabbit hole of electrolytic capacitor life. Have you ever experimented with adding fan cooling into amps to reduce the ambient temperature and extend their life or effort not worth the outcome? There are some quite cheap, quiet, drop in setups designed for PC's.

[@PeterMoore350]

Yeah I asked a few questions! Wasn’t sure if there was a limit 😊The noise from the GMD40 i mentioned when not leaving it in standby is kinda like listening to to AM radio when there’s lightning around except much much fainter. It goes away eventually. EDIT: I only really notice it in full 40W mode. The amp is usually only in 1 or 5W mode due to apartment living. I will leave it in standby in 40W mode occasionally then power it on and it seems fine.

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

All good, mate! It was great fun to field everybody's questions. So you're saying you only get the noise when in "play" mode and it's louder in 40W mode? Does is persist when unplugging the guitar cable from the input of the amp or when the guitar volume is set to zero?

[@PeterMoore350]

@@BradsGuitarGarageyep only in play mode. Most noticeable in 40W, but I will hear it in 20W if I come straight out standby without letting it warm up

[@PeterMoore350]

@@BradsGuitarGarageok I switched the amp into full 40W and tried guitar volume zero and then i pulled the input cable out the amp and the noise is there. Faint but there. I asked about power conditioning as possible issue EDIT its there in 1W mode too. I had get right up close to the cabinet to hear it though

[@PeterMoore350]

Some of the power points in my apartment are dodgy at best.

[@GazCal]

Hi Brad , great stream and views. Question for December Q & A . Is Resistor Voltage Rating (Max Working Voltage) an and important consideration when choosing Plate Load and Screen resistors. Some metal film 1/2W only have 200V rating which would be under many pre-amp supply voltages, (Carbon Film seem to offer a higher Voltage rating for the same power). Are the ratings AC or DC specific ? ( my understanding is 350VAC is equivalent to 248VDC.. (VDC = VAC / √2 ). 😵‍💫 😵‍💫 Seems even a 1W or 2W carbon film with a rating of 500V would not cover 360VDC for plate loads of some Phase inverters ?

[@simmo42]

Where are you exactly Brad? It’s obviously the blue mountains (close to home) but where? Looks like a great walk!

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

I'm in the parts that don't get snow.

[@simmo42]

Haha! This weather snow is either impossible or something very illicit!

[@Mark70609]

Very late question. I have been fixing a KRK monitor and the speaker wires are held in place with conductive, corrosive goop, typically RTV3145 would do the trick, however the stuff is as expensive as poison. What do you recommend in place of it.

[@nigeltrueman5931]

I hear you re. sourcing of components Brad, I spend ages on that and I always end up buying more than I need because I want the lower bulk price and I'm bound to need it again right? When I finally do the Swedish death cleanse ebay's going to be flooded with NOS. Looking forward to the JCM2000 board so thanks for the update on that.

[@daveneumann6361]

Brad have you worked on a Fender Prosonic Amp? I have one. Do you have any info or tips on how to address their issues.

[@Satchmoeddie]

I have the Fuhrman conditioners plus my own isolated power supplie racks and they just paid for themselves. My mains power started acting strange, with brownouts causing breakers to trip, fuses to blow and computers to crash. Every rump humping electric car owner came back from the holiday and they all plugged in all of their electric cars all at the same time. Instead of 120/240 volts I was getting closer to 100/200. At 5:00 AM some douchebag from the public utility was banging on my door wanting to load test their distribution at my meter. I will have to take my FLIR & my good Agilent handheld around and check all my breakers & disconnects for heat & any voltage drop. My furnace & air conditioner was a casualty to this event. Only $17,000 in damage. Maybe I can replace all of the motors, controllers, solenoids, sensors & valves for around $5000 or so.

[@hoilst265]

"How does EMF really work?" It's unbelievable.

[@ryanreynolds3295]

How do you clean the old solder off the brass plates in vintage Fender amps?

[@thatampguy]

You need a high wattage iron with a chisel tip. You can use solder wick once it’s sufficiently heated.

[@AdmiralQuality]

Q: How can you make a living at this and earn enough to have a shop, $1600 solder-suckers, and other stuff that I can only dream of when everything's extra expensive in Aus and you appear to live a thousand miles from nowhere? Is there really a local music scene full of well off, gigging, recording, professional musicians there? Or are you one of the only techs and you service the entire country and just ship the amps back and forth? I live in Toronto, Canada, and can't imagine how I'd drum up all that work, reputation or not. (In my case it's "not". ;)

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Excellent question, sir. I'll be sure to dig into it. But I checked out your background and holy shit! You do amazing work. I'd love to have you on some time to talk about your plugins and in particular that hardware controller you've built. Amazing work, mate!

[@AdmiralQuality]

@@BradsGuitarGarage I was watching your hits on our website! Shoot me an email and we'll get you some comp. NFR keys. (The hardware controller wasn't me - fellow in Germany who goes by Synth-Project - but I sent him the art so he could make the panels match and also gave him comp. keys because... it was the least I could do! Sadly he tore it up recently to cannibalize for parts for another.)

[@AdmiralQuality]

@@BradsGuitarGarage Odd, I replied to this but it isn't showing now. Anyway, shoot me an email! We'll get you set up and yeah, would love to share a chat with you someday! (The controller wasn't built by me. Hobbyist in Germany who goes by "Synth Project". But I sent him the art so he could match the panels and set him up with comp NFR keys - just like you'll be getting!)

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

The replies showed up, just YT being silly for a moment, I think. I will do that. Might be a good holiday stream. We'll talk.

[@sunnibird]

I no longer trust any amp maker and cannot bring myself to buy an amp :D I've been looking at amps, maybe modeller, but I keep thinking about these vids and I just can't do it. Will I be forever stuck with my Orange Micro and Nembrini plugin?

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Get yourself a Friedman, Suhr, Orange, Vox, Swart, Victory, Victoria, there are good ones out there, mate. Just many of the majors cut every possible corner, and many of the boutique guys are just posers these days.

[@Dr.Fraunkensteen]

I'd be happy to beta test a 100 watt board for you. No need to give me a discount friend, I know the time you are putting into this project and I just want to help. I emailed you through your website so, please reach back out. I'm ready to pre-order and help with expences as well. Jeff

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Thanks Jeff, I did see your email, I plan to get back to emails tonight. I only really have about 1hr a week to respond to emails these days.