Hi, I'm new to this forum, so I figured I'd start things off in typical newbie fashion by reviving an old thread that has long-since been abandoned and forgotten.
My avatar isn't me, but whoever it is, he shure looks pretty damn cool, so I am him from now on, okay? I look just like him, anyway, and I even like to play the six-string to an audience of hanging rocks. Man, you guys are gonna' love me.
Anyway, I just picked up a Bellari Tube preamp off of ebay. I had it sent to a guy in Washingon, whom I met on another online forum. The deal is Bellari tube preamps are designed the right way for the most part; REAL full (not starved) voltage to the plate with a transformer input.
They basically just load it up with a heaping, smelly crap-pile of cheap parts. So anyway, I got some Burr-brown opamps, a Jensen transfromer, and - this is pretty cool - got a hold of some NOS vintage Tung-Sol tubes. From what I have heard, replacing these parts will make it in to a respectable tube preamp, as opposed to it's "piece of crap" status it would otherwise enjoy.
If it doesn't work out, then I figure at least I can have another box I can drive really hard for some nasty effects . . . and I suppose I will have learned a few things.
BTW - What's up with the "Gear Interested" stuff? dfegad