jonnyc
New member
OK, so I did a world class stupid thing in letting a band I'm very good friends with use my studio while I was out of town. So, they call me one night and ask if they can use my dc3 to lay some tracks down and I said sure, but explained to them the differences between it(tube) and my marshall avt(ss). I got off the phone and less than an hour later got a call back from the guys, apparently they couldn't get it to sound good mic'd so they decided to go DI with it. They had seen me use the AVT di'd all the time so they figured they'd do the same, so they went out from the recording jack straight into my pro tools rig. They explained that the amp started smelling funny and then lost volume. Of course I was confused, furious, depressed, etc...but waited to do anything until I got home. Well the amp will still fire up and I can jam on it but after a while it starts to smell and fade again. Anyway, all this long BS was to ask if anyone had a possible diagnosis or can recommend a good honest tech. I'm betting there's a fried transformer in there. Sorry about the crappy first post, Mesa rules!!!