I bought a Marshall '62 Bluesbreaker reissue, purportedly in mint condition. While the amp hasn't yet arrived, yesterday I unexpectedly received new tubes from the seller. He chose to ship it without tubes. Am I correct in understanding that I now need to have the amp rebiased?
My local shop has a three week turnaround on rebiasing and a shop in Denver (90 min. drive with traffic) says they can turn it around in a week. Is rebiasing something I can easily do myself with rebiasing probes? Do most/many tube amp owners know how to rebias their own amps?
Finally, was shipping without the tubes and sending new tubes a nice gesture or a dick-move that should be treated with some suspicion? 'Cause if I have to drive 90 mins each-way, twice, and wait a week to use the amp, it feels more like a dick move than a nice gesture.
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I bought a Marshall '62 Bluesbreaker reissue, purportedly in mint condition. While the amp hasn't yet arrived, yesterday I unexpectedly received new tubes from the seller. He chose to ship it without tubes. Am I correct in understanding that I now need to have the amp rebiased?
My local shop has a three week turnaround on rebiasing and a shop in Denver (90 min. drive with traffic) says they can turn it around in a week. Is rebiasing something I can easily do myself with rebiasing probes? Do most/many tube amp owners know how to rebias their own amps?
Finally, was shipping without the tubes and sending new tubes a nice gesture or a dick-move that should be treated with some suspicion? 'Cause if I have to drive 90 mins each-way, twice, and wait a week to use the amp, it feels more like a dick move than a nice gesture.
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