It all started…
With the first tube amp in 1975. Yep, I was ten years old & had no clue what to do with it, other than play my electric guitar through it. On some nights, it would pick up an AM radio station out of Ohio somewhere. Took 30 years to understand the science behind it (there are more than one). Skip ahead to 1994, when I worked as an electronics mechanic for the Kansas National Guard. They hired me to rid them of a backlog of workorders, which took two weeks. But there I learned how to solder, read schematics, use counters, signal generators, oscilloscopes, etc. Also worked for a year in their calibration lab, where we tweaked and repaired testing equipment. After a while I could fix anything, as long as I had the schematic (on microfiche back in those days). The road left electronics and into computers, but I always played around with electronics. In 2020-ish I built a Fender Champ clone from just a schematic, and folks started asking if I could fix their stuff.. and as they say, the rest is history.
How it (usually) works...
We usually work through local music stores in Lawrence, but you’re more than welcome to email us directly. We have day jobs, and our shop is very small (and in the basement) so we can only accommodate three projects at one time. The good news is we don’t need to charge an arm and a leg to make a living. This is more of a hobby (and therapy).
About tube amps...
They are like classic cars, they require maintenance (wait, what?) Tubes don’t always last forever, and electrolytic capacitors (more on another page about them) should be replaced every ten-ish years.