How to Replace the Tubes in a Guitar Amp
Part of the Video Series How to Use Guitar Amplifiers
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How to Replace the Tubes in a Guitar Amp
Hi my name is Tim Ambrosuis. I am a professional guitar technician for ExpertVillage.com and I am going to explain to you the proper care of your tubes for you tube amplifier. First you want to make sure that when you are transporting them that you do not rattle it too much, all of the tubes are going to have little filaments in them and the more that they are rattled the more wear is going to go on them. The next thing is that you are going to make sure that it is properly ventilated after you have your amplifier on for a little while the tubes are going to heat up really hot. So you are going to make sure that it is always a free flow of air and the other thing is-is that these tubes will wear out. The hotter that you run them which means the louder that you turn up is going to be causing them to lose life faster. So you are going to probably want to change them if you are playing with it regularly about once a year is when they are going to start to run out or start to not sound as good as they used to sound. So if you were using it everyday or at least a couple days a week after about a year you are probably going to want to replace all of your tubes.
Hi my name is Tim Ambrosuis. I am a professional guitar technician for ExpertVillage.com and I am going to explain to you the proper care of your tubes for you tube amplifier. First you want to make sure that when you are transporting them that you do not rattle it too much, all of the tubes are going to have little filaments in them and the more that they are rattled the more wear is going to go on them. The next thing is that you are going to make sure that it is properly ventilated after you have your amplifier on for a little while the tubes are going to heat up really hot. So you are going to make sure that it is always a free flow of air and the other thing is-is that these tubes will wear out. The hotter that you run them which means the louder that you turn up is going to be causing them to lose life faster. So you are going to probably want to change them if you are playing with it regularly about once a year is when they are going to start to run out or start to not sound as good as they used to sound. So if you were using it everyday or at least a couple days a week after about a year you are probably going to want to replace all of your tubes.
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