Marshall SL-X Question

[jeid]

POST BR00TZ CLIPS N00B!

Seriously, that's a lot of odd mods. Glad you've got to the bottom of the issue now.

 

[Sloan]

I had one of these i bought off a friend because it kept having trouble. I don't have my notes here but I believe it was a rectifier issue. Something to look into and keep an eye on. I eventually sold it cause between it and a jcm2000 that was constantly a problem I just didn't want the threat of failure during a show.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

EMAHG, this amp is awesome for death metal!

 

[StoneLord]

I've had one for ages. Never could quite get the gain out of it that I wanted. Are you using a boost Lasse? Also, what tubes you using?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

odd, this one has more than enough gain for anything.

I run the two gain knobs at around 6 do get full on distortion (like 5150 red channel on 5, mesa on 7 etc)

 

[Sloan]

I had one of these i bought off a friend because it kept having trouble. I don't have my notes here but I believe it was a rectifier issue. Something to look into and keep an eye on. I eventually sold it cause between it and a jcm2000 that was constantly a problem I just didn't want the threat of failure during a show.

Followup:
I looked at my notes and the problem was a bridge rectifier (BR3) getting too hot and melting it's solder joints, thus breaking the connection. I was able to fix it with a higher rated rectifier. I also have mention of replacing a capacitor as well, but no specific notes, so I'm not sure which one.

This is apparently a common issue with these amps.

http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?p=197932

I think for studio use, it would be great, they sound pretty damn rad.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

yup, same thing happened to this amp...
someone "fixed" it though.....well, looks like shit, but at least it's working

 

[Sloan]

As long as the connection is good and it doesn't melt etc, it's alright!