OHMS!!!! I haven't been playing my guitars for a few weeks after I got really pissed when I set my bias to 33mv (JJ 6L6's), checked a few days later (few hours of playing), and they were all evenly down to about 18mv. Couldn't figure out why, reset them to 33, and every module sounded like ****. After an hour of messing with it, stomped off in a huff and haven't entered studio since.
Today I couldn't sleep so I figured I'm already mad, the amp can't make it much worse. Warmed it all up, checked it, and it was still right around 33, still sounded like ****, and I was thinking about how much to ask for my shitty sounding modules!! Then I looked at my meter... DOH!! on the 200 ohm setting. Switched to MV, and bias was set to 56-57mv on all tubes.. reset to 33mv, and all is right with the world.. I didn't even know the test points would read in ohms, not to mention near what the MV reading should be...
Moral to the story - don't have one.. I'm apparently just a jackass!!
Today I couldn't sleep so I figured I'm already mad, the amp can't make it much worse. Warmed it all up, checked it, and it was still right around 33, still sounded like ****, and I was thinking about how much to ask for my shitty sounding modules!! Then I looked at my meter... DOH!! on the 200 ohm setting. Switched to MV, and bias was set to 56-57mv on all tubes.. reset to 33mv, and all is right with the world.. I didn't even know the test points would read in ohms, not to mention near what the MV reading should be...
Moral to the story - don't have one.. I'm apparently just a jackass!!