[Updated for 2024] Welcome to MyTubeAudio. A truly different kind of repair shop. Transparent! MyTubeAudio, LLC., is a mature West Michigan-based company that offers repair services for tube-based equipment based on an appointment, rather than the typical drop-off, pick-up some months later scenario typical to the industry. At MTA, you can watch the work being […]
Making A Good Thing Better
Modern manufacturing realities mean assembly time must be reduced if you want to make a profit. Easy math. Labor is expensive, anywhere you go. The cost of raw PCB’s is pretty much a fixed commodity. Same with most electronic components. Competition in the marketplace means those are costs are relatively low to begin with (in quantity) […]
Morris gets lashed for being too loud
The valve train lash is important, and I know it’s off… it’s louder than it should be, and I’ve known it since the first minute I heard this car run. I’ve never set valve lash on anything. The closest I have come to it was removing the heads on my 1990 Caprice V8 and having […]
Coming Up To Speed with The Smiths
While staring at the Morris dash recently and considering lighting improvements, I again noticed how dingy the speedometer looked. On impulse, I went and grabbed the glass cleaner and some microfiber cloths to rectify the situation. It didn’t work. It was the inside of the glass that was fogged with something. The speedo would have […]
A 64-Year-Old Brit Comes into Our Lives….
Well, that’s it then. It’s 2023 and I’m 56. The way things have ran up until now, I have not required a mid-life crisis. Career, check. Working abroad, check. Wife, check. House, check. Kids, Check. Band, check. Small business, check. Travel, check. Even saw Australia, check. So where does a mid-life crisis fit into all […]
A License to Thrill…
I love these! I’ve been doing my part to support the Michigan state DOT. Every so often I get another one for my birthday, and drive it around for a while. I don’t know why any of these were not taken, but it seems the usual vanity plate crowd does not play much guitar. I […]
Sticky Fingers Mark II, 2019’s last breath.
Well, it’s christmas, 2019, and what should appear in my stocking? A nice new Sennheiser e609 microphone. What better way to try it out than to make a recording with it on the 1966 Vibrolux , using the 1998 Stratocaster Deluxe? This has been my main guitar for many years, I bought it new in […]
The TET isn’t offensive, but your tube might be.. a new Small Signal Triode Evaluation Tool with real-time RTA
I’ve been buying tubes for a long time, and arguably I buy more tubes than most folks. In the last 10 years alone, I’ve documented several hundred tube amp repairs, many of them requiring tubes. Over time, I’ve read a lot of opinions and evaluations on tube brands and sound. In particular, the mysterious conversation […]
Dan Brasier, owner, MyTubeAudio, LLC
Hi, I’m Dan, and this is a bit about me, circa 2018, and the website in general. My interests, at least those I invest time into: Tube Amplifiers: repair, restoration, construction, Musical Instruments, Music live performance, recording, production, Radio Frequency technology, including amateur radio and antenna work, Woodworking, plastics, metalworking, The challenge of repairing things […]
A Solid State of Affairs
OK, so I only work on tube gear for hire. There are good reasons for that, but electronics is still my life and, for that matter, my liveleyhood. I love building things, both solid state and tube-based, and even more so when that thing makes sound. One of the liabilities of my guitar pedalboard was […]
Getting back into Harmony
I have a customer, (or his friend, rather) who has sponsored the restoration of the guitar of his youth. I understand the owner’s health is not great, and his resources limited, so this is a laudable act of friendship. As it turns out, the collectors rather enjoy this model, so I’ll post something about it […]
While You Wait Amp Repair At MyTubeAudio LLC. 