Vintage Fender Amps and Guitars (Carl Hartman's Tone Preserver)

I recently started using Carl Hartman's Tone Preserver (voltage regulator) and think you need to check it out if you want your vintage amps to run on the voltages they were designed to run on. It's compact. Your amps will sound better and run quieter. The website is http://www.vintagesoundworkbench.com/

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• Amp
• Tone
• Preserver
• Carl
• Hartman
• voltage
• regulator

[Evoken13]

millstap; i've been nterested in one of these lately and I gotta say this video is really great. Excellent job!!! I bought an early 70's Laney that has a 115V setting. Is the 6-10 volts really that much to eventually do serious harm to the amp? The price is pretty nice on this but I just want to be sure it's worth it. Thanks !!!!!

[millstap]

The good thing about this unit is you absolutely cannot hurt your amp. The $160 is a good deal nowadays. Hopefully he has not raised his price but I would expect him to soon. All of my amps run great on it. Remember that you will need to recheck the bias on your power tubes. On mine, it drops the amperage by about 3 milliamps per 6 volt drop.

[mlormans]

Thanks for all the demo's about vintage gear and how to "baby" them, it's very useful information.

You have a very impressive vintage guitar & amp collection, nice blues playin' and the vintage tones are simply awesome!!!

[millstap]

Thanks. I was looking for this type of information when I first started buying my vintage equipment and it was pretty sparse. I thought I would share the things I have learned and hopefully help someone else that is interested in these old amps. You can't beat them. I truly believe you need to turn them on just about everyday to keep them in good shape otherwise they start to act up if they sit for a long time.

[Evoken13]

thanks alot for the info !