Hey guys,
today at band rehearsal I had more bad luck than in the previous five years combined, as not one, but TWO amps gave up on me today... and I'm having a gig on friday.
First was my ENGL Fireball, that one already didn't work correctly when I switched it on (worked fine last week, nothing changed at all since then).
There's still sound coming out of it, but only at a fraction of the normal volume. Preamp still works, as I could change between clean and distorted and the sound is pretty much as normal, master volume does make a difference as well, just the overall volume can't get much higher than speaking level.
I had my GT-10 hooked up in 4-cable method, but same problem direct in. I tried different cables, a different cabinet, different guitar, same problem.
The tube malfunction LEDs didn't light up, tubes look normal.
I actually also had replacement power tubes with me and put them in, that also didn't make any difference.
So that was the first one... anybody got an idea what could be wrong?
Well, I then gave up on the Fireball and plugged into the Peavey XXL which belongs to the guitarist of my other band.
Worked normal at first, after one song the sound suddenly completely disappeared.
However this time the power stage does still work... with the GT-10 bypassing the preamp of the XXL I could still get normal sound and loud volume.
Just the preamp didn't work anymore (only quiet static noise), also tried going direct in.
Now the most important question: Could there be any reason for that other than massive bad luck? Bad power, wrong current from GT-10, something that could do damage to the amps?
I'm lost here because IMO something like a power spike from the outlet should blow the fuses of the amp... bad impedance from the cab should maybe cook the tranny or something, but those still work.
BTW, when I came home one of the light bulbs in my room flickered for a few seconds... damn I'm scared now.
today at band rehearsal I had more bad luck than in the previous five years combined, as not one, but TWO amps gave up on me today... and I'm having a gig on friday.
First was my ENGL Fireball, that one already didn't work correctly when I switched it on (worked fine last week, nothing changed at all since then).
There's still sound coming out of it, but only at a fraction of the normal volume. Preamp still works, as I could change between clean and distorted and the sound is pretty much as normal, master volume does make a difference as well, just the overall volume can't get much higher than speaking level.
I had my GT-10 hooked up in 4-cable method, but same problem direct in. I tried different cables, a different cabinet, different guitar, same problem.
The tube malfunction LEDs didn't light up, tubes look normal.
I actually also had replacement power tubes with me and put them in, that also didn't make any difference.
So that was the first one... anybody got an idea what could be wrong?
Well, I then gave up on the Fireball and plugged into the Peavey XXL which belongs to the guitarist of my other band.
Worked normal at first, after one song the sound suddenly completely disappeared.
However this time the power stage does still work... with the GT-10 bypassing the preamp of the XXL I could still get normal sound and loud volume.
Just the preamp didn't work anymore (only quiet static noise), also tried going direct in.
Now the most important question: Could there be any reason for that other than massive bad luck? Bad power, wrong current from GT-10, something that could do damage to the amps?
I'm lost here because IMO something like a power spike from the outlet should blow the fuses of the amp... bad impedance from the cab should maybe cook the tranny or something, but those still work.
BTW, when I came home one of the light bulbs in my room flickered for a few seconds... damn I'm scared now.
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