Does changing the preamp tubes require biasing? Because there's an intermittent crackling every now and then. From what I've read this could be due to the preamp tubes? Lastly, what would changing the pre amp tubes from the Ecc83's to 12ax7's? Is it possible?
Well, the Bad Monkey came today, and oh my god. The difference is absolutely outstanding. The low end went from flubby to extremely defined, the mids almost seemed, tamed. And tone? The MA went from a mis-judged amp that needed TLC to get where it wanted to be, to an incredibe, full bodied tone...
I agree whole-heartedly! Now that i've got a (pretty much, touch wood!) flawless one, i can truly see what all the fuss is about with regards to these guitars now. My only regret is not getting one originally in white. And maybe i'm weird, but i kinda like the black headstock against the white...
Wow...this got out of hand quick! Oops haha :p OT- yeah it's a relief to have a little bit of good luck for once! (I'm the kinda guy that's cursed when it comes to anything reliant on chance) I've adjusted the rod, the relief is set and the stock strings are now playable :D and... OH MY GOD...
Got myself a nice white one after my black being returned to thomann! Kinda lucky considering these things seem to be very difficult to aqquire in white in the UK!
Hooray for some decent luck finally! Took it in, they cleaned the crap out and it's fine now! So i can now enjoy my guitar as intended! (Next stop, get rid of the dreadful pickups!). Off to the roll call!
Plus, I ain't risking another one of these coming through the post and being broke too. ibanez has seriously put me off their lower end stuff this far.
I know what you mean about the Manchester store. When I asked if they have any RG8's in they said 'an rg8?'. Nuff said. Fortunately I know the staff at the warrington one quite well (where I'm from) and that's where I bought it. I told them about my previous dud from thomann and they...
Is there supposed to be a creamy/whitey look to the nut/rod end? Honestly looks like there is glue or something in there. I tried to adjust it again then and took a torch to the hole and I get the feeling it isn't suppose to look like that?
I'm gonna take it in tomorrow and see if they can get it moving. If not, I'm giving up on these bloody RG8's and I'm just gonna grab another 6 in the shop :(
Fortunately enough, I got this from dawsons which is literally 5 minutes bus ride from where I live. This is so disappointing :( having to take it back already.
Yeah, it probably does need new tubes. This is an '09 MA and has the original tubes still going! Is it expensive to get them changed? Or is it something that anyone can do? Well I have a bad monkey ordered today and coming tomorrow!, thank you very much amazon! £25 too!.
So after two weeks of waiting. Thomann refunded my money for my previous RG8 which had numerous issues. Now with this, I managed to score a white one (Win!) and there are very few of these in the country now apparently. Here's the snag, the action is silly low, the bridge saddles are...
Apologies if I'm repeating myself a little, Im just looking for the best advice. Funnily enough, my friend is trying to sell me this metal muff for £20. Which is quite a lot cheaper than the ne price, or even the eBay used price.
I'm actually just waiting on a call back from a tech as to how much it's gonna set me back for a retube and rebias. However, last night I spent a few hour tweaking and toggling to try and coax a playable tone out of it, and after playing with the resonance a little and getting to know the amps...