Tube amplifiers
Vintage and modern tube amps, heads and combos. Hum, crackle, dead channels, blown fuses, weak output, and the slow fade that comes from tired filter caps.
Guitar amp and pedal repair from someone who builds them.
Tube amps, vintage gear and effects pedals, diagnosed and repaired on the bench, then played before they go home.
What comes across the bench
Pedals and effects
Scratchy pots, broken jacks, failed footswitches, power problems and intermittent signal. Boutique builds, vintage units and the pedal that quit mid-gig.
Custom and kit builds
Finishing a kit that never worked right, or building something new from the chassis up. Eyelet and turret boards, wired point to point.
Common repairs
If it’s not listed, ask. Most problems come down to a handful of parts that wear out with heat, time and gigging.
Tube amps hold dangerous voltages even when unplugged. Please don’t open the chassis to look around before sending it in.
- Full diagnostic and bench test
- Filter cap replacement and recaps
- Power and preamp tube replacement
- Bias checks and adjustment
- Hum, buzz and noise hunting
- Crackling pots, jacks and switches
- Reverb and effects loop problems
- Output transformer and power supply faults
- Pedal jack, switch and power repair
- Cleanup of previous repair work
How a repair works
- 1
Email me
Tell me the make and model, what it is doing, and when it started.
- 2
Get it to the bench
We sort out drop-off or shipping by email.
- 3
Diagnosis and quote
I find the fault and send you a quote before any repair work starts.
- 4
Repair and play test
Fixed, then run and played at volume before it goes back to you.
From the bench
Something not sounding right?
Send a short description of the problem and I’ll get back to you.
Email messick.dan@gmail.com