Mike_Blaszk
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Hey guys,
I purchased my Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Multi-Watt second-hand a little over a year ago and its been a great amp for me since. However, I figured that the thing needed a full tube change as the existing set had been over a year or two old prior to my purchase and, tonewise, things had recently started to take a change for the negative; particularly after the amp had been on for over 45-60 minutes. So, I replaced all of the preamp and power amp tubes with Mesa glass (STR440's, 12ax7's and 5u4gb's). This had everything running back better than ever today except for the fact that, at about the 1 hour mark, the amp suddenly got very noisey (lots of feedback), the volume suddenly dropped and the amp shut off. In fact, it wouldn't turn back on despite the fact that all of my other electronics were still in working order. Admittedly, this had never happened to me before and I was a little freaked out, but I eventually put 2 and 2 together and replaced the amps main fuse. Afterwards, the amp turned back on and I monitored the inside of it for a minute prior to flipping the standby switch and watched things for another minute without issue. Should I be concerned? Is this something that I should get checked out?
Appreciate any help/suggestions. Thanks,
Mike B
I purchased my Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Multi-Watt second-hand a little over a year ago and its been a great amp for me since. However, I figured that the thing needed a full tube change as the existing set had been over a year or two old prior to my purchase and, tonewise, things had recently started to take a change for the negative; particularly after the amp had been on for over 45-60 minutes. So, I replaced all of the preamp and power amp tubes with Mesa glass (STR440's, 12ax7's and 5u4gb's). This had everything running back better than ever today except for the fact that, at about the 1 hour mark, the amp suddenly got very noisey (lots of feedback), the volume suddenly dropped and the amp shut off. In fact, it wouldn't turn back on despite the fact that all of my other electronics were still in working order. Admittedly, this had never happened to me before and I was a little freaked out, but I eventually put 2 and 2 together and replaced the amps main fuse. Afterwards, the amp turned back on and I monitored the inside of it for a minute prior to flipping the standby switch and watched things for another minute without issue. Should I be concerned? Is this something that I should get checked out?
Appreciate any help/suggestions. Thanks,
Mike B