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Hello all,

I've got a lovely Fender DSP90 amp which is great but is looking a little tired these days

I went to see Placebo last week and Brian Molko had had similar looking amps but with brilliant white casing which looked awesome,so i'm thinking of spraying mine. I'm just wandering though before I do it if it will have any effect on the amp's sound? Obviously I wont be spraying the grille or anything because that would just be stupid :rolleyes:

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Hello all,

I've got a lovely Fender DSP90 amp which is great but is looking a little tired these days

I went to see Placebo last week and Brian Molko had had similar looking amps but with brilliant white casing which looked awesome,so i'm thinking of spraying mine. I'm just wandering though before I do it if it will have any effect on the amp's sound? Obviously I wont be spraying the grille or anything because that would just be stupid :rolleyes:

 

It won't - make sure you remove the chassis from the amp cab first to prevent paint getting into the electronics

 

you might be able to remove the grille and speaker too.

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It won't - make sure you remove the chassis from the amp cab first to prevent paint getting into the electronics

 

you might be able to remove the grille and speaker too.

 

thanks James,it looks like the grille and speaker come out too so it should be a pretty easy job

i'm tempted to change the grille while i'm at it,it's got a silver one at the moment but i'm thinking the white case with an oxblood grille would look tasty :)

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thanks James,it looks like the grille and speaker come out too so it should be a pretty easy job

i'm tempted to change the grille while i'm at it,it's got a silver one at the moment but i'm thinking the white case with an oxblood grille would look tasty :)

 

YES

 

Or a black grille maybe? I always though 'oxblood' looked better with creme colored tolex..sort of like this

 

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/5/4/8/265548.jpg

 

 

Oh I don't know :phu: haha

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It'll add some weight to it. No doubt it'll affect the tone in some way.

 

shouldn't add much weight at all. it's only chrome plating.

 

Well I mean would it effect it in a negative way, so much that it would be the deciding factor on whether to get it done or not?

 

Is there any certain way it should be done? I was looking for companies in Ireland and only really found like car companys which chrome bumpers and the likes, so assuming they agreed to do it would it be ok?

 

AND when getting it done, would i have to dis-assemble it? Not too confident with that kind of stuff. :stunned:

 

EDIT: Turns out my uncle owns a big garage and could probably chrome it for me, but same questions.

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I'm changing my string gauge on my strat from 9's to 10's(d'addarrio).

How much setup do I need to to adjust?

 

You'd need to tighten the springs in the trem cavity, tighten the truss rod a small amount and probably move the saddles back slightly.

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Well I mean would it effect it in a negative way, so much that it would be the deciding factor on whether to get it done or not?

 

Is there any certain way it should be done? I was looking for companies in Ireland and only really found like car companys which chrome bumpers and the likes, so assuming they agreed to do it would it be ok?

 

AND when getting it done, would i have to dis-assemble it? Not too confident with that kind of stuff. :stunned:

 

EDIT: Turns out my uncle owns a big garage and could probably chrome it for me, but same questions.

 

Chrome painting and chrome plating are very different. Companies that do the chrome plating charge over £300 for it. It's a pretty specialist thing.

Apparently you can get decent results with chrome paint, but it has to be done really well.

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OHAI!

 

I was in maplin today, and noticed they're selling off their rack mounted power amps. I know they're for like, a dj setup (cos they had a pack with that, a PA speaker, and something else). Anyway, 3 quick questions.

1. If i get a decent Preamp (like maybe the marshall rackmount one or something) could i plug it into this power amp?

2. Would it sound fail, or does all the sexy sounds come from the preamp?

3. I'd need a nice speaker cab for that then, right?

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OHAI!

 

I was in maplin today, and noticed they're selling off their rack mounted power amps. I know they're for like, a dj setup (cos they had a pack with that, a PA speaker, and something else). Anyway, 3 quick questions.

1. If i get a decent Preamp (like maybe the marshall rackmount one or something) could i plug it into this power amp?

2. Would it sound fail, or does all the sexy sounds come from the preamp?

3. I'd need a nice speaker cab for that then, right?

 

1) yes

2) mostly the nice sounds come from the preamp. i have used PA power amps with my jmp-1, it was fine, my marshall el84 20/20 tube power amp (guitar specific) does sound a bit better (tube, eh) but there wasnt really anything wrong with it.

3) yes you would need a speaker... lol. a normal guitar speaker cab should suffice, as long as you dont try and run a 2000w power amp at full into a dual 75w speaker cab.

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