bloodwhore
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I bought a used triple rectifier solo head with a standard 4x12 rectifier cab about a month ago. When I plugged it in before I bought it, everything sounded good and fine. The guy I bought it off told me he was getting rid of it to downgrade to something a little smaller and get a Blackstar, so he would have something more practical for his purposes. He had all the paperwork, warranty and everything with it, and he told me he also got it off a guy on Craigslist. The warranty says it was effective January of 2002 so it's not a brand new amp here and it's probably been around the block a couple of times.
He told me he got all brand new tubes before he was selling it so everything was gonna be ready to go by the time I got it. I've been noticing lately that the amp sounds fuzzy. It's especially noticeable when I play higher notes, it's got this really grainy sound to it. I have cranked up the volume on this amp, I never play it too quiet. The notes also sound like they're almost dead, no sustain or power behind them. I've used other guitars and had a friend play on it so I know it's not a personal problem. And I've only set the gain to about 1 or 2 o'clock, and 3 a couple times only with the treble set back like the manual says.
The bias switch is correct, using 6L6 tubes. For the first week or so I played with it on the silicon diodes and then switched to vacuum tubes. I have toggled between spongy and bold, and usually keep the send and mix levels to normal.
The guy I bought it off of gave me a Neutrik cable for the cab and somebody told me that was not the right cable to use, I really doubt that is the problem but I'm gonna try and give all the information I can.
Where I think I went wrong, is when setting up the amp I would forget to connect the cab to the head and would be playing it for a few minutes, toggling with the volume then realize it wasn't plugged in. This is my first time owning a head and cab so it's just something I'm not used to doing but I finally drove it into my memory to remember that. I heard that can mess your amp up pretty bad. Is that true?
Has anyone else ever gone through this problem? I've been doing some research for a while and haven't found anyone else complaining about this "fuzzy" sound I'm getting. So I'm wondering if because it's been owned twice before me if I bought a bad head OR cab or if it's just a tube problem. It seems like it should just be a tube problem but the previous history worries me. I dropped the head off at a local amp tech store, they're really good with mesas. I'm on a month waiting list just because of how busy they are, so should I just leave it in their hands or could anyone confirm this as an easy fix? I have a gig in two weeks, I didn't want to risk continuing to play it and damage the amp even more but playing on a Line6 75 watt just isn't the same.
I know this is a lot to read but I wanted to make sure I covered everything, your time is much appreciated!
He told me he got all brand new tubes before he was selling it so everything was gonna be ready to go by the time I got it. I've been noticing lately that the amp sounds fuzzy. It's especially noticeable when I play higher notes, it's got this really grainy sound to it. I have cranked up the volume on this amp, I never play it too quiet. The notes also sound like they're almost dead, no sustain or power behind them. I've used other guitars and had a friend play on it so I know it's not a personal problem. And I've only set the gain to about 1 or 2 o'clock, and 3 a couple times only with the treble set back like the manual says.
The bias switch is correct, using 6L6 tubes. For the first week or so I played with it on the silicon diodes and then switched to vacuum tubes. I have toggled between spongy and bold, and usually keep the send and mix levels to normal.
The guy I bought it off of gave me a Neutrik cable for the cab and somebody told me that was not the right cable to use, I really doubt that is the problem but I'm gonna try and give all the information I can.
Where I think I went wrong, is when setting up the amp I would forget to connect the cab to the head and would be playing it for a few minutes, toggling with the volume then realize it wasn't plugged in. This is my first time owning a head and cab so it's just something I'm not used to doing but I finally drove it into my memory to remember that. I heard that can mess your amp up pretty bad. Is that true?
Has anyone else ever gone through this problem? I've been doing some research for a while and haven't found anyone else complaining about this "fuzzy" sound I'm getting. So I'm wondering if because it's been owned twice before me if I bought a bad head OR cab or if it's just a tube problem. It seems like it should just be a tube problem but the previous history worries me. I dropped the head off at a local amp tech store, they're really good with mesas. I'm on a month waiting list just because of how busy they are, so should I just leave it in their hands or could anyone confirm this as an easy fix? I have a gig in two weeks, I didn't want to risk continuing to play it and damage the amp even more but playing on a Line6 75 watt just isn't the same.
I know this is a lot to read but I wanted to make sure I covered everything, your time is much appreciated!
