fuck that POS.
well, long story short, the mofo has been running dodgy for a few months now. when it works it sounds fine, unfortunately it doesn't work in a reliable fashion anymore.
i already had it checked out by an amp tech, but thanks to murphys law the damn thing worked perfectly fine when he checked it out, and he didn't find anything wrong with it.
here's the issue:
it'll work perfectly fine, and then all of a sudden the volume cuts VERY low, so low that you can turn the master to 5 and it's still at whispering volume. when that happens, the sound is pure fizz, no bottom at all.
when that error occurs, there will be a GIANT loud woooooosh coming out of the cab when flipping the standby on or off. sounds like you're on a shore, really.
i already tried the FX loop cleaning thing (contact cleaner on a guitar plug and rocking in and out a couple of times), no effect. patching the fx send to fx return also has no effect, so i guess the FX loop is out of the question.
any further ideas??? i could try a retube but the tubes aren't all that old really....besides, the amp was checked by a tech and he only replaced the V1 preamp valve due to noise issues but that's it as far as tubes are concerned....he even bias modded the thing and checked the power tubes, so i'm tempted to rule out the tubes, too.
i'm starting to thing that it might be the OT. but then again, why does it sometimes work just fine?
well, long story short, the mofo has been running dodgy for a few months now. when it works it sounds fine, unfortunately it doesn't work in a reliable fashion anymore.
i already had it checked out by an amp tech, but thanks to murphys law the damn thing worked perfectly fine when he checked it out, and he didn't find anything wrong with it.
here's the issue:
it'll work perfectly fine, and then all of a sudden the volume cuts VERY low, so low that you can turn the master to 5 and it's still at whispering volume. when that happens, the sound is pure fizz, no bottom at all.
when that error occurs, there will be a GIANT loud woooooosh coming out of the cab when flipping the standby on or off. sounds like you're on a shore, really.
i already tried the FX loop cleaning thing (contact cleaner on a guitar plug and rocking in and out a couple of times), no effect. patching the fx send to fx return also has no effect, so i guess the FX loop is out of the question.
any further ideas??? i could try a retube but the tubes aren't all that old really....besides, the amp was checked by a tech and he only replaced the V1 preamp valve due to noise issues but that's it as far as tubes are concerned....he even bias modded the thing and checked the power tubes, so i'm tempted to rule out the tubes, too.
i'm starting to thing that it might be the OT. but then again, why does it sometimes work just fine?