Mark V Footswitch

[search4tone]

Today I had my first experience due to a poor connection at the back of the amp from the Footswitch cable. Thankfully some of you had written and responded with the problem and solution already. It seemed like in a few brief seconds it went pop pop pop and then started machine-gunning so I just shut it down, removed and replaced the cable a number of times and it has worked fine ever since. I think it would have been a bit worrisome if I hadn't known about it. It pays to read through the older posts. - George

 

[gummx97]

Yes, I experienced the same thing, but my problem might be the actual cable. Swapped the connections from footswitch to the amp, now I connect the sketchy one by the footswitch and the known good one to the amp, worked since. Although that only may be a "band-aid" fix to the problem and not really a long term viable solution.

 

[search4tone]

I noticed just wiggling the plug a bit at the amp end caused similar results. Maybe it's not a perfect plug or socket. Seems like some kind of clamp to hold it in place would be a good design idea.

 

[SteveO]

I have an earlier model (with the bar across the back instead of the cage around the tubes), and I always give the cable a couple wraps around that to relieve the stress on the jack. No problems with it in two years.

 

[LPJunky]

It's a finicky connector. The most annoying aspect of the whole amp. Simply a bad choice of parts and design (for the connectors not the footswitch itself).

 

[search4tone]

I have an earlier model (with the bar across the back instead of the cage around the tubes), and I always give the cable a couple wraps around that to relieve the stress on the jack. No problems with it in two years.

Now why didn't I think of that. :?

 

[DrummerChas]

I have the model with the cage around the tubes so after giving it some slack, I wrapped the footswitch cable around the handle on top of the amp a couple of times as protection against accidentally pulling the footswitch too far from the amp and damaging the connector. So far that has worked ok for me.

 

[MBJunkie]

Sorry to hear of your troubles. It seems that others have experienced a similar problem. Fortunately, I have never experienced any of these issues with my MkV combo after 2 years of ownership.

Hopefully, you get the problem sorted out very soon!