diamondschwin
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UGH! My Dual rec. less then a year old has just died on me, for no apparent reason.
i swapped my dual rectifier onto my 4 by 12 cabinet after the stiletto had helds its place for a few weeks and juiced it up, everyuthign was fine, i spent all of sunday rocking out, loudish volumes, loud enough to piss someone off but not as loud as its been for practice and gigs, and everythign was great, i let it warm up extra long and cool down extra long since its been out of commision, so before i go to bed i turn it back on to do some clean licks, stuff i was working on, and its very quiet, i turn up the master volume, and it gets loud but it literally doesnt get to loud bedroom levels until its almost all the way up. i then freak out and go thru the process, i swap out the power tubes and rectifier (only backups i had available) and no change, i change cables, check the impedance of the cab etc. everything is fine. i listen to see if all the speakers in the cab are functioning, they are all working just super low output, i try all the channels, i try different power outlets, and im starting to get angry, it sounds like its getting all the preamp distortion but its just not loud anymore, i go thru setting the loop off, etc. and no change its all the same, i start to notice a electronic smell, like static electricity and immediately shut it off in fear of the worst.
10 minutes later i slap my stiletto head back on there (at 1 in the morning now because ive been screwing around trying to fix this amp for so long) and it sings loud and clear, not one problem, so i know its the amp itself because its the only thing added to the equation that causes these issues!
ugh i reseated all the pre amp tubes and checked them out and they looked fine (thinking it was an effects loop return buffer tube or something) i just cant figure it out!!!!
im just upset i mean i dont mind rocking out on my stiletto for a while more but i mean come on, nothing like one of your babies being hurt!
can anyone help?
oh and btw i am bringing it into a mesa authorized repair place, thank god for warranties
i swapped my dual rectifier onto my 4 by 12 cabinet after the stiletto had helds its place for a few weeks and juiced it up, everyuthign was fine, i spent all of sunday rocking out, loudish volumes, loud enough to piss someone off but not as loud as its been for practice and gigs, and everythign was great, i let it warm up extra long and cool down extra long since its been out of commision, so before i go to bed i turn it back on to do some clean licks, stuff i was working on, and its very quiet, i turn up the master volume, and it gets loud but it literally doesnt get to loud bedroom levels until its almost all the way up. i then freak out and go thru the process, i swap out the power tubes and rectifier (only backups i had available) and no change, i change cables, check the impedance of the cab etc. everything is fine. i listen to see if all the speakers in the cab are functioning, they are all working just super low output, i try all the channels, i try different power outlets, and im starting to get angry, it sounds like its getting all the preamp distortion but its just not loud anymore, i go thru setting the loop off, etc. and no change its all the same, i start to notice a electronic smell, like static electricity and immediately shut it off in fear of the worst.
10 minutes later i slap my stiletto head back on there (at 1 in the morning now because ive been screwing around trying to fix this amp for so long) and it sings loud and clear, not one problem, so i know its the amp itself because its the only thing added to the equation that causes these issues!
ugh i reseated all the pre amp tubes and checked them out and they looked fine (thinking it was an effects loop return buffer tube or something) i just cant figure it out!!!!
im just upset i mean i dont mind rocking out on my stiletto for a while more but i mean come on, nothing like one of your babies being hurt!
can anyone help?
oh and btw i am bringing it into a mesa authorized repair place, thank god for warranties
