Lazy J J20 (Part 3)
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8 ай бұрынWebpage: www.bradsguitargarage.com.au
Facebook: bradsguitargarage
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Equipment:
Soldering:
Pace MBT station w/SX100 & PS-90 handpieces
Hakko 474 w/815 handpiece
Hakko 936 w/907 handpiece
Hakko FX-888D w/FX-8801 handpiece
Quick 861DW hot air station
BOFA fume extraction unit
Loctite Multicore solder (C511 / 362)
Test Equipment:
Fluke 11, 175, 177 & 179 handheld DMM's
Tektronix 2236 analog oscilloscope
Rigol DS-1054z digital oscilloscope
BK Precision 4017A sweep / function generator
BWD 160a function generator
HP 6236B triple output DC power supply
Kyoritsu 3132A insulation / continuity tester
Video equipment:
Overhead cam: Panasonic HC-V785 w/Audio Technica AT9946CM mic
Handheld cam: Panasonic DC-G85 w/Olympus M.Zuiko Pro 12-40mm f/2.8
On location cam: Panasonic DC-GH5s w/Panasonic-Leica 9mm f/1.7 & 12-60mm f/2.8
Capture card(s): Magewell HDMI USB, ATEN UC3020-AT, ATEN UC3021
Headset Mic: Audio Technica BP892xcW-TH
Lapel Mic: Rode Go
Editing: Adobe Premiere Elements
Hand Tools:
Wiha, Felo, Stanley screwdrivers
CK & Engineer cutters / pliers
RS Pro wire strippers
Sidchrome & Gear Wrench spanners, sockets & shifters
Veritas planes & chisels
Materials / Consumables:
JJ's / TAD electron valves
Elixir / Ernie Ball / D'Addario / Rotosound strings
Electrolube & DeoxIT cleaners, lubricants & chemicals.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Yes yes, I know they're built in the UK now. I can't go back and re-shoot video for every dumb thing I say. There wouldn't be enough time in the world to do that!
@siriusamplification 8 ай бұрын
lmao
@BenState 8 ай бұрын
cunny funt. still 8K is total bs for that garbage.
@c.p.1589 8 ай бұрын
Knowing the hoops the big manufacturers have to jump through to pass certification (tube cages etc), is this thing legal in Australia?
@jamesemerson4102 8 ай бұрын
They are not 8k. That is completely made up. If you think it's garbage then come and plug into mine. You will shit your pants. @@BenState
@BradsGuitarGarage 2 ай бұрын
@@c.p.1589 Not in the condition it arrived in, definitely not. There were also no certification marks to speak of on the thing. No idea how it's legal to import such a device, however, I'm not a lawyer... Obviously! LOL!
@mo6020_ 8 ай бұрын
I have one of these amps, and I absolutely love it, but despite that this series of videos have had me in fucking stitches. Thanks for convincing me never to open the back up 😅
@BenState 8 ай бұрын
get your money back bro.
@mo6020_ 8 ай бұрын
@@BenStateI bought it used for £2k, and it sounds brilliant. Fingers crossed it doesn’t burst into flames tho 😂
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Chuck some 6V6's and a JJ's 5Y3 in there and you're golden.
@jaronensley 8 ай бұрын
And additional screws for enclosure, unbent bolts, and lock washers.
@nunkaval 6 ай бұрын
Mine doesn't look like that, sounds great
@martinreid1740 8 ай бұрын
Watching from Scotland, and yes we too say "arse" You and Lyle are providing a great source of information. Thanks for your humour and your channel.
@brucehayes7251 8 ай бұрын
You are providing a great public service exposing this particular gem,many thanks, even though its very unlikely i would drop $8k on a similar object its nice to be informed. Makes potential deficiencies in ANY of my current amps pale in comparison
@canaan_perry 8 ай бұрын
Looks very much like something assembled by a hobbyist. Thanks for sharing.
@ryanmortenson9445 3 ай бұрын
I thought my soldering skills were lacking but after looking under the board it gave me a boost of confidence and now I'm ready to charge at least $3k for my slop.
@BradsGuitarGarage 3 ай бұрын
There you go, mate! Just pay off the right magazines and reviewers and anyone can be a boutique amp guru! Who needs datasheets or basic knowledge of ohm's law, anyway!?
@matthewf1979 8 ай бұрын
Alright, I have degraded this from a TAD kit to an ebay kit. For the amount of volume a small boutique company does, a bulk transformer order from Mercury, Pacific, Heyboer or even Hammond becomes increasingly less expensive. The same goes for every single other part in these amps. I can't come close to $1500USD in all the parts inside this thing, including the speaker and cabinet, and that's with the most expensive new stuff available. Lazy J, you're thieves.
@tedmich 8 ай бұрын
Overhead?? These guys probably all have Range Rovers, Ostrich boots and a serious blow problem...
@normanhenderson9290 8 ай бұрын
I am but a simple hobbyist and you and Lyle are the pinnacles of knowledge. You make me want to be more knowledgeable and give me inspiration to be better. I have spent a lot of deep dive time looking at different amp builds, designs and mods, spending about $1500 on each of my builds more or less I can’t see price tags of this videos amps from the builder at the level he is without his notoriety and proven track record for those prices. His choice of the kitchen table build look may be his own choice, but the items you have pointed out throughout this series make me believe he is more of a “hey, this looks like a good idea” kind of guy. Thanks Brad for your honesty.
@aquilarossa5191 8 ай бұрын
For $8K it should be hands down one of best 5E3 style amps available. It should have implemented Yoda levels of amp tech know how to be bullet proof reliable, while also rivalling the best examples of vintage 5E3 tone. However, for $8k you can also buy something to show off on the local guitar forum's 'new amp day' thread. You get the big spender, boutique amp owner cred among your forum peers. As long as they do not ask for sound examples and gut shots, the amp does not actually have to be as good as the price tag suggests.
@jimgibson9811 8 ай бұрын
Love your curiosity- always good for bonus points.
@rockrollmusicman1107 8 ай бұрын
Man, I've been enjoying your vids! Keep ROCKING!!!
@ghostface_grilla1155 8 ай бұрын
Love this show👊😎
@jtbracknell 8 ай бұрын
Dude, you had me laughing at the "Dag" definition while I'm trying to learn some serious amp technology stuff. The amps' new name is "Lazy Dag" for me mate. Outstanding video Brad and you crack me up brother man.
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
Yeah mate, getting called a dag isn't a term of endearment!
@BenState 8 ай бұрын
@@baabaabaa-yp2jh It is actually. Its something you're called when you're a bit geeky but with love.
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
@@BenState Where in buggery are you from mate!?! "Have a look at you ya dag" isn't something ld take lightly... Even the Kiwi's had Fred Dagg (a comedy name) nowhere near endearing, or a pat on the back.
@BenState 8 ай бұрын
@@baabaabaa-yp2jh Im aussie. but lets look at the dictionary so its not just your word against mine: INFORMAL•AUSTRALIAN an entertainingly eccentric person; a character. "your father must have been a bit of a dag"
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
@@BenState Hahahaha! No worries mate, my first job (8yrs old) was pulling dags off fleece in a shearing shed! That's not having a dig at your old man!!
@RiftAmps 8 ай бұрын
12:08 - The extra node is for the external FX unit B+ supply...he just bypasses the resistor for non-FX models.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
What FX units? You mean the reverb and tremolo that are installed in this amp, yet the resistor is still bypassed? The resistor was bypassed by it's own leads, so that doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense. Like, how much time does that really save in construction?
@AprioriMarcos 8 ай бұрын
Voice sound quality is excellent, Bradward! No u87 needed! Love these vids; thanks!
@75YBA 8 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing the nerve of some builders eh? Hope all is well chief!
@tomoshea5683 8 ай бұрын
Nother good one!
@robbiedawson4517 8 ай бұрын
Lazy J amps are built in the UK which explains the use of metric screws,.
@danielsaturnino5715 8 ай бұрын
Omg, 8k? Imagine the the profit just on screw alone. Is it packed with fairy fart?
@watkinscopicat 8 ай бұрын
Hammond transformer is a great upgrade 👍
@Blueshack1871 8 ай бұрын
Loving following this and now subscribed. I thought about buying a Lazy J but ended building my own 5e3 with lots of Rob Robinette mods. I also added a VCB and found that it made the chassis very hot so added a small 12v (I think) fan under the VCB. Made a huge difference. I know this fan was not directly pointing to the VCB but may be linked. Doesn’t change the fact that this looks like a home made job.
@victorbeebe8372 8 ай бұрын
Aloha Brad! Yup I can go for a cigar
@scottwilcox6313 8 ай бұрын
Brad love the subtitles. Nice to learn some Aussie slang. And I just want to say who cares about the metric screws, The pud used imperial nuts on metric screws. It's the other shit in this amp that screams incompetence.
@JoeB16v 8 ай бұрын
From 💩 in my letterbox to Dags on the PCB, this one's a flamin' mongrel... and to top it off you found the j hook on the back side that gives "Lazy J" their namesake ;) all Class no arse. Love ya work 👍🏼
@jerrylondon2388 8 ай бұрын
Brad, the production values are definitely getting better. Well done, a noticeable improvement. I notice a few content creators do an "outro" section at the end of each video for 15-20 seconds or longer, such as outakes with text suggesting like and subscribe. Gives the viewer that extra time to actually like and subscribe. I'm sure your outakes would be killer, worth an hour long video by themselves! Take care, and as always keep up the great work!
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Thanks Jerry, if I did a blooper reel, I'm pretty confident it'd get either demonetized or taken down entirely!
@jerrylondon2388 8 ай бұрын
@BradsGuitarGarage Kurtis at Cutting Edge Engineering Australia takes it pretty close to the line. Regardless, entertaining and informative. Take care!
@BenState 8 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Brad and Lyle probably make nearly nothing out of this endeavour which shows their commitment to the trade, the people that use the gear and electronic engineering. Just great, and what YT is meant to be.
@PsionicAudio 8 ай бұрын
My outtakes would be mostly the ums and ahs and porky pig impressions I edit out. And some unbridled invective that would make Brad blush (while applauding).
@jerrylondon2388 8 ай бұрын
@@PsionicAudio Brad blushing, that's pay per view territory!
@itsonlyme9938 8 ай бұрын
MY fav trick with fans is to connect a capacitor in series with a fan try a .47 uf as a example and adjust the amount of capacitance as needed to get 110 volts.
@goodun2974 8 ай бұрын
I'm thinking that might not be safe unless you use a 1000 volt rated XY safety capacitor. Might be some lovely voltage spikes at turn on especially with the inductive fan load. DC voltage ratings for caps aren't directly corresponded to their AC rating; 600 volt DC capacitor rating is generally considered the minimum for 120 VAC usage.
@houndjr40 8 ай бұрын
The build quality shows a lack of respect LazyJ has for himself and his customers. Unbelievable
@diegorhoenisch62 8 ай бұрын
Departures, not "departations". Great video and thanks for pointing out another poseur who makes amps. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
My vocabulary is really bad when a camera is rolling. LOL!
@goodun2974 8 ай бұрын
@@BradsGuitarGarage, " I said 'this amp's got troubles of its own which I can't do much about/so take your vascillations and your departations and ram 'em up your snout'...." apologies to Frank Zappa
@AlanW Ай бұрын
I think a "dag" would translate to "dingle berry" in my part of the world. 😆
@TheMorganOrgan 8 ай бұрын
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…..
@johnbriggs3916 8 ай бұрын
"arse" is correct: it is from the Old English "ars". "Ass" is a misspelling based on a mispronunciation.
@BCEpedals 8 ай бұрын
Dag😂 hilarious! We call those dingleberries in the US.
@yorktown7395 8 ай бұрын
I’ve read Neil Young uses a freaky tweed with 6L6s rather than 6V6s, among other mods, and it has a fan… maybe that inspired this thing? I also wonder what the mains is pushing where this amp’s owner lives. Maybe it’s 250 out of the wall and he lives in FNQ with no AC and he gigs outdoors in the wet? I’m stretching. Still a shocker the way it’s built.
@bryandraughn9830 8 ай бұрын
YEEEEKSS!!!!!!! Does it come with a fire extinguisher??
@dcallan812 8 ай бұрын
odd things going on with that link. 🤷♂ interesting cost cutting too. 2x👍
@DisabilityExams 8 ай бұрын
My Traynor YBA-3 Custom Special from the early '70s has a phonograph type motor with a fan to cool the tubes. You can't hear it.
@75YBA 8 ай бұрын
Good to know! Mine’s just a standard YBA-1. Those 3’s a devastating.
@samuel_towle Ай бұрын
Aussie to English Dag - Dingleberry It fluxuates like your solder.
@SurfRockitt 8 ай бұрын
Great content. Very educational! Sh!t amp maker. I would be livid if this were my gear. Edit- "departure"... I too am an English major
@VERBANDTREM 8 ай бұрын
This amp reminds me of when people just keep adding dodgy extensions on to their houses... I do like the Idea of a 5E3 with verb though.
@honkytonkinson9787 8 ай бұрын
A local shop built me a tweed vibrolux for $1600. They definitely could have charged more but $8000 would be absurd three times over! I bet my amp is way better and doesn’t look like a portable science experiment
@markspurgin8225 8 ай бұрын
That's what She Said 😅😊
@kentjackson3830 8 ай бұрын
Dang it! I guess I wasted my money on this Aussie to English Dictionary if you're just gonna put it on the screen... Love watching your vids Brad
@Stu66orn 8 ай бұрын
Hi is there part 4 coming? It would be intereseting to see if it's possible to measure with current clamp how much is going on in each of the windings.
@peterstephen1562 8 ай бұрын
Departures 🙏
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
My brain often stops working when I press record.
@goodun2974 8 ай бұрын
@@BradsGuitarGarage, good thing you don't install airport signs for a living ---- Departures would be marked Deportations and Arrivals would be marked Apprisals!
@ghostface_grilla1155 8 ай бұрын
Whoever thought butchering this classic fender design should be slapped. This amp should not have been sold for more than $400.
@charlieplate9687 8 ай бұрын
Win for the harshest comment yet. You’d be lucky to pay $400 for the parts alone …
@ghostface_grilla1155 8 ай бұрын
That's the sad thing about it
@DoctorDenz 8 ай бұрын
Jess build these in the UK not USA and he doesn’t charge 8k, Jess offers to make me one for about £2500. Great video 👍🏻
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I should have specified that it's closer to the market value. I clarify that in the next episode. Not their fault what people want to pay for used units, I guess. But surely they're watching the used market and reconsidering their pricing. It'd be silly not to from a purely capitalistic viewpoint. reverb.com/au/item/74309668-lazy-j-j-20-tweed-combo-vac-fully-loaded-tremolo-and-reverb-2023 reverb.com/au/item/50383191-lazy-j-20-2021 reverb.com/au/item/74225587-lazy-j-lazy-j-j20-with-reverb-vac-and-tremolo-in-lacquered-tweed Add to that GST and import charges. There's also the scarcity factor as I hear it's a long wait and/or hard to get on the wait list. Not sure how true that is because clearly, I'm not in the market for one. LOL!
@rlsmith6904 8 ай бұрын
The UK is merely following the Yanks lead in the automotive and truck industry. Unable to make a decision to stay firmly locked into 19th century SAE standard or adopt the much sexier metric standard, “Made in the USA” vehicles are now a mashup of both threads. The ultimate profanity occurs when designers put metric threaded nuts on SAE threade screws and bolts. Things have never been the same after the demise of the Whitworth standard, it rest in eternal peace.
@murrayguitarpickups9545 8 ай бұрын
I hit like and subscribe, I dont want you shitting in my letterbox again Brad
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
That's the kind of humor you get when I'm editing video over a beer or two on a Sunday arvo! LOL!
@Mark70609 8 ай бұрын
The blocking caps are there to stop mV getting onto the volume control. This causes the volume control to sound scratchy. I had the same issue on a Trainwreck Rocket clone I built. The amp should have been built on Garolite instead of fibreboard which is crap.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
There's a different reason for that. Long story short, it only happens when the trem is engaged, and it's because they went with seemingly arbitrarily reduced dropper resistor values.
@andersbarfodsvaneskolan9378 8 ай бұрын
with a GZ34 rectifier and 330VAC on the primary this is going to have high plate voltages.. If you intend running 6l6 tubes in there I guess you will have to increase the power rating from 5W to 10w on that 270 ohm cathode resistor.. And the amp should put out at least 20 watts with the 6l6GC tubes and the new transformer so the alnico blue might blow when you dime the amp.. The alnico blue is ok in a dual EL84 cathode biased AC15.. I think you can get 17 fairly "clean" watts out a cathode biased pair of EL84 but with some 5 % harmonic distortion in the signal..
@johnbriggs3916 8 ай бұрын
He said that he was going to go with 6V6s.
@goodun2974 8 ай бұрын
I wouldn't expect much more than 20 watts output from 6L6's in this amp unless 1) the output transformer impedance and reflected impedance of the single Jensen speaker was an optimal load for 6L6's (6l6's generally prefer about half the load that 6V6's prefer, so perhaps a 4 ohm load is preferable), and 2) if the phase invertor had been desined/ optimized for driving 6L6'S. A true Princeton phase investor would be designed to drive 6V6's, an easier load than 6L6's.....
@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan 8 ай бұрын
🤗eight minutes old!
@retread1083 8 ай бұрын
2 6V6s + 2 12A*7s = 1.5A Changing from a pair of 6V6s to a pair of 6L6s adds another 0.9A so you're already at 2.4A. Add three more 12A*7 adds yet another 0.9A. Now you're at 3.3A. 10% over the rating of the 290BEX, but I wouldn't lose much sleep over that. The original transformer in this dookie was probably rated for less than 2A on the 6.3V winding. This complement of heaters would put you least 65% over the rating. 100% over, if it was rated for 1.65A (like the 290BBEX which is spec'd as a replacement for a Tweed Deluxe).
@PsionicAudio 8 ай бұрын
Deviations.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
That's the one!
@andrewhorne7443 8 ай бұрын
Hi Brad, Heater elevation. So I should completely disconnect the transformer center tap altogether and cap it? And do not separately ground it to the chassis? Just take it out of the circuit altogether and pretend it never existed? (VOX AC30)
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Here's a great article that goes into the kind of detail I can't in KZfaq comments section: www.valvewizard.co.uk/heater.html
@epsilonvonvehron5820 8 ай бұрын
I don’t understand why people want to use the old fibre board stuff, besides performance issues they just look bad when they inevitably warp. Plus the lead dress on the back of this one looked awful.
@TeleBlaster 8 ай бұрын
I want a Brad’s Guitar Garage T-shirt with “Try ‘Fluctuate’ Dickhead” written on it.
@briggsmech7038 8 ай бұрын
Just another example of a tube (sorry valve) amp built by people who dont know how tubes work. Good jub finding that extra wire. It was worth the extra work.
@Satchmoeddie 8 ай бұрын
Use droppers and install some more fans! IT'S AN ENDLESS CYCLE!!! After a couple decades or so as an electrician we electricians love to shit on other people's work. It makes the days go by faster, and in this case Lazy J have given us so much crap to work with. Coupling caps on the inputs were used on OLD amps that had mic inputs for vocals, harmonicas & accordions. Some mics used a mic preamp and that could put DC into the input. Rivera era amps often had a last little 4 uF filter cap on the first input stage anode supply. 4uF @ 450 volts is pretty much a non-stock item in my shop of horrors. I doubt Rivera actually designed ANY Fender amps during his tenure with Fender. Boy howdy them Lazy J twits shat a whole lot of extra solder through those eyelets. I suck those eyelets darn near dry then run over them with some wide lead & tin tinned Navy solder braid.
@kbirridia 8 ай бұрын
Earlier Lazy Js were definitely built better; it seems like they've gone downhill fast. While a lot of the construction methods have always been the same (the add-on reverb/tremolo, for example) this might not reflect the quality of the earlier amps (like 8-10 years ago).
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
Ill say it one more time Lazy J amps are made by Jesse Hoff in the UK... according to Guitarist magazine & Goggle...who are 100% truthful (slight exaggeration there!). When they first came out (8-10yrs ago) the mag gave em a Gold Award 5 star thingo! He makes (expensive) pedals too. Edit: Eddy Current y'day, Frenzals tday...yer into some gd music!!
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Yes, I was wrong there, but can't go back in time to re-shoot video.
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
@@BradsGuitarGarage Hahahaha! All good mate, like l gaf! Luv the channel, came here via Lyle's, it's good to hear someone speaking with the right accent & lubricating work by swearing..
@charris939 8 ай бұрын
Sad trainwreck. I think someone is having a lend.
@johnbriggs3916 8 ай бұрын
The "secret link" is truly baffling! It is as if a paranoid "designer" is so scared of someone stealing his secrets that he has disabled his own innovation. Surely, the extra node is better connected, even if it is unnecessary? The only scenario that I can come up with is that the first "designer" put in the resistor as dummy (with the secret link.) Then a colleague (in QC?) looked at the schematic and realised that the capacitor was needed to complete the node. They seem to have played themselves.
@johnbriggs3916 8 ай бұрын
Perhaps I should add that the expression "too clever by half" (which one is tempted to employ for the self-proclaimed "genius" behind Lazy J) is only possible in the English language -- other cultures have a much higher regard for cleverness.
@Curranproducer 8 ай бұрын
Why would you even need the fan? now that the PT isn't near melt down..............
@Satchmoeddie 8 ай бұрын
I think we know what the "J" stands for.
@Frankentoane 8 ай бұрын
Looks a bit like a Chinese Sengterbelle transformer
@louiscassis3426 8 ай бұрын
With a name like Lazy J what would you expect?
@fearnpol4938 8 ай бұрын
Lazy J has been trashed by a few online techs, yet Dan at TPS show thinks the sun shines out of the guys arse. Mind you he also thinks Reeves can solder and makes good pedals!!
@watkinscopicat 8 ай бұрын
Dan is possibly just too much of a nice guy all round and probably hasn’t examined these things in as much detail as Brad.
@sunnibird 8 ай бұрын
@@watkinscopicat I had no idea about any of these stuff and I've been playing for decades. Until I watched these teardowns I had no idea about the quality of my amps. Guitarists always talk about tone and just assume the big names are quality based on price.
@baabaabaa-yp2jh 8 ай бұрын
The old Reeves were gd, seeing he invented Hiwatt, all used to be mil spec & priced accordingly, not seen/played a newer one. And same with Lazy J's when they were reviewed in Guitarist mag UK they were gushed over as being the ducks guts of boutique amps!
@aquilarossa5191 8 ай бұрын
I watch TPS sometimes. Nice guys and a cool show, but they're massive cork sniffers for sure. They also insist that high headroom clean tones are the only way to go, i.e., us a pedal platform amp and get your drive tones from pedals. That's a bunch of bollocks. I much prefer boosting a dirty crunch tone, while others get all their drive tones just from the amp. It's high voltage rock'n'roll, not 9v rock'n'roll.
@rocket69218 8 ай бұрын
@@aquilarossa5191 Not defending them in the slightest, because I agree... but it is a pedal show, so it makes sense that they are all about the pedals. I had to stop watching them though, nice blokes... especially Dan but man they talk a lot of bollocks.
@thatampguy 8 ай бұрын
Predatory marketing
@KristianPage 5 ай бұрын
Why do you keep saying they are American-made? They are handmade in the UK right?
@BradsGuitarGarage 5 ай бұрын
Yeah, my bad. I think I addressed that in part 4.
@fearnpol4938 8 ай бұрын
Pretty sure LazyJ are made in England.
@fiddlix 8 ай бұрын
Hey Brad, Dan of “That Pedal Show” fame on KZfaq was shilling this ill designed amp a few years ago. I built better amps than this on my kitchen table (literally) back in the 1990s and they were much more complicated than this amp (Dumble influenced clones). I’ve seen better engineering on Mesa Boogie amps lol😂. You my friend are a legend..! I would have used a few four letter words here but I got banned from KZfaq for 24hrs. recently on another amp repair channel for using a word one time in a comment that rhymes with the word “bell”. Can you fuggin believe it…go figure..? Kudos champion. By the way, I was on the road playing electric guitar and fiddle with Jerry Reed (yes, the actor in Smokey and the Bandit and guitar playing genius) back in the early 1980s When Huey Lewis and the News hit the the scene. 😊 18:25 Let me get out of here….im showing my age now (64yrs young)…out.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
You can say whatever you bloody well want over here, mate! That would have to have been flagged by someone as far as I understand it.
@fiddlix 8 ай бұрын
@@BradsGuitarGarage All I said “this obviously ain’t your first rodeo, you obviously know what the hell you are doing” and within 15 seconds I got sent to the principals office lol. I can’t imagine anyone watching there channel that closely. I was trying to give the dickhead a compliment. I thought it must have been a KZfaq police bot or something like that. He wasn’t that good anyway. He should have stood some diodes and such off the circuit board and shit like that. Looking forward to seeing the final wrap up and play testing on this amp. Later mate.
@mnemonik61 8 ай бұрын
Lol, the more I see of this amp, the less I trust you're not going to kill yourself simply powering it on. Be safe, champion! 😅 Edit to add WHY DIDN'T THEY USE 6V6's, using 6L6's to put out 20 watts is probably an international crime, or something 🤦♂
@malliz1 8 ай бұрын
Hanger on units sounds like a sheep dag😂
@sdy30 8 ай бұрын
This has been an interesting and quite disappointing video. I have one of these amps. I’ve met the guy that builds them. I went to his house to collect mine several years ago! He’s a super nice guy and is passionate about guitar and his amps. It’s such a shame that there seems to be so many issues with it and it’s made me start to question if I want to keep mine. It is still the best sounding amp I’ve ever had for tweed and clean tones, and I’ve had many ‘top end’ valve amps in the past, including most of the usual big brands. I currently have a Tone King, a Soldano SLO and a Victory V140 and the Lazy J just sounds better than all of them for clean and tweed (nothing beats then Soldano for high gain!). I’ve always loved my Lazy J. It’s now tarnished, I’ll never look at it the same again and maybe it’s time to change it. How disappointing.
@BradsGuitarGarage 8 ай бұрын
Mate, chuck some 6V6's and a JJ's 5Y3 in there and you're golden. That will extend it's reliability significantly, allowing you to enjoy your amp without worrying & that's the name of the game!
@sdy30 8 ай бұрын
@@BradsGuitarGarage Nice suggestion, and a lot cheaper than a Bartel 😂 I’ll give it a go.
@luizdejesus6240 8 ай бұрын
I have worked on quality boutique amps like a Komet for example so they do exist. Do your homework BEFORE dishing out a stupid amount of money...
@michel333100 8 ай бұрын
If I were to buy that kind of amp I would be buying a Victoria tweed amp. Those guys have been doing tweed amps right, right from the start. 8 grand fir a tweed amp is ludicrous unless you were buying a vintage tweed Fender. Way too much shite on this amp. The originals were never made like that.
@emusandwich724 8 ай бұрын
If you can't appreciate the tonal benefits of a shorted 1.5k resistor, I'm gonna have to unsubscribe
@MrAletube 8 ай бұрын
bunch of chinese parts
@michaelmarchei8539 8 ай бұрын
Man I would be soo pissed for an 8k amp to be such a steaming pile of 💩 could buy 3 decent amps for the coin
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