Alright, I'm pretty pissed about this, but here goes.
Two nights ago, a girl from our old high school came over. She got drunk, and kept coming in my room. I was trying to take a quiz, but y'know, I just let her stay for a bit. Then my drunk roommate comes in and complicates things. I just wanted her to leave so I can finish my **** work. Well, she's sitting by my amp, and flips both the standby and power switches (possibly multiple times). I was pissed. Needless to say, I got them out of my room. (I usually turn off my power strip for this very precaution, but I was charging my laptop, and was planning on playing later so I didn't unplug the amp, doh.)
Anyway, now my clean channel distorts and makes a slight hiss when I play a little bit hard, and it sometimes drops in volume. My lead channel sounds a lot more scooped and is lower in volume.
My question is: Is this a bad tube? I'm thinking it is, but I'm not sure which. I suck at tube amp mechanics/electronics, so I've been trying to troubleshoot this myself. I could only reach 5 of the 12AX7s, but they were fine when I tapped them. I'm thinking this is a bad power tube (since the preamp tubes wouldn't be affected by the manhandling of the standby/power, right?). I *think* one of them doesn't glow blue (or as blue) as the others (even slightly). Before I go grab some tubes, however, (just to fix it before I get a complete retube, I'm broke atm), I'd like to know what you guys think it might be. Is it a power tube like I think, or could it be a 12AX7? Thanks.
Two nights ago, a girl from our old high school came over. She got drunk, and kept coming in my room. I was trying to take a quiz, but y'know, I just let her stay for a bit. Then my drunk roommate comes in and complicates things. I just wanted her to leave so I can finish my **** work. Well, she's sitting by my amp, and flips both the standby and power switches (possibly multiple times). I was pissed. Needless to say, I got them out of my room. (I usually turn off my power strip for this very precaution, but I was charging my laptop, and was planning on playing later so I didn't unplug the amp, doh.)
Anyway, now my clean channel distorts and makes a slight hiss when I play a little bit hard, and it sometimes drops in volume. My lead channel sounds a lot more scooped and is lower in volume.
My question is: Is this a bad tube? I'm thinking it is, but I'm not sure which. I suck at tube amp mechanics/electronics, so I've been trying to troubleshoot this myself. I could only reach 5 of the 12AX7s, but they were fine when I tapped them. I'm thinking this is a bad power tube (since the preamp tubes wouldn't be affected by the manhandling of the standby/power, right?). I *think* one of them doesn't glow blue (or as blue) as the others (even slightly). Before I go grab some tubes, however, (just to fix it before I get a complete retube, I'm broke atm), I'd like to know what you guys think it might be. Is it a power tube like I think, or could it be a 12AX7? Thanks.