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No, I had it full on. Based on my tests with the multimeter, I think the heater in the tubes is on when it’s on standby but current isn’t actually flowing through the tube otherwise so standby wouldn’t do the trick. It makes very little noise now, the noise floor is lower than my other...

I just wanted to update this thread since I saw it’s popped up again. When I got the Sonzera 20 it made a lot of white noise on the clean channel and it wasn’t especially quiet on the gain channel either. I had one tech decline the job but another accepted, and he attributed the noise to very...

One other question - is there a way to find a switch for a custom 24 that will fit? I had a superswitch already, but it was too wide to fit, only the slimmer PRS switch seems to fit. I was able to reuse my switch but I’d like to have a spare on hand.

Ok, so I've got them all right except position four it looks like. Thanks for the help, everyone! It could be that they are not original, but the card on the guitar says it came with 85/15s, and this is a 30th anniversary with the artist package, so maybe there is something different about...

Hello, I acquired a Custom 24 used, and the wiring was a bit of a mess. I've gone through it now and got it all up to spec, but I don't actually know what the stock switching for a Custom 24 is. Mine has 85/15 pickups, and both of the pickups have the usual black & shielded wire, and one...

Thanks for the feedback, everyone! It's really not a big deal, re-tubing the amp made a big difference, but the noise I was hearing was like a white noise or a static that was present at the same volume no matter where the amp volume was, and even if no guitar cable or anything were plugged into...

Hi there, I recently acquired a Sonzera 20 and I like the tone a lot. However, the clean channel suffered from some white noise so I wanted to have an amp tech take a look at it. The first guy I asked declined the job, because he said he hasn't had any luck fixing these amps. The second...

Thanks for the help, gents! It's a happy new guitar day for me!

Hello - trying to determine if I remove the covers on my 57/08 pickups, if they will have the square bobbin look that I'm after. Does anyone know? Thank you!