JSX BLEW UP!

[Carcass29]

ha....I had loud popping noises coming from it and had it replaced with a brand new one, same thing happened. I've been hearing on the net that there have been problems with them. So I'm going 6505+...hopefully it will be the same as my 5150 II. So anyone have feedback on the 6505+???
http://www.eurotubes.com/euro-ka.htm

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

Hmm... Is it possible that you were just playing way too fast, and the tubes could not keep up?

This guy just blew up his JSX because of his speed:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3696772496625670&q=fastest+guitar

 

[Carcass29]

that's a funny vid

 

[Fragle]

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

I <3 the 6505+ but I don't have much to compare it too. :/

 

[Hammer Bart]

Hmm... Is it possible that you were just playing way too fast, and the tubes could not keep up?

This guy just blew up his JSX because of his speed:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3696772496625670&q=fastest+guitar

Holy shit that is seriously the fastest playing I've seen in a long time

Finally a bedroom shredder with good tone and tasteful phrasing. Tight yo

 

[Nebulous]

ha....I had loud popping noises coming from it and had it replaced with a brand new one, same thing happened. I've been hearing on the net that there have been problems with them. So I'm going 6505+...hopefully it will be the same as my 5150 II. So anyone have feedback on the 6505+???
http://www.eurotubes.com/euro-ka.htm

Are Peavey in the process of fixing this? I was looking into buying one this year....but not so much now.

 

[EdguyRocks]

I have a 6505+. Just got it about a month ago new. I had a voodoo modded 5150 before the 6505+. I am diggin this way more.

 

[Carcass29]

Are Peavey in the process of fixing this? I was looking into buying one this year....but not so much now.

Yeah man...Peavey is sending me the 6560+ in return(gotta wait a month tho) The 2 that I had were defects...dosen't mean you'll have the same problem.

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Hmm... Is it possible that you were just playing way too fast, and the tubes could not keep up?

This guy just blew up his JSX because of his speed:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3696772496625670&q=fastest+guitar

 

[Tachy]

Exuse me carcass29, but is your jsx dead??

 

[Nebulous]

Yeah man...Peavey is sending me the 6560+ in return(gotta wait a month tho) The 2 that I had were defects...dosen't mean you'll have the same problem.

Cheers man, thanks for the reasurance. Just quite bizare that you had 2 (!) of the same amp blow up on you.

 

[Carcass29]

The first one was making noises during power up.....after just having it for a few hours. I returned it to the store within a few days. The second was way worse. I tried different outlets and configurations to be sure it wasn't my doing and other troubleshooting methods. I made an mp3 soundclip and sent it to Peavey. They told me to send the tubes that it was the preamp tubes. I sent all power and preamp tubes to be swapped for new. In the meantime, I bought all JJ tubes(power and pre) out of my own pocket, to see if it would be of any significance.....no go. Also, I want to mention, I'm in no way bashing Peavey since I've had products before(5150) without incident. I guess I got a bad batch that were manufactured unless the link on the first post may shed some light on why perhaps.

here's the mp3 http://www.acidplanet.com/components/embedfile.asp?PID=727391&embed=1&t=5561

 

[EdguyRocks]

Yeah...that sounded like dogshit!

 

[Nebulous]

Did it sound like that at the shop/ as soon as you got it home?

 

[Carcass29]

no it didn't start right away, It was something I noticed a week later. It did that during powerup with standby engaged for at least 5 minutes....and it was fine after that. I thought it got progressively worse in the days to come. The recording is when it was at it's worst.

 

[Nebulous]

Ouch, well thanks for sharing the experiance, at least i wont freak out if it ever happens to me, with any amp.

 

[Razorjack]

Are you sure your mains power suppy is good? I've seen dirty power heavily reduce the life of tube amps.

 

[DougDoppler]

Hi guys...

I have one on loan, and it has performed flawlessly. Great sounding amp, and the clean channel is awesome as well. I would say you're probably right - it was most likely a bad batch, which is never good. I will be passing this thread along, and I can assure you that there are people who care a lot about the fact that there are these kinds of problems showing up on the boards...

Best,

Doug