Hi friends,
I went ahead and broke my cardinal rule of no tube amps a couple weeks back. I found a really clean, beautiful sounding circa 1966 Guild Thunder 1 amp.
She’s the 10” speaker/tremolo model, no reverb.
I’m using the amp for my solo jazz guitar gigs with my 1963 Artist Award, Delia. The tone is nice and full but too bright so I am turning the treble to 0 and the bass to 10. Last week it started rattling, almost as if the aluminum case around one of the tubes was vibrating.
My amp guy tells me it’s likely one of the 6GW8 tubes has gone microphonic (I haven’t brought it down to him to check out yet).
Now for the part why I hate tubes amps…these tubes are no longer manufactured and cost about $60 apiece.
Does anyone know a good source where I can get at least two, preferably four so I can have some on hand?
Follow up point, I will probably be replacing the original CTS Custom speaker with a brand new Eminence 10”. This one is in pristine condition and it looks like they go for a nice price on eBay. Is anyone looking for one and would like to buy it?
Thanks,
Charlie
I went ahead and broke my cardinal rule of no tube amps a couple weeks back. I found a really clean, beautiful sounding circa 1966 Guild Thunder 1 amp.
She’s the 10” speaker/tremolo model, no reverb.
I’m using the amp for my solo jazz guitar gigs with my 1963 Artist Award, Delia. The tone is nice and full but too bright so I am turning the treble to 0 and the bass to 10. Last week it started rattling, almost as if the aluminum case around one of the tubes was vibrating.
My amp guy tells me it’s likely one of the 6GW8 tubes has gone microphonic (I haven’t brought it down to him to check out yet).
Now for the part why I hate tubes amps…these tubes are no longer manufactured and cost about $60 apiece.
Does anyone know a good source where I can get at least two, preferably four so I can have some on hand?
Follow up point, I will probably be replacing the original CTS Custom speaker with a brand new Eminence 10”. This one is in pristine condition and it looks like they go for a nice price on eBay. Is anyone looking for one and would like to buy it?
Thanks,
Charlie