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I just bought the blues driver and it sounds ugly… too much buzz and twang vs in the store, the blues sounded warm and deep… what do i do?

I had this rig it was drifty but loved it. Tnx for posting. 73 de KT1R ex WA3KGC in 1969

You can buy a stereo to mono 3.5 adapter

I rarely use my Fx loop, but I have this fade-out problem. Does this usually happen when the FX loop is unused or the other way? Oh and I just found your video and subscribed.

Very helpful! Thank you, God Bless

Hey James my guitar pedal is working with batteries but its not working with the power supply and the power supply is fine how weird is that? Greg

Excellent! Problem solved for me too!!!

I have an effect pedal that has right and left out. I wanted to combine both signal so I can have a wet and a dry signal from my guitar. Will this also work for that purpose ?

This is a volage divider. It solves the problem of anything that is the same on both channels does not add and double in volume.

I have a Dean Markley K100B. I purchased new in 1993, the signal seems like it's starting to need time to warm up before it will actually play consistently. I've sprayed dialectic spray were I can. I've played different guitars thru it so its not the guitar. Any Idea's? Does solid state need time to warm up over age? Rust, etc ? Let me know. Thanks.

Okay this is a hail Mary but I just got off the phone with fender support. I've got an evh 5150 III 50w head. The issue of volume loss and tone loss only occurs when I engage the effects loop. It's not very much perhaps 7 to 10 DB judging from what I'm seeing when used sm57 to record the sound / difference when the fx loop is engaged. Initially I thought it was a problem with the pedal I was trying to put into the loop, but I took your advice and just used a small patch cable that was known to be good and bridge the gap in between. The issue still occurs although it is slightly less noticeable when it's just the cable versus when I put the pedal in between... I'm guessing there must be some additional resistance or loss of signal when I'm using the pedal versus just the 6 inch patch cable. Has anyone else had an issue like this with volume and tone drop when engaging the FX loop? And if so how did you resolve it?! I just bought this amp a few days ago and I really don't want to have to return it or send it off for repairs so soon because it sounds so darn good... Man that was a short honeymoon 😢

Man!! that just saved me a whole lotta grief.....and money!! Thanks so much! That was the problem!

Seymour Duncan Convertible 100 combo - fixed. Thanks! Cleaned effects loop, inputs, outputs. Weird output drop offs/drop outs resolved.

This year I didnt get any of my planted vegi's because the squirrels ate everything. In 20 years prior I never had a problem but this year they took over... Next year I'll have an electric fence.

Turns out my GE7 is from the early 80s and needs the ASA. I don't remember owning the original Boss PSU, but apparently now I do. Might have been a mix up years ago, because these power supplies look very similar

Thanks James, this did the trick!

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Man, I've been banging my head against the wall on a trace elliott 7 band eq I got from Goodwill. Would not come on for nothing! And your advice on the power jack was spot on. I tested the jack, and it wasn't crossing over to let the battery work. Took out the jack and soldered the pads across on the board for a test, and the leds kicked on! Thank you Sir!!!!!

Great troubleshooting.... I subscribed......

Hey james, I have boss BD-2 as well, in another video you said boss doesn't sell parts anymore, I need to get a new dc power jack for the pedal. I do not know how to find the part number and I wanna make sure I order the right part. Where can I find the right part and or part number? Another concern is the pedal has the revised smaller circuit boards (I bought it brand new inn 2021) and it seems too have a slightly different DC power jack (I could be wrong about it being different), but this is why I wanna make sure I find the right part.

Hello James, I never seen the base of the reverb tank like that with wood shims. Are all fender pre cbs reverb tanks like that with the wood and cardboard? thanks for your videos....

Hi James, thanks for the video! I got a boss equalizer that works when you plug the battery and also sound works when on power source. But the led goes off when at power source and lights on when on battery. Any clue how to fix it? Thanks a lot!

I have an old Crate B10 xl solid state amp that I’ve been trying to get working again for a couple years. There isn’t any repair places near me and I searched all over online with no luck finding any similar problems like mine. I was playing it and all of a sudden zero audio, not even a hum, the fuse wasn’t blown and it still powers on. I’ve confirmed that the speaker is still good, I can’t see any signs of something that got hot or blew, the jack inputs are making contact and are re-soldered, all of the wiring is good, and it doesn’t even make a sound when I touch the aux jack.

Heres MY situation. Peavey XXL head Solid state ..... I kept getting weaker & weaker signal, almost like a bad cord or something .... Swicthed cords , tapped dials, tapped guitar, plugged straight into head with nothing else ... same problem signal getting weaker & woukld eventually come back up. .... Come to find out I had my Amp on 8ohms, but the cabinet is drawing 13.2ohms .so cab SHOULDVE been on 16 but it wasnt, it was on 8ohms. . Thinking I burned up something, plugged patch cable into effects loop on a whim ...........& the amp plays fine. Unplug the cable & it is back to fluctuating up & down again. ......would you still think its the input jacks for the effects loop?????

Mine doesn't have an effects loop, so then what?

Is there an easy way to apply contact cleaner to the pots - without completely dismantling the boards?

Nice ..just solved my. issues Thanks so much.

You just fixed my Magnatone super 59 sprayed a little cleaner In the loop connections now i’m back to the great sound I know and love thanks

Wrong mindset. Simply grow more and be happy watching the quirrels snack. If plentifull tomatoes they leave some for you. It's like squirrels eat tomatoes, squirrels happy. You watch squirrels snack, you happy. Plant more tomatoes, sell some, ur both happy. If the abundance of squirrels is too great, catch (a few, not all) and sell some, more people happy.

My man, you just gained a subscriber. Wow...I've been fighting this one for a couple of days and was getting ready to take it in. Found your video and it's been playing absolutely clean for about 45 minutes now. Thank you!!!

Great demo and info. I love more obscure radios. This one is great. 73. Chris. KC1KWX

Thanks , now I won’t sell it! I’ve put up with it for 27 years! On my Marshall jcm900 50 watt head

cathode current or is plate current better?

Hello. I have a Harley Benton GA5 guitar amp into which I would like to build in a spring reverb. Which I'll take from an old Laney PL50 Reverb Can you tell me where to attach it according to the diagram? I want to build it into the body and mix in the sound of reverb.

Hey man I have a line 6 amp that when I first plug in my guitar and power it on all the effects and knobs seem like they're turned up way high. I have to turn each knob and then it goes down to a normal tone what do you think that problem could be. Please and thank you

The most critical connection made, from the 2 1k ohms , is absolutely confusing. Did you solder? Exactly where are the 2 resistors soldered to? Jerky video, thumb blocking, and no schematic drawing, pointing, exactly, where all connections are made.

Worked for my Ampeg SS-70, thanks!

Can I use it in Bluetooth decoder which has left and right connected to mono amplifier.....when I connect only right and ground it's sounds like...static fm the clarity of music does not clear at all do you think that's the reason

Straight forward, to the point with no extra banter...thank you!!

Wow! Nothing talk about that!! Thankyou very much!

trains and ham radio go hand in hand

Problem solved, thank you so much for all information!

Some people think it is better to use two tubes that are not perfectly balanced. And I am a fan of 5881's in Fender amps. To my ear, they have a cleaner, tighter bottom end. The current Tung-Sols seem to be good.

My Randall rbx500 was having a volume drop issue. Watched this did the cable trick, which worked after some giggling. Really annoying, it's still not 100% reliable, I think I'm going to have to get it removed as I will never use it. Really dumb idea fx loops. Thanks for the video

A tip for you when setting out plants, for example tomato plants. Drive a piece of rebar in the ground beside your plants' take a piece of copper wire and conect it from rebar to rebar in series. Take a car battery and a set of jumper cables and connect the ground to one of the pieces of rebar or the copper wire' take the hot cable and touch it to the copper wire or one of the pieces of rebar for about 5/10 seconds. The worms in the ground will get excited and wiggle around, causing an under ground tillin effect. That will help the roots expand and the plants will grow faster. Most of the worms will come to the top of the ground' you can catch a few and use them to go fishing and have fish and tomato sandwiches.

Hi James, thank you for your videos, I'm gonna pass this by you just in case... I have a JCM 2000, English 100w head, (2005 post bias drift), just purchased off the Internet, I just re-tubed it but it still sounds like it has a cool bias setting even though I have it set hot (88mV, Marshall recommends 90), I tried cleaning the effects loop, patching it but to no avail... Something I just noticed is, if I tap on the master volume knob it won't completely mute when I have it on 0, if I keep tapping it goes away (completely mute), and comes back so naturally I stop tapping when it's muted (normal), ever come across anything like this?

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Your “yellow” chord solution doesn’t work for my blackstar ht club 50 low volume issue. I can’t run my delay through the effects loop if I’m using your “yellow” chord trick. I never had this low volume issue till I bought a delay pedal and ran it through the effects loop. It’s definitely an effects loop issue. I opened a trouble tkt with Blackstar, no doubt they’ll know what the issue is. I just hope they will to tell me and that it can be fixed. You at least helped me isolate the issue. Thank you.

THANK YOU!

I am going to try this this year. Nothing else has worked for the last 5 yrs.