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Sep 4 2007, 05:08 AM |
Also when I don't have my hand dampening the strings I get a huge amount of fuzz and when I slightly touch any metal part of the guitar it tones down a bit, surely thats a problem. That's normal when you're in a room full of electric distrubances. The rest of the stuff, never experienced anything like it. I would return it if I was you. Rotary effect by default... that sounds wierd. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Sep 4 2007, 05:09 AM |
Theres a lot of stuff that can go wrong with tube amps that sounds disastrous but can be fixed up relatively easily. Probably what you should have done when you priced up the amp is include a service by an amp tech and a new set of tubes (tubes are regarded as a consumable BTW, they last different amounts of time depending on how hard and often you play it). Replacing tubes is also a job for an amp tech.
Long story short, I would suggest you get it serviced, or (and this is a perfectly serious suggestion) if you are that way inclined, get a decent book about tube amps and/or do some research and see if you can fix it up yourself. Tube amps aren't actually that complex inside. Oh, and if the guy claimed it was in perfect working order, give him negative feedback so he doesn't do it again! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Sep 4 2007, 05:12 AM |
Any tips/insight to what might be the problem, and if it can be fixed? I'm probably going to take it to a tech sometime. Got me wondering... did you get it off of eBay or something, used? When I said "return it" I was assuming it was new. I don't know how it works on eBay but if that's the case it sounds like you got yourself a limping pony. Even when getting a new tube amp some people are picky (not me because at the stores over here when you're not allowed to play loud how could you) about the sound and can try several amps of the same brand and model before they find their sound. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Sep 4 2007, 06:55 AM |
That's normal when you're in a room full of electric distrubances. The rest of the stuff, never experienced anything like it. I would return it if I was you. Rotary effect by default... that sounds wierd. As with MickeM - that bit does sound like a ground loop Or a short somewhere. Overall I'd pretty much recommend the same as Andrew and get it off to an amp tech for a once over. Don't think all the issues are down to old tubes (and Andrew isn't suggesting that btw - more that any amp needs new tubes and if you don't know the provenance then replace) though- sounds more then that to me. More like shorting. I'd get it off to the shop asap m8. On a lighter note if you have a self biasing amp you can replace the tubes yourself... If it's not self-biasing and you don't know what you are doing then an amp tech. Some amps you can adjust the bias from the board or outside the case btw - if you know how to read a multimeter - changing the bias can have an interesting effect on tone - and tube life - and some amps notoriously come supplied with the bias arguably set too low (Framus are an example). Cheers, Tony Just remembered - years ago I had a transistor H/H 50 amp. Developed sort of similar problems - diagnosed as a short on the input jack. Might be different here but looks like the problem isn't confined to tube amps... Cheers, Tony That's normal when you're in a room full of electric distrubances. The rest of the stuff, never experienced anything like it. I would return it if I was you. Rotary effect by default... that sounds wierd. As with MickeM - that bit does sound like a ground loop Or a short somewhere. Overall I'd pretty much recommend the same as Andrew and get it off to an amp tech for a once over. Don't think all the issues are down to old tubes (and Andrew isn't suggesting that btw - more that any amp needs new tubes and if you don't know the provenance then replace) though- sounds more then that to me. More like shorting. I'd get it off to the shop asap m8. On a lighter note if you have a self biasing amp you can replace the tubes yourself... If it's not self-biasing and you don't know what you are doing then an amp tech. Some amps you can adjust the bias from the board or outside the case btw - if you know how to read a multimeter - changing the bias can have an interesting effect on tone - and tube life - and some amps notoriously come supplied with the bias arguably set too low (Framus are an example). Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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