Looks like a KMD GV100. Solid state preamp and tube power amp. One of my local customers used to use one of those with a Boss Metal Zone and nail Pantera tones.
Jerry
KMD made amps that were solid state, hybrids, and tube. I've played them all and they sound pretty good. Their solid state amps have a killer Marshall crunch for classic rock. Bon Jovi played the...
Peavey is shipping the 6505's with Ruby 6L6's and JJ 12AX7's with a Sovtek 12AX7LPS in the phase inverter spot. They did use Sovek 6L6's for a while and EH 12AX7's.
The JJ 6L6's used to sound great...
The Engl Fireball has a decent tone but to my ears the amp lacks punch and dynamics. They are built pretty cheap, on par with Peavey and newer Marshall stuff. They aren't any high end amp. They...
More than likely you had a power tube short and blow a fuse. The amp has a bunch of fuses inside. New tubes and a fuse should get you up and running again.
It works because they both do the same thing, take the signal out after the preamp and return signal before the power amp section of the amp. The difference is the loop will knock the level down to...
The AOR's came two ways, one version had a preamp out and power amp in jack, this is not a loop. This is for sending the preamp signal out to a slave amp or running an external preamp into the AOR....
I only played it briefly to see if it worked. I did notice the pots that were changed were the wrong pots. The filter caps were leaking too. Other than that I didn't see anything wrong with it. I...
It's still sitting in the corner here! I started to work on it, but I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to finish it. Graham from Ed Gein wants to buy it from me if I ever finish it.
Jerry
I would take it to a tech. It's impossible to say what happened without having the amp in front of me, but I can guarantee the repair is not something for anyone that's not familiar with the...
I doubt it's a tube, but if you have any spares kicking around it certainly can't hurt to try swapping them. Sounds like it might have been banged around during shipping and caused something to come...
I prefer the 5150 tone myself. I find the XXX to have a tighter, more focused, buzzsaw type gain, while the 5150 is thick and chunky.
The new Windsor that's coming out soon is supposed to be pretty...
The VTM is a very cool amp. It has a lot in common with the Marshall 2203. The VTM has an effects loop and a bunch of DIP switches on the front that switch in various amp mod type things to change...