nismofreakish
Well-known member
Hi guys,
I’m having an issue with my rig and I really don’t know how to solve it…
I bought a Rivera RM-1 switching system (identical as the G-Lab GSC) for my Roadster. It has programming presets that allow me to choose the channel and the effects of my choice (stomp boxes all in front of the amp) in a click, works like a charm. It needs 2 insert cables connecting the 2 stereo output of the device to the 4 channels external mono jacks of my head.
However, since a week or so, the light of the channel 2 keeps being lit (sometimes blinking) even though I switch my other channels. I mean, the light of the channel selected will be lit, but the channel 2’s just doesn’t turn off.
My sound is now… kinda like a mix of the actual channel + channel 2, or maybe not, well, all I know is that it’s now not tight as before and sucks. When I don’t play, there’s a kind of a crackling sound coming from the speakers.
I turned the amp off and back on, nothing. I wiped all the jacks, in case dirt was the cause for all of this, nothing. I also tried blowing in the channel 2’s jack hole. The problem seemed solved but came back a few seconds later. I tried reprogramming my RM-1, nothing. Then, I pulled off the 4 jacks and plugged back my original footswitch (with the 8 pin cable), and everything worked fine!! :roll:
I called the tech of my dealer and he said it can’t be the amp… well, maybe it’s true (hope so), but I haven’t had that much of a great service since I bought my amp (I bought it “new” online but came with a whole lot of dust, the powertubes were tilted, one of the cage’s clip was broken, later I lost the channel 2 live, I noticed when I lifted up the cylinder that the preamp tube was almost out of his socket, etc. :evil
, so I’m kind of bored and skeptical (I heard rumors about the relays being maybe fragile if not activated with the original footswitch).
I’ll try my backup set of insert cables tomorrow, but if it’s not the cables, I really don’t know what to do... Everything is brand new (amp, cables, RM-1), I only gigged max 3 times with my rig so far.
Shows are coming up and I can’t have rig’s trouble... :?
Anyone would like to chime in to help me out?
Thanks!
I’m having an issue with my rig and I really don’t know how to solve it…
I bought a Rivera RM-1 switching system (identical as the G-Lab GSC) for my Roadster. It has programming presets that allow me to choose the channel and the effects of my choice (stomp boxes all in front of the amp) in a click, works like a charm. It needs 2 insert cables connecting the 2 stereo output of the device to the 4 channels external mono jacks of my head.
However, since a week or so, the light of the channel 2 keeps being lit (sometimes blinking) even though I switch my other channels. I mean, the light of the channel selected will be lit, but the channel 2’s just doesn’t turn off.
My sound is now… kinda like a mix of the actual channel + channel 2, or maybe not, well, all I know is that it’s now not tight as before and sucks. When I don’t play, there’s a kind of a crackling sound coming from the speakers.
I turned the amp off and back on, nothing. I wiped all the jacks, in case dirt was the cause for all of this, nothing. I also tried blowing in the channel 2’s jack hole. The problem seemed solved but came back a few seconds later. I tried reprogramming my RM-1, nothing. Then, I pulled off the 4 jacks and plugged back my original footswitch (with the 8 pin cable), and everything worked fine!! :roll:
I called the tech of my dealer and he said it can’t be the amp… well, maybe it’s true (hope so), but I haven’t had that much of a great service since I bought my amp (I bought it “new” online but came with a whole lot of dust, the powertubes were tilted, one of the cage’s clip was broken, later I lost the channel 2 live, I noticed when I lifted up the cylinder that the preamp tube was almost out of his socket, etc. :evil
, so I’m kind of bored and skeptical (I heard rumors about the relays being maybe fragile if not activated with the original footswitch).I’ll try my backup set of insert cables tomorrow, but if it’s not the cables, I really don’t know what to do... Everything is brand new (amp, cables, RM-1), I only gigged max 3 times with my rig so far.
Shows are coming up and I can’t have rig’s trouble... :?
Anyone would like to chime in to help me out?
Thanks!
