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Basic Tube Guitar Amplifier Servicing and Overhaul Video

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Overview
In this more advanced follow-up video to Tube Amp Basics for the Guitarist (HL00320145), amp expert Gerald Weber spends an hour and a half "under the hood," diagnosing, inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing, and even playing the tube guitar amp! He covers the basics of servicing and overhauling a tube amp; what tools are needed; the wiring mistake made on 50% of all amps and how to correct it; the best way to straighten preamp tube pins; the mistake within the bias circuit of some Blackface amps and the essential correction; selection of rectifier tubes for tone and performance; how to perform a cap job correctly; proper servicing of potentiometers, jacks, sockets, and tubes; and more. 90 minutes.
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