Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 18 issue with effects loop.
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Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 18 issue with effects loop.

Sorry for no video as I didnt think it was necessary.

I have this H&K18. Had all the tubes tested, checked the power amp itself, checked all my patch cables. Every time I plug into the return jack in the effects loop of the amp, my clean volume cuts to nothing. The dirty channel will engage a tiny bit of volume but thats it. When nothing is in the effects loop its fine. But the issue is I use a very nasty distortion and I need my noise gate in the effects loop because it cant handle all that gain.

Google says it can be a corroded jack or something as the other issues that it could be seem to not be the case. Is there anything I can do before I have to shell out for some big repair? This is my bedroom amp and its perfect for this.

u/Duellly — 11 days ago

Just a quick question before I purchase my first Orange.

Hey gang. Just a quick question about choosing one of these amps.

Right now the only tube head ive ever had and still use is a Hughes and Kettner Tubemiester 18. I plan to keep it for bedroom practice. What im wondering though is what I should go for in the 1k-2k price range (perferably less than 2). This would be an amp for band practice and a live show setting.

Ive been eyeing the Super Crush 100 because of its dirty channel. Not sure which others have something like that. As I run a pretty standard HM-2 style distortion tone. I run an Boss SD1 (level and tone knob only) into a Boss HM2w (and Left Hand Wrath before I bought the HM2w) with an NS2 through my effects loop. I get the best result with my Hughes and Ketter dirty channel on as that seems to be how HM2 style pedals like to be ran. Im a big fan of Trap Them and bands like that. Their guitarist uses a mix of Orange Amps and the Ampeg V4.

Will this amp be good for something like that or is there a different option that would be better?

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u/Duellly — 2 months ago

How the fuck do I fix this?? Capcom??

I've tried everything. Un-installed and reinstalled, cycled router 4 times, power cycled console ect. No other game is having issues. Internet is perfect. I've joined offline and tried connecting via Alma. Nothing works and I just paid $85 + gamepass to play it.

u/Duellly — 3 months ago

Doing a small Night Lords project. How's my first one? (About half done).

Gotta fix the highlight on his shoulder skull, change the plasma color, add wear and tear to the armor as well as a lightning bolt or two. And obviously do the base but after that I'll officially be a Night Lords enjoyer. Thoughts and critiques? I also went a little overboard on dabbing some blood on the flesh cloth out front. I'm new to the makeup sponge tech haha.

u/Duellly — 4 months ago

Go listen to Rights Abuse right now. New sXe Hardcore from New York. Show em some love.

Just dropped an EP and it's straight gas 💣💥

u/Duellly — 4 months ago

Is this an okay look for my armor? (Test scheme)

Just wondering how this looks or how I could make it better. It's a black prime with sponged on Kantor Blue, then a bit of Caledor Sky and then a little Teclis Blue. Added some scratches and marks to test where to put them and how bright they should be. Going to practice the lightning effect today on this. Also I still need another blue for a 4th highlight, and I have Blue Horror for a pin highlight (not used). Did this with a makeup sponge from the dollar store.

It's very much a test head so don't judge the one coat of gold that looks bad and other colors please 🥲

u/Duellly — 5 months ago

Just wondering how difficult it is to swap out this hardware.

Just wondering how challenging it is to swap out the bridge and the tuning machines on this SG? I'm ordering a different color bridge and better tuners (also different colored) and just hoping it's easy to do myself? They seem like they're easy to change.

Been playing music for a long time but just never messed around with swaping hardware. Don't wanna break anything.

Edit: Thanks for all the help everybody! Luckily I haven't ordered any parts yet so I'll make sure everything measures correctly!

u/Duellly — 5 months ago

Here's my numbers man. What do we think?

Still needs a couple things I forgot and putting the base together tonight (takes a long time to dry). C&C welcome.

u/Duellly — 5 months ago

These two are over a year apart. And the first Death Guard model was a year removed from my first army (CSM). Just showing off my improvement cause I'm so proud. I can't stop looking at my latest paint job.

Show me your Typhus paint jobs??

u/Duellly — 5 months ago

Older paintjob I've been touching up. Couple things still need to be fixed but it's mostly finished being touched up. Mainly the plasma. I was using Doomfire Magenta for a bit but just couldn't get it how I wanted it (I'm not great at thinning contrasts). It's no air brush plasma job like those Instagram painters do but I'm stoked on it.

u/Duellly — 6 months ago