I been hoping the past 2 weeks you'd have a Supersonic on the bench so we could see what they're like. I like clean to mild overdrive, when you get this beast working I hope you can learn us the OD channel with the gains set low. See if some tasty tones might live there -- no one else explores that. Thanks!
would love to see an in-depth on this amp. Also could you talk about the difference between the preamp out power amp in and the effects Loop what is the difference? Thanks
Looks like a pretty clean amp, just wondering what your impressions are on build quality and ease of servicing VS other two channel amps? In those regards would you say its better or worse compared to something like a Marshal DSL? Obviously different levels of gain.
I've been waiting patiently for one of these to land on your bench so I can see your take on the build quality of these. I have a 60 watt head from the 2006-2010 era run of these. Great sounding amp in my opinion and I've had no problems in the few years I've had mine. I especially love the burn channel. It sounds great at both quiet and loud volumes which can be rare. There is a slight signal drop sound you get when switching though that I don't know why it happens. I rarely switch between the clean and burn since I use a victory v40 for my cleans on an aby box. Still can't help but be curious at what would be needed to fix the issue or what it could be. If anyone has a tip on where to get my search started please let me know.
You seem to be focusing on phase inverter circuitry and the issues that can be found therein lately. Maybe a reprise of this subject? I'd sure like to know more.
Well I pulled my super sonic 60 out of the cabinet and out on the bench to find foil wrapped around some ribbon cables with a bare wire zip tied and attached to the chassis, there are some resistors that were replaced that appeared to have been fried before. Too bad I can't post pictures on here this is a mess! Although the amp is currently working.... I'm not sure for how long.
Help Please. Hi I have one of the early SuperSonic 60 combos in cream. It’s great but these days I hardly ever play at venues where I can let it rip. This thing is loud man! I tame the volume buy using a patch cable across the effects send/return and turning the gain down on both pots. However, the PCB with the filter caps has at one time gottten real hot and blown the slow-blow fuse a little too slowly. Replaced. Can I wire the low voltage windings directly into the PCB to avoid the quick connects? Thanks in advance for your advice. ✌️❤️🙏🇦🇺
You put the tube back in, powered the amp on and measured the resistance of the suspect resistor? How are you measuring resistance on a live circuit with current already flowing through?
It’s usually caused by the overheating low voltage supply that burns the board and traces. Relay failures are uncommon but when they have bad power, POP.
I been hoping the past 2 weeks you'd have a Supersonic on the bench so we could see what they're like. I like clean to mild overdrive, when you get this beast working I hope you can learn us the OD channel with the gains set low. See if some tasty tones might live there -- no one else explores that. Thanks!
Same here!Thanks as well!
I did NOT know the tube sockets were NOT PCB mounted. Thats awesome. Ive never worked on one of these. Thanks for the video ! :-)
Played one of these once, it was a fine sounding amp to my ears. Curious to see how this goes.
Now that's alot of greenboard in this amp...!!!😉
Almost purchased one of these awhile back.
Never have seen the innards till now
Thanks 😎👍
My SS60 is on the bench right now for pretty much the same spits and hisses. Any words of wisdom are very much appreciated.
would love to see an in-depth on this amp. Also could you talk about the difference between the preamp out power amp in and the effects Loop what is the difference? Thanks
Me too!
Looks like a pretty clean amp, just wondering what your impressions are on build quality and ease of servicing VS other two channel amps? In those regards would you say its better or worse compared to something like a Marshal DSL? Obviously different levels of gain.
The Super Sonic isn’t great. I’ll go over a lot of that in the second video.
Good to know. I’ll be sure to watch part 2. Will likely be looking for a 70’s twin.
That black resistor not too far from the diodes looks pretty messed up too. Is that just a bunch of leftover flux on the solder joint?
Was wondering about that one myself. It looks nasty.
I've been waiting patiently for one of these to land on your bench so I can see your take on the build quality of these.
I have a 60 watt head from the 2006-2010 era run of these. Great sounding amp in my opinion and I've had no problems in the few years I've had mine. I especially love the burn channel. It sounds great at both quiet and loud volumes which can be rare. There is a slight signal drop sound you get when switching though that I don't know why it happens. I rarely switch between the clean and burn since I use a victory v40 for my cleans on an aby box. Still can't help but be curious at what would be needed to fix the issue or what it could be. If anyone has a tip on where to get my search started please let me know.
You seem to be focusing on phase inverter circuitry and the issues that can be found therein lately. Maybe a reprise of this subject? I'd sure like to know more.
Well I pulled my super sonic 60 out of the cabinet and out on the bench to find foil wrapped around some ribbon cables with a bare wire zip tied and attached to the chassis, there are some resistors that were replaced that appeared to have been fried before. Too bad I can't post pictures on here this is a mess! Although the amp is currently working.... I'm not sure for how long.
Help Please. Hi I have one of the early SuperSonic 60 combos in cream. It’s great but these days I hardly ever play at venues where I can let it rip. This thing is loud man! I tame the volume buy using a patch cable across the effects send/return and turning the gain down on both pots. However, the PCB with the filter caps has at one time gottten real hot and blown the slow-blow fuse a little too slowly. Replaced. Can I wire the low voltage windings directly into the PCB to avoid the quick connects? Thanks in advance for your advice. ✌️❤️🙏🇦🇺
You put the tube back in, powered the amp on and measured the resistance of the suspect resistor? How are you measuring resistance on a live circuit with current already flowing through?
I gave a summary. There were more steps including powering down to remeasure that resistor.
Can you address the channel switch pop and replacing associated relays, please.
It’s usually caused by the overheating low voltage supply that burns the board and traces. Relay failures are uncommon but when they have bad power, POP.
At what point is an amp not worth saving?
I had a SS22 head for awhile. I ditched it when I built a Deluxe Reverb clone, but it was a fine-sounding amp with a great Burn channel.
I have a super sonic 22w with two 6v6 that rattle. I have some spare sovtek 5881 I was curious about using in the amp. Is this safe ?
No. The amp already has heat issues - 5881s will draw a lot more current for no real output increase. Get TAD or EH 6V6s.
Supersonic 22 channel switching pop relays.😢
Any thoughts on how to repair the pop, power supply, etc?
What's a good speaker for the Super Sonic 22?
I have a neo creamback in mine. Sounds glorious.
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