SolDropplyr
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Hey Everyone,
I just bought a Dual Rectifier Blackface (SN: R-0013XX) off of CL the other day. I was dialing in tones last night when I started getting intermittent power problems. All the LED's (including the footswitch, bias switching on the back and channel switching) with the exception of the "jewel light" next to the stand-by switch stopped working and there was no output. I checked the fuse and it was fine. I would put it in stand-by for a minute and switch it back on and it would come back on.
So I began troubleshooting it to see if I could figure it out, but before I could the amp completely shut down and all that will light up now is the jewel light with no output or any other LED's.
Here’s how far I got with my troubleshooting:
I ran it through a power conditioner
I ran it directly plugged in the wall
I ran it only on the clean setting
I ran it only on variable high gain setting
I ran it only on the vintage setting
I ran it only on the modern setting
I ran the vacuum tubes setting
I ran the silicon diode setting
I ran it on the bold
I ran it on the spongy
I ran it without the footswitch (manually switched between the channels)
Loop bypassed, guitar plugged directly in
8OHM output to 8OHM 4X12 cab
After every change it would cut out more frequently each time. I knew that the amp needed to be re-tube, but I thought I would get more enjoyment than an hour and a half before I had to do anything to it.
Any thoughts?
I just bought a Dual Rectifier Blackface (SN: R-0013XX) off of CL the other day. I was dialing in tones last night when I started getting intermittent power problems. All the LED's (including the footswitch, bias switching on the back and channel switching) with the exception of the "jewel light" next to the stand-by switch stopped working and there was no output. I checked the fuse and it was fine. I would put it in stand-by for a minute and switch it back on and it would come back on.
So I began troubleshooting it to see if I could figure it out, but before I could the amp completely shut down and all that will light up now is the jewel light with no output or any other LED's.
Here’s how far I got with my troubleshooting:
I ran it through a power conditioner
I ran it directly plugged in the wall
I ran it only on the clean setting
I ran it only on variable high gain setting
I ran it only on the vintage setting
I ran it only on the modern setting
I ran the vacuum tubes setting
I ran the silicon diode setting
I ran it on the bold
I ran it on the spongy
I ran it without the footswitch (manually switched between the channels)
Loop bypassed, guitar plugged directly in
8OHM output to 8OHM 4X12 cab
After every change it would cut out more frequently each time. I knew that the amp needed to be re-tube, but I thought I would get more enjoyment than an hour and a half before I had to do anything to it.
Any thoughts?