dammit dammit dammit!
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So... they sent the amp with the tubes in the sockets? I guess that's a broken EL34 resting in the frame of the Celestion Classic Lead 80? Where are the other EL34s?
Did you buy this new or used, from a private party or authorized VHT vendor? Have you contacted the sender yet?
I can't believe anyone ships amps with the tubes installed, let alone hanging upside down in the sockets.
Did you buy this new or used, from a private party or authorized VHT vendor? Have you contacted the sender yet?
I can't believe anyone ships amps with the tubes installed, let alone hanging upside down in the sockets.
The one stuck to the speaker was a mesa tube from what I can read on the broken glass pieces. The other three are just gone, I don't know where they went or what happened to them. It arrived like this from UPS from a guitar center about halfway across the country. The box looked like it had been hit by a truck. I don't know what moron would ship an amp with the tubes in the sockets either but the lack of debris suggests they shipped it with only one tube in it. God knows if they were running it on one tube in the store. I have to call the store tomorrow to see if they'll ship some replacement tubes, I called today but the person I needed to talk to had already left for the day. I am really hoping thats the extent of the damage, the rest of the amp looks pretty good and I hope once I get tubes in it that it fires up.
That sucks! Nice amp though. Is that a Classic Combo?
I love my VHT.
I love my VHT.
Sorry to see your problem... but I could have used that picture a few days ago. Some guy asked if he should remove his power tubes before he shipped his amp out... I recomended he wrap them seperately... lots of people said "No way, there's never ever a problem."
Its a CL 100. I pulled it all apart to clean up the broken glass and noticed a few things that were odd. There is a 1/4 inch jack on the underside of the chassis behind the reverb plugs, no clue what its for? There are also some sort of holders on the inside wall of the cabinet, you can see one of them on the far right side of the pic I posted, what are these? Spare tube holders?
elduave
New member
Orange, Hughes & Kettner, Fender, Hiwatt, Marshall and countless other factories ship with tubes installed.
Those are spare tube holders.
Don't see many CL's in a combo. That's very cool.
I think GC had one not too long ago in their used
section. Good luck!
Don't see many CL's in a combo. That's very cool.
I think GC had one not too long ago in their used
section. Good luck!
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The input jack on the botom of the chassis may contain a bias pot.
G/C shipping is the worst. Good luck getting any help from them, but if you explain that there was only one power tube in it, you may get a set of tubes from them.
This arrived from a distant G/C about a year ago. Cabinet destroyed, chassis ripped out, tubes broken, chassis beat up. I ened up negotiating a lower price and fixing it myself, but I went through a local store that I've done alot of business with. Good Luck
G/C shipping is the worst. Good luck getting any help from them, but if you explain that there was only one power tube in it, you may get a set of tubes from them.
This arrived from a distant G/C about a year ago. Cabinet destroyed, chassis ripped out, tubes broken, chassis beat up. I ened up negotiating a lower price and fixing it myself, but I went through a local store that I've done alot of business with. Good Luck
Surfanarchist
New member
I picked up a Mese Lonestar Special fom a guy about a month ago. Shipped with the tubes installed it looked fine when I got it. Unbeknownst to me though one of the EL84's had lost vacum. I played it for about 30 seconds when the 63 ohm resister above the tube smoked. The amp was packed well and it looked really good when I unpacked and set it up. The tube may have been ready to go anyway but I suspect the shipping put it over the edge. Bottom line - from now on I'll make sure the tubes are removed and packed carefully if/when I buy another used amp.
Could be a bias pot. Don't know about all VHT's but some VHT's the biasThe input jack on the botom of the chassis may contain a bias pot.
G/C shipping is the worst. Good luck getting any help from them, but if you explain that there was only one power tube in it, you may get a set of tubes from them.
This arrived from a distant G/C about a year ago. Cabinet destroyed, chassis ripped out, tubes broken, chassis beat up. I ened up negotiating a lower price and fixing it myself, but I went through a local store that I've done alot of business with. Good Luck
pot is on the circuit board accessed through a little hole and is labeled
bias.
Hamer95USA
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Hey jason91,
Cool VHT CL 2x12 combo amp!! I'm sorry to see that it wasn't packed up properly, the tube were left installed in the amp, and that the amp wasn't packaged properly for shipping. I would either have the seller pay for new power tubes, speaker recone, and any other damage issues from shipping or return the amp to the seller for a complete refund. I really hate it when a seller doesn't take the time or effort to properly package the amp and it gets damaged while in transit. I hope you're able to resolve the issues with the seller. Good luck!!
Concerning the amp, the tube holder clip located in the rear of the amp on the right side is meant to hold a 12AX7WB preamp tube since V1 on VHT amps use that preamp tube. I have a VHT Pitbull 45/12 combo amp and Steve Fryette (owner of Fryette Amps, formerly VHT Amps) provided that information for me.
Guitar George
I would contact Steve Fryette of Fryette Amps (formerly VHT Amps) to find out what that 1/4" jack on the underside of the chassis is for. I suspect it's for the reverb tank. Here is his contact information so you can resolve your issue with the amp:
http://www.sfdamp.com/contact.html
I hope this helps you out with your amp.
Guitar George
Cool VHT CL 2x12 combo amp!! I'm sorry to see that it wasn't packed up properly, the tube were left installed in the amp, and that the amp wasn't packaged properly for shipping. I would either have the seller pay for new power tubes, speaker recone, and any other damage issues from shipping or return the amp to the seller for a complete refund. I really hate it when a seller doesn't take the time or effort to properly package the amp and it gets damaged while in transit. I hope you're able to resolve the issues with the seller. Good luck!!
Concerning the amp, the tube holder clip located in the rear of the amp on the right side is meant to hold a 12AX7WB preamp tube since V1 on VHT amps use that preamp tube. I have a VHT Pitbull 45/12 combo amp and Steve Fryette (owner of Fryette Amps, formerly VHT Amps) provided that information for me.
Guitar George
Hey Jason01,
I would contact Steve Fryette of Fryette Amps (formerly VHT Amps) to find out what that 1/4" jack on the underside of the chassis is for. I suspect it's for the reverb tank. Here is his contact information so you can resolve your issue with the amp:
http://www.sfdamp.com/contact.html
I hope this helps you out with your amp.
Guitar George
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I talked to the guitar center I got it from and they're sending me a new set of power tubes, hopefully thats the extent of the damage. It was a used amp so its impossible to say what damage was on it before they boxed it up. The manager was nice about it and I didn't even have to yell/cry/bend over or anything. He said he'd played the amp in the store and it sounded great and figured an employee must have cannibalized/stolen the tubes for something. Their pack job was pretty decent minus leaving the tubes in it but that box took some hard damage in transit. Three of the corners had good sized holes in them and the whole side was crumpled. Hopefully it all turns out well.
Sorry about your amp! Big VHT fan here.
I recently received a Tech 21 Power Engine 60 from FedEx. The magnet had broken away from the speaker and wrecked havoc inside the cabinet. The seller, Tech 21, and WGS speakers came through, though, and the amp is back to normal. FedEx eventually sent the seller the default 100 bucks, too.
I recently received a Tech 21 Power Engine 60 from FedEx. The magnet had broken away from the speaker and wrecked havoc inside the cabinet. The seller, Tech 21, and WGS speakers came through, though, and the amp is back to normal. FedEx eventually sent the seller the default 100 bucks, too.