How to Make Bias Probe Bases Out of Bad Vacuum Tubes - IMPROVED METHOD 

Very Cool, Next Video How to Use Them 🙂

nice choice of podcast

I was happy to see the hot glue considering you hadn't smoothed out the broken glass (with a Dremel and sanding bit) left behind after the modification you made to the tubes. Nicely done.

Cool, I have some tubes that were suspected bad/replaced for sanity sake since I'm not the original owner of my amps, got a nifty DIY for testing tubes that isn't expensive?

Ah ! The Old Smash And Grab !

Thanks Norman. Keep the tube dream alive.

No problemo, made loud to be played loud.

The glass is also a nutritious snack for said kids.

@@TheGuitologist Right you are, sir. Back in my day, before they invented that fancy rock candy, we ate glass. And we liked it!

"As an added bonus, the broken glass makes a great toy for kids of all ages! Christmas is right around the corner." Irwin Mainway approves!

@@sski Ah! When SNL was actually funny.

@@TheAxe4Ever Yup!

(Let's Go) Brandenburg Concerto #4 - JS Bach

@@TheGuitologist thanks

@@TheGuitologist very cool subliminal...😎

You can still get bases. Much easier, neater and far less mess 😎

I have some of those. I just chose to salvage the bad 6550 bases to get my money's worth out of the fuckers. I had to buy them, after all.

@@TheGuitologist Yeah, I sympathize with your take on them seeing what you went through. I never had a problem with them but that don't mean I'm immune. I think you have shown a great DIY method here that some tech's maybe would not think of right off the bat... quick and dirty!

@@TheGuitologist 🤣🤣

Based and redplated

Hello Brain

It’s doable.

@@TheGuitologist Brad, in the future I`d like you to be the one to repair my beloved Samick acoustic electric guitar if you are willing. She deserves saving for a future picker and I`d like to be able to perform with her again. I bought a new Dean koa wood acoustic electric and a very cheap 100 dollar one for alternative tunings during live performances in the future, but Traci is making me feel very guilty sitting in the corner alone and worn out. A drunk guy ripped the wiring out so there`s just a hole where she plugs in and the frets are gone. I wore her out over a 20 year period and she`s the guitar I learned on. If you agree and give me an estimate I`ll try to figure out the rest. I`m on a small disability income but have some money in the bank to use to get my trailer moved and set up and there should be enough left over to knock a dent in it. I want a good person to fix this guitar and that`s what you are. I know you care and will do it right. It would be cool if you made a video about the repair. When I was playing drums and singing in bands in the 1990s this guitar was the acoustic we used from around 1995 until 1999 I think, then it was given to me when I could no longer keep traveling and playing due to my mother getting sick. This guitar saved my life and got me through a very difficult time of severe depression. It`s a living being to me. I want it put back in good shape so someone will care about it and use it when I`m gone.

Save microphonic ones too. They may work fine in some circuits and not others.

The pins connect straight across: 1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 etc. Except the plate pins (for 6L6, 6V6 family of tubes), which are left open, and the cathode pin gets a small bent wire to hook on a probe later for measuring plate voltage and bias resistor values, etc.

The trick is to completely pulverize into tiny bits before swallowing.

MICA

Yep.

Haha!! I was thinking the same thing 😂!!

@@TheGuitologist 👍 Stay free, B. R 🍻 😎 🌠