@frocesterbill You could still get a bill in the post for the import duties etc...You might be lucky? Since I been using them I think they might have forgot once...let us know!!

Yes - by DHL - maybe I was just lucky - but 8 orders in a year - some only $10-20 others were $100. Wouldn't have ordered the $10-20 ones as shipping would probably double that.

I have been using them quite a bit and haven't got done or customs charges yet. Now that's interesting @frocesterbill!!! I wonder if there's a link between their membership & free shipping arrang...

Also look at Axminster Tools - they have router bits and different bearing sizes - might be able to find a combo there that works. It could also be worth paying the StewMac membership (about $30) as y...

I have to preface this by saying that I've never routed binding channels ... If you'd routing the channels *after* you've carved the top, then the challenge will be keeping the router base perpendic...

My planned archtop is going to require lots of binding, which requires lots of Precision Routing. My lovely partner (for it is she) has a Dremel MultiPro she says I can borrow. And StewMac (sigh) have...

Great song Eddie!

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You mean you spent some time over the border in England ??? Yes, to Newcastle for the ferry back to Holland. But we also had some sunshine in Scotland. The sunny end of the video was filmed in Ullapp...

D'oh! It's going to help if I manage to get the amp model correct. Sorry @frocesterbill. 🙁 Cube 40 gx. Attachment : 20200914_164555.jpg

That component (IC27) looks like it might be a voltage regulator - that is a more recent amp than the one I found a schematic for - looks like it has DSPs for effects an poss amp models - bung a pictu...

@frocesterbill @rocknroller912 Couple of pics of the innards ... I think this is the main amp board (the other board hosts the various inputs & controls from the front panel of the amp. Nothing o...

Thanks @frocesterbill @rocknroller912 I've no idea how old the amp is, but I'd say "a fair few years". However, it's in good condition, so it's not had a hard life. There's no signs of external dama...

Great stuff guys and the reason why I set up the original post...it’s not just about making it also about playing guitars (ok ok and bass...) Watching and listening to the stuff posted here makes me ...

@tv1010101 I would agree with the other comment, hissing sounds like a capacitor failure. Large value capacitors have an electrolyte which could be overheating and boiling. If it's a coupling capacito...

How old is the amp? Electrolytic capacitors age and fail - they are the largish tubular things - the tops bulge at first and then may burst open. Bad soldered joints can cause problems - if the amp h...

Hmmmmm. PlanA is looking good @frocesterbill !! Apparently (ie according to the previous owner) the amp had started hissing/buzzing when switched on, but then it'd settle down and work OK, for a while...

It could be something simple like a fuse - it could be a failed soldered joint on the PCB - bad component.... I have a Cube 60 schematic (circuit diagram) in front of me - there is a preamp out and ma...

Cheers @rocknroller912. I'll look at it more closely when I get some time over the next couple of days and try to spot anything obvious. If nothing obvious then I'll probably just revert to planA and...

@tv1010101 Amps usually pass a signal through different stages to get up to full power, first a pre amp then the main power part, which I'm sure you already know. It sounds like you are getting only t...