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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:13 pm
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I just saw a really cool fan that you can clip on your amp on eBay...might be worth checking out....It might help solve your issues.


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bad soldier joints can be a problem, but becareful how many times you pop those tubes in and out hoping to change a regular amp into the monster you hear on recordings and in your head. they are not welds they are soldier enough pulling and rocking will be harmful to sockets. it doesn't matter who made the amp or in what decade they were built, human error or factory defects aside look in the back of these amps you guys love so much and look at all the possible spots for something to break . if you think just because YOU bought it with your hard earned credit cards that nothing can go wrong....think again. an old guy once told me " the grave yard is full of young wise men".


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Vintage Blonde wrote:
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No trainees involved. The components are more than likely machine loaded and wave soldered by computer operated machinery. It's a poor design pure and simple built to a so-called lower price point.


I don´t think it´s accurate to generalize like that. Mine works perfect and my cuz has one too, we bought them 2gether, his is ok too.


Isn't that generalizing too? Lots of people got good ones and lots of people got bad ones. The HRDlx isn't really meant to be used professionally. It just won't hold up. The funny thing is my 74 Champ is a student model amp and has never seen a tech in 34 years and I play and do recording sessions with it all the time .


The newer ones had a couple of board revisions to "improve reliability" before I bought mine. Look on other forums, people who gig on a consistent basis eventually have a lot of issues with them. You need to look further than the manufacturers forum. Even this forum is loaded with people that have problems with the HRD series amps. On TFF it's 10 times worse.

Many techs don't even like to work on them because of how thin the board traces are. I'm not getting into a pissing contest over this issue. Congrats on your fine amp. :roll:


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bad soldier joints can be a problem, but becareful how many times you pop those tubes in and out hoping to change a regular amp into the monster you hear on recordings and in your head. they are not welds they are soldier enough pulling and rocking will be harmful to sockets. it doesn't matter who made the amp or in what decade they were built, human error or factory defects aside look in the back of these amps you guys love so much and look at all the possible spots for something to break . if you think just because YOU bought it with your hard earned credit cards that nothing can go wrong....think again. an old guy once told me " the grave yard is full of young wise men".


Wise words my friend. I fixed my problem, I dumped the HRDlx and so did bbrodie. Me bb and SlapChop all bought Egnaters.


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Wow, there is alot of suspicions on this thread.

1)If you move your amp straight after using it, it does NOT affect anything in anyway, these tubes were used in the military, moving them around whilst they're hot is NOT going to do anything.

2) Touching your valves with your bare fingers are not bad for it. Sweat produced by your skin is not vicious enough to magnify heat like cooking oils or other oils.

3) Be careful with these fans since they can interfere with your valves and produce a small buzz.

The only things that harm your amp is violent actions upon it and leaving it in sunlight for a period of time.

(Ive had a friend who had his amp fried by sunlight, all the solder got melted)

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Wow, there is alot of suspicions on this thread.

1)If you move your amp straight after using it, it does NOT affect anything in anyway, these tubes were used in the military, moving them around whilst they're hot is NOT going to do anything.

2) Touching your valves with your bare fingers are not bad for it. Sweat produced by your skin is not vicious enough to magnify heat like cooking oils or other oils.

3) Be careful with these fans since they can interfere with your valves and produce a small buzz.

The only things that harm your amp is violent actions upon it and leaving it in sunlight for a period of time.

(Ive had a friend who had his amp fried by sunlight, all the solder got melted)


Fans also blow dirt into the chassis too. Tubes were used in the early space launches, car radios and radio equipment in tanks. Like I said I moved my amps around while they were on. No Problem.


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Yeah I agree with you about the fan blowing in dirt, so it's kind of a mixed blessing. A built in DC exhaust fan is definitely superior. Maybe that clip-on fan Airborne mentioned is DC and if it's small it wouldn't be pulling alot of dust into the amp. There's also the tube cooler option, but I have never tried them. ART

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Post subject: Re: Tips 4 general care of tube amps?
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Vintage Blonde wrote:
Hi i own a hot rod deluxe, recently replaced the original tubes that lasted 15 years with sovteks, I just want to know if someone can give tips for general care of my tubed amp, my friends say that if it´s slammed, or jerked, the tubes can be affected, also, is it a must to have a voltage regulator?
Love the amp with my custom ash stratocaster, best sound.
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I would say keep doing what you've been doing for the past 15 years. To have a tube amp for that amount of time without replacing tubes is a pretty good indication that you are doing something right. Also, don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but you might want to have the power supply caps replaced as they tend to deteriorate over time. There may be a few other caps that need replacing as well and i'm sure a good tech could point them out to you. Without trying to sound redundant just keep doing what you've been doing. I'm sure your amp will last another 15 + years. Also, it's suggested that you replace the phase inverter tube whenever you replace the power tubes, so you might want to consider looking into it.
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I would say keep doing what you've been doing for the past 15 years. To have a tube amp for that amount of time without replacing tubes is a pretty good indication that you are doing something right.

Either that or not taking it out of the house and gigging with it. :oops:


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