The Steel Guitar Forum

I remember mine sounding awesome! And very heavy! I re-wired the bias balance circuit to be a normal grid bias adjustment (it was really cold and sounded much better when the tubes were running at about 28mA) if the hum balance is really noisy, its probably just a dirty pot. I would hit it with some...

if it were me I would replace that entire plywood cabinet with the dado baffle and frame with a brand new one made from solid Pine. that would be the single largest tone upgrade you can make to that thing, plus it would cut about 5-6 pounds in weight you can get that exact tolex/grill cloth combinat...

they definitely made it their own - theres a button on the side which turns it into a Univibe! I never heard the original Ross phaser but I will have to keep an eye out for one if its anything like the JHS re-creation everybody borrowed from MXR. I do not think thats a secret - but every pedal compa...

JHS pedals re-launched the Ross pedal line a few weeks ago. The Ross Phaser pedal is probably the best phaser I have ever used with my pedal steel setup. Thought I would share that information. Theres also a univibe mode (button on the side) that is pretty fun - but for a slow phaser that seems to b...

Hey folks - its been a while since I had something new to offer the steel guitar community but this is a big one. What I have is a 2 channel version of The Amp with the highest possible headroom. You can run stereo, power 2 cabs up to 200W per side (at 4ohms) run 2 mismatched cabs (because each side...

check the EQ switch on the far right of the front panel - does it crackle when you move it back and forth?

I was having trouble with the Webb I recently acquired and cleaning that switch by spraying in some MCL fixed it.

voltage is headroom - let it soar! the one thing I would check is your heater voltage - it should be 6.3vac and if that drifted high it can shorten tube life and also does make things sound less good than they would at 6.3 or lower. Adding a 1-3ohm 5W resistor after the pilot light will solve that p...

Hey Steven - it depends on which model amplifier you have, but in general I find a good starting point to be "all knobs at noon" and from there you can make minor adjustments. my amplifiers are designed to sound great with steel guitar right out of the box - there are not many controls and...

Yeah they seem to be the same as MOD, maybe they spec them a bit differently or adjust the springs manually and slap their new sticker on. I will say that in general, I really like the MOD tanks. I have used thousands of them over the years and only had a few go bad, and when they do go bad they are...

Hey Folks! Been a while since I had anything new to bring to the steel guitar community but this is a good fit: https://www.mixwave.net/products/milkman-creamer-collection what we have here is a digital re-creation of my popular 20W Creamer amplifier, plus some other useful accessories like the 6V6 ...

I tend to think the 100 has the edge for pedal steel. I run all of the preamp controls (vol treb bass) at noon and leave the boost on set to about 11 o'clock and just a touch of reverb and never run out of headroom or power even at my loudest gigs I think the 50 has a bit of a sweeter sound overall....

FYI the "tweed" material made today is not similar to what Fender used in the 50s at all. Its mostly plastic now. You won't see it fray as it ages like you did those old Fenders.

But because its mostly plastic, the tolex glue and amber poly works well on it

its because Sweetwater pulled their entire tube inventory and re-directed it to their suppliers of tube amplifiers so that they can continue to sell them. Makes sense. I was able to get some from them because they sell one of my models but I actually declined and cancelled that order because there i...

Jon Light wrote:No idea if he still uses them but they were OEM in the Milkman amps.

yes I do! Standard OEM in every tube amplifier I build

The Proton by Three Leaf Audio is the best I have used and closest in sound to my original Mutron pedals

it tracks steel very well

Yes I still do the dual channel amps on request. After years and years of building amps for players that do double duty I have some thoughts but the main take away is that I think its better to find a single channel amp that sounds great for both and then roll with it. Use a pedal or something on th...

the entire global supply chain is a complete wreck. speaker magnets and baskets from from factories in Asia which have been operating at 20-30% capacity for nearly 2 years now. On top of that, shipping prices and a global container shortage are complicating things its not just Eminence - its the ent...

if the headphone output sees something it doesn't like, it'll draw too much current and put the amp into protection. Use the "pedal out" when using The Amp as a pedal - the headphone amp is not meant to drive a high impedance line input

if you look closely at that connector it's labeled on the solder side:

L - line

N - neutral (thats the one near your thumb on the photo with the solder side showing)

but if you are confused maybe don't do this task because you can definitely blow some stuff up if they are backwards!

Tim Walker wrote:According to the Milkman website it’s around 33lbs.
Thanks

thats for the newer smaller version with the aluminum chassis. Those original ones are at least 7-8 pounds more

The Milkman rings I make are tight - they better be tight! Otherwise they don't work very well. just be careful when you take them off and put them onto the tubes. You won't break anything if you are careful - I put dampers on tubes with my Milkman rings all day every day you will not find dampers l...

absolutely! that's how I got my start - built a kit, fell in love and caught the bug not all kits are the same. I think Mojotone has the highest quality from the start but there is plenty of of things you will want to upgrade. You will also want to cross check some of their layouts and schematics wi...

wrapping it in copper won't work. Sorry

I sell some big dogs on my website - these work pretty well. Sometimes you need to experiment by moving them around to get into the sweet spot.



https://milkmansound.com/collections/ac ... mper-rings

wow that looks awesome - excellent work on the cabinet!