Need guitar amp repair guy in Raleigh, nc.

[James Lugo]

I'm looking for someone with fast turn around time just need my vh4 biased.

???

[gammalord]

Why - recently swap power toobs?

Or is it acting funny?

[James Lugo]

Just started sounding dull so I just got all new tubes, need them installed and biased.

Know anyone?

[eastcoastnme]

Somebody either at Fat Sound in Cary or Harrys in Raleigh should be able to help. If not, let me know. I'm in Wilmington but should be able to help you locate someone up that way. Also, you should be able to put the tubes in yourself. It's not tough. And if you go to lowes or home depot and get a voltage meter, you can learn to bias it and not have to worry about this with future tube changes.

[gammalord]

If you've got to use the amp soon - you'll be ok to operate it with the new tubes - so long as you're staying with the stock el34s or 6l6s (which operate at essentially the same grid bias).

I'm not saying that a proper bias is unnecessary; rather, so long as you're maintaining consistency of type (and ideally, manufacturer) of tube - the grid bias should be no more than several mA in either direction. Not enough to send any tube into self-destruction.

+1 eastcoastnme. bias on most newer amps like your Diezel is pretty straightforward. Not like the nightmare fixed bias Fenders of old. A multimeter and some internuts browsing for values are all you'd need to lock the bias in perfectly. It will take more time getting the chassis in and out of the case than it will to bias it.