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    Maintenance on Valvestate 8200

    I've never owned that model but it's easy! Unplug the beast, unscew the screws holding the chasis in and carefully slide it out. You'll see the tube, it'll be that glass bottle smiling back at you. The amp should have enough gain for what you're into. If anything I'd recommend dialing the...
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    Your Dream Marshall?

    a free one!!!
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    VHT or Mesa/Boogie?

    on behalf of vintager and myself the answer is YES!
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    Intermittent electric shock

    I'd be more affraid of the current traveling through my heart than a burnt lip.:(
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    My impression of the VM

    woa that was deep!
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    Tube for avt50h and avt150h

    dougstubes.com is good. That's where I got mine. He burns them in so there is less chance of premature failure; a nice service not all vendors offer. $15 for Tung Sols plus $6.65 for shipping and insurance.
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    avt50 head and 1960a cab

    red ones are JJ ecc83s. Don't get a bad taste for JJ yet/ my AVT came stock w/Chinese 9th gen. and out of curiosity I got another standard 9th gen and there was an improvement in gain straight off the bat with the new tube. I think Marshall racks up bottom of the barrel tubes, slaps their label...
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    Marshall head to Mesa cab help!

    Flippin Mega Booger! :mad:
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    AVT 150 Can you help me please

    Uhhhhhhhhh being that I only understood about half of what you said there it sounds like if you're unhappy with the internal effects than buy an effects pedal and run it through the loop.
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    Mesa/Boogie 400+ makes awful noise.

    It's making a dreadful noise because it's a Mega Booger of course.
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    Tube Misconception

    soooo where's the misconception?
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    DSL-401 and stompboxes: bad idea?

    Nothing will put a chink in the chain like a stomp box. Adjust your settings!
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    Metallica tone?

    Anything on their first two albums such as rtl as u mentioned is all Marshall other than Kirk using a stomp box which was a stupid move. Nothing other than a Marshall can nail a Marshall. :headbanger: BTW I've been gone a while guys, I've been busy being miserable and drowning my sorrows...
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    best pickups for a floyd rose

    EMG's have LESS magnetism than passives. They don't get muddy, the distortion is well defined on mid to high gain settings, however they breakup faster than passives on cleaner settings due to the higher output. A good way around that is the 81 tw. Personally I can get good clean sounds from...
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    Scales and licks

    You misunderstood me. I understand the difference between scales and modes. With personal opinions and semantics aside the math is there. From Major to Locrian the formula FROM Major to Dorian is one degree up all the way back to Locrian to Major when using the same notes. They are all...
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    Scales and licks

    Yes but blues scales are just variations of the Major and Minor tonalities. I don't think it deserves a special #3. :hippie: How you choose to voice it is another subject. And "modal playing" and exotic scales (within Western music) are just variations branched off of Major, Minor and the...
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    Scales and licks

    The Keys of A,G,E etc will give you the same sounds just higher or lower in pitch. If you want to get some different sounding stuff then use different modes like Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, or Locrian. Ionian (Major) and Aeolian (Minor) are used all the time. Also I don't like...
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    best pickups for a floyd rose

    You'll get more sustain using actives than passives. Being active the pickups are super sensitive to any vibration. The biggest problem I've had was that it was picking up the tremolo springs in the back of my guitar after putting my hand across the strings to shut them up. This was after...
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    need a bedroom amp

    Don't waste your time with that rubbish get the attenuator. I've gone the little ss route for 2am jams. The real waste of money is buying a little POS you'll use a few times then stuff away in the closet. The attenuator will get more use, from small gigs, bedroom jamming, etc. and of course...
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    DSL 100 problem !!

    Get a new tech.

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