The Bad Advice thread

[andrewdosborne]

If you can get through this video without cringing, you probably are as clueless as old mate in the vid.

Nothing like precision engineering!

[dingobass]

Nah mate, I thought this was common knowledge.

Must admit this is the first time I have heard of taking the glass off tubes... But then again I dont mess with electrical stuff after getting booted by 500 volts at 60 amps when I was an apprentice

[bargeloobs]

Must admit this is the first time I have heard of taking the glass off tubes... But then again I dont mess with electrical stuff after getting booted by 500 volts at 60 amps when I was an apprentice

I'm just taking the piss DB, that guy needs a slap;-)

[Fretworn]

Pablo, I'm in shock after seeing that guitar with the nail in it. The rest just made it worse.

(and here I was going to offer every post I've made on this site as bad advice.....)

[Fretworn]

Did that w@nk#r say that was a Mighty Mite neck. Those things cost $200-300 bucks! I couldn't watch the whole thing as it made me sick. Did he actually measure the nut height, or did he just guess?

[pablopepper]

some dodgy tips there Pabs!
Not sure about valve tubes with no glass, you would think the glass is there for a reason.
That locking nut install looks like the truss rod socket almost had a flat edge on it he'd sanded so low, be surprised if the truss rod would turn with the locking nut screwed down and the mounting screws were very close to the truss rod socket channel

The glass is most definitely there for a reason, Woks. To protect stray fingers from live voltage for a start (they get hot, so its a bad idea to touch them anyway) but the main reason is to isolate the valve in a vacuum for heat transfer. No glass, no vacuum. They will not function well, if at all.

[wokkaboy]

cheers Pablo, I didn't know the exact reason but that is good information. I knew the tubes got hot !
I don't run a valve amp head anymore, got expensive replacing and biasing tubes, so use a digital amp head now

[Rob L]

This is most definitely how NOT to paint a guitar.

Nice result, despite the terrible technique.

Natasha Kudashkina is an artist not a musician. She does all sorts of pop art and has tons of videos on how she does paints stuff. I know she's also painted a violin like this.

[Rob L]

I don't know about you guys but I always take the glass off my new tubes, it's more like just a wrapper they put on in the factory, work well with light bulbs too.

I always remove the glass and scrap the silver off and replace it fluorescent colors. Looks cooler on stage!!

[dave.king1]

Don't use one of these to root out a tree stump or you could finish up with this result