Do you sniff your tube amp?

[sharkbait130]

I don't have a tube amp any more but when i did... yeah I took an occasional sniff. One of the guitar players in my band has one and I still like the smell. After taking a whiff , I went into the room where my scuba gear is and sniffed my wet suits (teckdiver500 knows what I'm talking about).Then I went out to my garage and enjoyed the distinct aroma of my hot rod . Now I have this irrasistable urge to go out in my back yard and pee on a tree.

 

[JimmyM]

Leaving today or tomorrow! New Heritage cabs are done.

 

[Buster Brown]

Leaving today or tomorrow! New Heritage cabs are done.

Outstanding!

I sincerely hope that you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!!!




*I have a funny feeling that you will!!

 

[Downunderwonder]

The other thing about tube amps is the "electric air" that happens when they are fired up. Maybe it's the sound or maybe the magnetic field disturbance but it sure seems to come alive like a living thing.

 

[MoBe]

Yes but her name`s not tube amp,it`s Doris.

 

[Blind Rat]

Yes indeed and when I was a kid,I sniffed the TV.

 

[gurensan]

Surprised there wasn't a huffing joke on the first page...

 

[137h4lone]

Yes I do ! I didn't think so many people did haha .

 

[vickde]

Cool. I do it too. My Traynor really doesn't have much of a smell, but the LB30 smells just like hot tubes! Probably a bit odd. Reminds me of my childhood. When I was a kid, I had my ham-operator dad's Hallicrafter SX-28 WWII-vintage SW receiver in my bedroom for years. 14 tubes and at 75 pounds, almost as heavy as a SVT. You never forget that smell.

 

[Beano_z]

My wife just saw this and laughed. She says that I'm taking "huge whiffs" - not just little sniffs. (she has been wondering what the heck I'm doing when I turn it off!)

I asked my wife once to come over and sniff my amp as I turned it off, she just thought I was being silly. But yes, love the smell of burning tubes

 

[Mr. Foxen]

Try and keep mine clean for reliability. Hence they often smell of servisol and meths. I take that burning dust smell as a bad sign. Was concerned by it firing up one of my fixed amps to demo, realised being dusty is allowed after being stored for ages.

 

[lowphatbass]

Yea, I like the smell. It definitely triggers a mystery memory for me as well. My '67 Sunn 200s is quite nice, my '71 Traynor YBA-3A is a little "skunkier", I think the fan kicks it out a little stronger. I think it's a warm tolex/glue/wood kind of thing. Coming home from a long gig or session with the Sunn in the back of the Allroad smells like victory and plunder.

 

[JOE EDO]

1973 SVT and SVT VR Modded...running them together for double shots (or snorts?)The exhale makes the inhale so much more fun..

 

[Sid Fang]

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up sniffin' tubes" Steve McCroskey

Beat me to it, you bastard!

 

[JimmyM]

Outstanding!

I sincerely hope that you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!!!

*I have a funny feeling that you will!!

I think I will! Thanks bro!

 

[beans-on-toast]

Here it is in a bottle, eau d'Amp

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[mntngrown]

I think reading this thread violates the terms of my parole...

That is funny!

 

[msaone]

I know exactly what you're talking about. My dad had a tube amp which became my first. Loved the smell.

 

[SemiDriven]

Nope. Don't sniff my tube amp.

But I do inhale.

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

Vintage Fenders are the best.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
'61 Bassman.