SuperBee
706 posts
Dec 13, 2012
6:23 PM
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I'm retiring from performing for a while, maybe a couple of years. That's the plan at the moment anyway.
Thing is, I've got a bunch of amps, and at least 3 of them I don't want to part with. My DeVille, and my Princeton Reverb especially have taken a while to get sorted and i feel i will want them or their ilk in future. wondering what are the main things I should attend to in putting these into storage. Should they be switched on and played through from time to time?
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Oisin
992 posts
Dec 13, 2012
6:45 PM
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Ship them to me here in the UK and I'll look after them for you SuperBee.
I'm not an amp expert but my Dad played a lot of music in the 60's, 70's and 80's and last year we took an old Carlboro valve amp head and cab out of the loft where it had been stored since about 1985 and it played fine when we switched it on. Not a very good amp for harp but excellent for guitar. That's my only experience with amp storage. WE were probably lucky it didn't blow up.
He told me he also has a tape echo unit somewhere (I think he said it was called a Copycat or Black cat) but we couldn't find it. I think that might sound nice with harp though.
You're not giving up harp all together are you?
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Oisin
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rbeetsme
965 posts
Dec 13, 2012
6:52 PM
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I found a large AV flight case at a garage sale a few years back, paid 10 bucks for it, didn't have an pplication for it, until this week. While cleaning up and consolidating some gear, I discovered that both of my Gibson GA20's fit nicely. I have it stored in my equipment closet/office with some other gear on top. I'm not planning to retire them, but nice safe storage till I play out again. Better than stacking amps.
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wolfkristiansen
153 posts
Dec 13, 2012
7:01 PM
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Hi SuperBee-- I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but Dave Vidal, a great tube amp tech in Vancouver, told me something years ago that stuck with me-- "Don't store your amp anywhere you wouldn't sleep". I took it out of the basement that night.
And yes, I fire up my '62 Fender Concert once in a while, just to make sure it's working, although I rarely use it any more. Nobody told me to do this, but it makes sense.
Cheers,
wolf kristiansen
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Greg Heumann
1888 posts
Dec 13, 2012
10:59 PM
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You do not need to keep the caps charged. Just keep it dry.
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/Greg
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SuperBee
707 posts
Dec 14, 2012
1:13 AM
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OK, i'll keep them tucked away in a spare room and not worry too much. wont be much different to how it is now really, except i guess i'll sell a few of those i don't care for so much.
yeah, i expect i'll come back to it, but family have to come first...my folks have just reached a stage where they cant care for themselves properly anymore...and i'm sole parent of my teenage daughter, so i find it too hard to give weekends to gigs. i'm no spring chicken myself...
i'd heard something about the caps deteriorating if left unused too long also JD, hence my question
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