[quote name='Truckstop' post='1358893' date='Sep 1 2011, 03:32 PM']Cheers, thanks for the info.
I don't think anything's wrong with it, but because I've only had it for a couple of months, I don't know if it sounded 'better' a year or two ago if you know what I mean. Would you recommend getting it to a tech to make sure everything's hunky dory? It's from the 70's (no indication of date inside casing etc) and is made by an italian firm called Gem. The model is a Saturn Bass 50 and I simply cannot find any information on it anywhere! I don't know how well it's been maintained and I can't even see what valves it has, there's no markings or anything.
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Do the valves not have any markings on them themselves? guessing they're gonna be EL34's in the power amp and ecc83s in the pre.
Basically you'll know when you'll need new valves because it'll start sounding a bit pants