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When you think you suddenly need a new amp, guitar, pedal, etc., go back and learn all the notes on the fretboard, that will do more for you playing than any piece of gear. If you already know all the notes, well done!

Leaving the Standby Switch turns ON give the filter capacitors a PATH to ground to drain off the stored charge? I'm not sure if all standby switches are wired up like this for various amplifiers brands and models. The Standby Switch was so that the Biasing Circuit was stabilized BEFORE you applied the HV plate voltage and also the standby switch is to make the output tubes have a long lifespan when cool down and warm up cycles.

Thanks, very clear!

My question sir is that.Will recapping improve the sound of an old amp?

Thank you for pointing out that this might be a bad habit, a consequential one. Needed this, thanks a lot for your honest and direct words! Appreciate it!

Musicians and Gear Pragmatism are like Oil and Water. One thing I've learnt from playing the same guitar for 4 years straight, was that once you make it versatile with pickups wiring, if it plays well, and hopefully the guitar neck fits your hand (which mine doesn't but I have no choice, being broke and from a country that has rather weak currency), that's all that really matters. Same with amps, I only use one amp sim suite from Neural DSP (which has 3 amp emulations). I'm so used to it after more than 2 years of usage, I could dial them to taste, and have them fits what I'm jamming to, for the most part. If anyone remembers the whole Digitech Bad Monkey situation, that has proven the point on how silly we guitarists could get at times. Josh Scott had shown us that an overdrive with clever EQ-ing, one could get most tones that we could ever need out of an overdrive style pedal. They might not "feel" the same, due to compression, but it's still an overdrive pedal in the end of the day. Gear advertisements, for the most part, are weaponised "Fear of Missing Out".

Most of my purchases were to find my preferences. Now, I only buy pedals if they do something unique or at least something i don't have. I like using the whole box of crayons. My guitar buying got completely out of hand. I realize I'm being bombarded with targeted ads that reinforce buying any items which caught my eye. That realization helped slow things down. It's certainly an argument for always using a VPN.

I will definitely not share this with my spouse.... it actually sounds exactly like everything my spouse would say🤣

Fantastic advice.

I have too many guitars, because my wife says... and I quote "I love to see your face when you open a new guitar!" all I have to do is make sure the magazine is open on the right page on the right table at the right time.. or god forbid she might choose the guitar too.. which have me playing a Hello Kitty in pink sparkle..

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Hi Rob, always great to hear from you. Cool video!

Qual a marca, modelo e características daqueles potenciômetros mostrados no minuto 6:06 ?

This is a very well presented video

Thanks for this great video. Videos like this are changing the way I think about life in a better way

I guess I've got your point, sort of, I may disagree on some things, such as 3:19 or 3:24, and I have difficulty imagining the slacking lights or whatever. I think I will make one for myself and see how far I can bend the string before it stars buzzing. I can compensate the likely better playability of a curved fretboard at the slight expense of either bending or of strumming by varying the ratio of radii at nut and saddle, so I will sacrifice some bending, and see if my playing improves. My guitar is about 100 years old, has about 10 or 12 mm action and shouldn't be too hard to beat using digital technology. Thanks!

I love the insights and the "real talk". Cheers!

enjoyable watch

Another superb, no-nonsense gem from Mr. Rob. (I don't know you). You remind me of one of my (triplet) brothers - a top anaesthesiologist, but boy could he cut through the bullshit in medical practise.

Don't buy - play. Sounds simple but every guitar player I know is a gear junkie. Spend the money on (online) lessons instead.

Good video, but you lost me on the comparison between the burner and the Christmas tree. I thought that was stupid. I don’t understand that example at all.

I’ve really enjoyed all of your videos. It’s so refreshing to hear someone speaking honestly about these topics rather than marketing the latest guitar gear. Thank you.

65DRRI new tubes... new reverb tank.... new rca jk cables' no reverb until turned up to 8 and then is very faint?

This man speaks so much TRUTH.

Better had the value in touchable stuff than $ or a Dig coin, they turn breaker off, you can still have fun with it, enjoy the ride dude.

Thank you for this video

Thanks for the videos Rob. As i'm getting more into the repair world these are very helpful!

what a truthful, heartfelt, wonderful video from someone who could only benefit from people that have this issue. Thank you for making this video. I am over my GAS but now this video makes me want to buy an Auburn amplifier ....

Question: I just inherited my dads old Gretsch 1961 Playboy amp that hasnt been on in at least 25 years! Its bone stock and saw regular service at least once a month for its first roughly 40 years of its life while my dad was still able to play guitar. Then his arthritis got so bad he didnt enjoy playing and so his rig just sat. Now, I'm taking care of it and only having had solid state amps my whole life, im not sure how to start this up without doing the caps or tubes undue stress or strain! Any suggestions please? Thank you very much!

Hi, this is random, but my amp doesn't work and only shows E3 when i turn it on. Any ideas what i need to do?

These two presentations were fantastic, Thank You for imparting such thoughtful analysis. You have me wondering about the Watkins Dominator now. On the primaries they used resistance. Can we tone shape here or even attenuate some ? I would be curious, and the math would also help. I would like to try some of these ideas. You have really opened my mind here, Thanks again!

Looks like a beauty!

Fantastic video and honestly put.

It is very pleasant to listen to someone with a good vocabulary, and the ability to cogently structure each sentence into an excellent extemporaneous lecture.

Hi Rob. It seems like a new product for you so early days yet, but a good audio demo would go a long way to help sell this. I can’t help but think a 1U/2U rack unit might be more appealing to some folk (myself included). Maybe something to consider in the future if all goes well. Good luck!

Great video !!! It's great to hear some honest 'No BS' information for a change. Keep up the good work. It would be good to here more of your advice on preferred manufacturers of capacitors etc. I would always prefer to spend a bit more for quality but in my experience price does not always guarantee quality as there is 'BS' everywhere. Would you be prepared to offer your preferred makes? Keep up the great videos!!!

For a great product with an interesting spiel from a nice guy who obviously knows what he’s talking about, you need a much better quality of video production! Current standard lets you down!

In your opinion sir , what do you think the actual cost of parts to construct a 50 watt rms tube amp would be ? What tubes would you use and what design would be the easiest / simplest and less likely to have problems ? Was Hartley PEAVEY on the right track with his earlier classic series ?

Very cool. I see the passion put into that as a tube amp builder myself

As a (non-biased) wife I have to tell you guys that Rob worked a lot - means literally years - on this tube DI. He put all of his knowledge, expertise, creativity, and consciousness into this little, smart, and versatile kit. I am very-very proud of him! Go Solitaire, gooo!

Genius! Pure Genius!

A very well thought out peace of kit 😊

I generally agree with what Rob has stated, but to the best of my knowledge and limited testing (older original tubes vs NOS tubes) if the tube emissions are getting low the power output will drop and continue to do so. I think Rob meant to say/explain, that if your amp is working fine or if the sound volume (power and possibly sound quality) from the amp is just marginally down its probably not worth considering replacing tubes just for sake of it... Lastly, within reason (specification, especially in regards to tube rectifiers) I don't think it would necessarily hurt to increase the filter cap capacitance on some cheaper older (the smallest value cap/cost they could get away with) etc Hi-Fi Tube Amplifiers/radios. But like Rob eluded to, due to distortion, sag etc. being part of the sound characteristic of a Guitar Amp you wouldn't want to change the filter cap values on them, even if there is rectifier headroom... unless you purposely want to change the sound signature.

Great job, your explanation was spot on Rob. It's nice to hear others that actually know what they're talking about.

The military still uses vacuum tubes for some applications. I've been looking for a part time job soldering eyelet boards, and there is still some work out there.

Good post . I would have liked to hear more on what are the risks of not replacing old electrolytic caps.

This is great, SO much information presented in a concise, direct way.

Thank you for sharing your experience and sensible, practical information. So much nonsense floating around out there.

I see way too many people replacing tubes especially preamp tubes when they dont need to.

Sound stuff but didn’t mention the significant of band make end no the paper wax capacitors😊