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Hey, I have an old "Doric" brand Italian amp from the '60s I bought in a curiosity shop a while back. It's 6v6 (so probably 15W) and powers a 12" speaker. From what I can glean, Doric may have been some kind of sister brand to VOX, but there is very little Doric information on the web, other than a couple of organs which bear the name.
Anyway, I like this amp a lot and find it has amazing reverb for lead work. It used to cut-out after prolonged playing, but I retubed it and that's no longer an issue. But it still hums more than I'd like, and the reverb hums so much past 12 o'clock it's unusable. The hum makes it poor for recording. I'm going to get it fixed up real soon, but I just wanted some information before I bring it to the shop. Is replacing the caps about what needs to happen to limit by background noise issues? Anything more I should expect?
Thanks in advance,
GB
Anyway, I like this amp a lot and find it has amazing reverb for lead work. It used to cut-out after prolonged playing, but I retubed it and that's no longer an issue. But it still hums more than I'd like, and the reverb hums so much past 12 o'clock it's unusable. The hum makes it poor for recording. I'm going to get it fixed up real soon, but I just wanted some information before I bring it to the shop. Is replacing the caps about what needs to happen to limit by background noise issues? Anything more I should expect?
Thanks in advance,
GB