backyardburial
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I have a 50/50 which has been through some unfortunate scenarios as of late.
At a gig the other week I was running in stereo with my mesa recto cab on one side and a Marshall 1960 on the other, half way through the set my amp developed a huge hum which was fixed when I unplugged the marshall cab and went stereo just into the mesa. I later discovered the Marshall had been rewired so when I thought I was plugging to the 4 ohm output I wasn't. Turns out the owner didn't even know this.
Anyway, the amp was fine for a while but during jam the other night the power in our room was a bit dodgy due to a storm. I turned the amp off...
Last night,turn amp on, it sounds fine untill I get the volume past about 3 on both channels, then the hum came back with a vengeance...
Right, so there are the possible causes I hope? The one strange thing I noticed was that the hum was incredibly loud, (I did get the amp up pretty loud) but when I turned both volumes down, it was still there for a good 15 seconds before sudden silence. The preamp was not even on at this time by the way.
I have a gig tonight, can anyone tell me if it is worth grabbing new tubes, or is this likely as more serious problem?
At a gig the other week I was running in stereo with my mesa recto cab on one side and a Marshall 1960 on the other, half way through the set my amp developed a huge hum which was fixed when I unplugged the marshall cab and went stereo just into the mesa. I later discovered the Marshall had been rewired so when I thought I was plugging to the 4 ohm output I wasn't. Turns out the owner didn't even know this.
Anyway, the amp was fine for a while but during jam the other night the power in our room was a bit dodgy due to a storm. I turned the amp off...
Last night,turn amp on, it sounds fine untill I get the volume past about 3 on both channels, then the hum came back with a vengeance...
Right, so there are the possible causes I hope? The one strange thing I noticed was that the hum was incredibly loud, (I did get the amp up pretty loud) but when I turned both volumes down, it was still there for a good 15 seconds before sudden silence. The preamp was not even on at this time by the way.
I have a gig tonight, can anyone tell me if it is worth grabbing new tubes, or is this likely as more serious problem?