ASK SKIP
VINTAGE TUBE GEAR Skip Simmons
Hello Skip,
owns a bunch of vintage guitars and amps.
It is a common problem since wall voltage can
He told me to buy a voltage regulator, and not
and will fluctuate. For instance, when the club’s
I have two vintage amps, a ‘74 Marshall 50
a cheap one either. I bought FURMAN M8x-AR
ice machine kicks on, the wall voltage that your
watt and a ‘65 Deluxe Reverb, and from time
and have been using it faithfully, and I must say,
amp is using may drop to 110. Another instance
to time, something just wasn’t right at certain
I notice a difference in the consistency of my
is the backyard party where the PA, the bass
venues. Sometimes the amp would sound
amp’s performance and I don’t have to worry
amp, and the guitar amp are all plugged in to
great at the beginning of the night, then get thin
about voltage spikes destroying my prized
the same 100-foot extension cord. Probably
and wimpy. Come back from a break, it would
possessions. Is it in my head or in my ears?
the worst are situat