Hey there! Is there any detail guide for these mods?

Did you have to pull the board to change R53, or were you able to solder it in place from the top side?

He did a reverb tank vid, sounds like you missed it???

@@shckltnebay I thought that might have just been a teaser. Lol!

You didnt miss much!!!

@@shckltnebay ?

@@taylornutt You probably got the better amp, got it?

@@shckltnebay Understood. I think they are two of the better amps in the line.

I haven't seen Doug's video. I can't think of a reason it would be "bad" for the amp (so long as you add a parallel resistor to the Intensity pot so the tubes cannot lose their bias reference) but it's really difficult to get a deep trem that doesn't thud with 6L6s. This 68CPR has a fairly shallow trem depth as a result.

Thanks. Holding it steady and swiveling my chair. ;) I don’t have a gimble. It’s not a bad idea as in “unsafe” - it’s just hard to get it deep without throbbing.

They don’t. EU models have a solid state emulation done on a daughter board.

JJs go microphonic in combos. The TADs are a better choice.

@@PsionicAudio Sweet, It looks like I can get them here in Australia too. Did you find that the Pro Reverb having a solid state rectifier still feels similar in attack/"sag" to say a Deluxe Reverb that has the tube rectifier?

@@PsionicAudio Yes I can confirm that a pair of TAD 6L6WGC-STR Redbase Power tubes have finally solved my tube rattle issues in this amp. Never buying JJ's again.. I also found that the neo cream back (at least in my case) can't handle this amp and turns into a mess of mechanical vibration when playing a low E string at any volume past 5. that's with the speaker completely out of the cabinet and on its own. I solved this issue by replacing it with a vintage 30. Though the neo cream back works and sounds great in my blues junior instead.

Wasn't necessary - they have a voltage divider there. But it was something I had to check.

You can see Lyle's response to Michael Smith's version of this question, elsewhere in these comments.

@@erajad thanks

Maybe double check your bias readings? I had a used HW65 Dlx Rev and the bias pot was maxed by the previous owner who sold it cause the trem was weak, lowered the bias to the proper range and it fixed the weak trem issue. I have a 2022 68 Custom Pro and it is very quiet with none of these noise issues. Swapped out the Neo asap

​@@dougwerner4588 Yeah you are right Doug, I also had the Bias set (60% dissipation) for the new set of power tubes and that's what has made the trem weaker, so interestingly, judging by the original depth of the tremolo the amp must have been Bias set at around 45-50% dissipation from the factory, very cool Biasing.. I have since bought a Euro Tubes Pro One Bias Tool and set the Bias myself @ 70% for a little earlier tube breakup. unfortunately though, my tremolo is very weak compared to the cooler Bias settings, I might go back down to 60% soon, but even at 60% the tremolo was still substantially weaker than the stock Bias setting, I do really love playing finger style blues on the strat with that deep , slow throb of the tube tremolo and plenty of the delicious spring reverb..

This amp has a dual tap setup like a HRD. The NFB is connected to the 4 ohm tap.

@@PsionicAudio oh damn yes, you're right, my bad

You could have a look at "Stuart ukguitarampguy"s channel for his (dire) experience of a Bassbreaker repair. My hunch is either the AC15 or the Blues Jr. would be infinitely preferable from a tech-fix point of view....