Thanks, the situation has improved just by rotating the affected channel knobs clockwise and counterclockwise a number of times, and they are more or less now pretty silent when just being turned, even on the 90W setting. Although the amp was stored in its cover it was in the cellar where dust...
Thanks Elliot, very helpful advice. I have rotated gain and master knobs on all three channels a lot in the last playing session with the amp, and the situation has certainly improved. Probably really just a matter of the amp having not been used for a number of years and stored in the cellar...
I have a Mark V combo, purchased 2011 and kept unused for the last few years, Today, after putting the amp in standby to warm up and then turning on to play I notice that in channels 1 and 2 (but not 3) when I turn the gain control clockwise or anticlockwise, there is a pretty noticeable...