guitar/amp repair in halifax

[Neill MacInnis]

i need a bit of work done on my guitar and an amp servicing... anyone know of a competent luthier/tech in the hrm (preferably halifax itself)?

[Skoczylas]

go to Gig Street. It's on the same road as Musicstop . If Tom Abriel still works there I heard he's good. He made my amp after all. Never met him though.

http://www.profilecanada.com/companydetail.cfm?company=2325228_Gig_Street_Music _Halifax_NS

[bickertfan]

For guitar service I would recommend Doug Sampson. He's at the Musicstop in Bedford - I personally would not take my guitar to anyone else around here. The downside is - they work on a queue system, so you have to leave your guitar there until he get's to it. Amp techs - I'm not too sure of. Good that your doing your homework here.

[Hamm Guitars]

I'd recommend Halifax Folklore for your guitar, but I haven't been there in the past 15 to 20 years.

[garretrevels]

how bout for a neck reset?(on a archtop acoustic if that makes a difference) where? and how much?

[greco]

I visited Folklore in Halifax about 3 weeks ago. They had a ton of beautiful old acoustics for sale and a luthier's shop on the premises. You could at least ask them for a quote on the repair.

Good luck with it.

Dave

[gtrguy]

For guitar service I would recommend Doug Sampson. He's at the Musicstop in Bedford - I personally would not take my guitar to anyone else around here.

Another vote for Doug- excellent work and TONS of experience...he's probably seen it all in terms of guitar repair...several times in fact. The only guy other than myself that I would trust to work on my guitars.

On the amp front- what is the amp and what do you need done? I do all my own amp repairs/mods and may be able to help you out. When you've got a lot of tube amps (like me) it's worth it to do your own work.

gtrguy

[Neill MacInnis]

On the amp front- what is the amp and what do you need done? I do all my own amp repairs/mods and may be able to help you out. When you've got a lot of tube amps (like me) it's worth it to do your own work.

gtrguy

hey gtrguy... its a vht pitbull 45 combo, and i really have no idea what's wrong with it. tried to fire it up the lights went on but when i hit the standby button it just shut down (light turned off and all that). any idea what it could be???

[gtrguy]

Sounds like the fuse blew. Hard to say why but I'd be wondering about the output section of the amp. When was it last retubed? Power tubes that is...
When you took it off standby that's when all the high voltages came into play- could be a shorted power tube, could be the transformer, hard to say.

I assume the speaker was plugged in at the time?

First step- with the power tubes removed, replace the fuse and then power up the amp- if the fuse blows, the power tubes are NOT the problem. Report back and we'll proceed further.

gtrguy

[Neill MacInnis]

you know of a good source for reasonably priced tubes in the hrm? it runs 12ax7s and el84s

[bRian]

Not in Halifax but in Dartmouth; rates are very reasonable and quality is 2nd to none. He works in Halifax so I usually arrange to have my guitars dropped off while he's in the city.

Zane O'Brien
462-6292

[gtrguy]

Neill- what's the word? Any progress with your amp?

gtrguy

[Neill MacInnis]

sorry for the delay guys. too busy playing through my amp to post!

well i called tom abriel and took the amp down to his place. turns out it was just a weak rectifier tube that was blowing the fuse (and prolly why it wasnt sounding 100% when it did work). replaced the fuse and rectifier tube and it is now sounding unreal. i think tom was impressed with the amp.

anyhow thanks guys for the recs... never would have found tom w/out you folks! props

as for the guitar, i think i can prolly fix whats wrong with it... but am thinking about getting an rs upgrade kit for all of the electronics anyways. so we'll see.

p.s. if anyone needs their amp or guitar serviced in the hrm give tom a call. he seemed like a really genuine and cool dude who knows his shit.

[gtrguy]

Cool stuff.

gtrguy