Elbowselbows
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I have a Stiletto trident stage 2 , recently while playing a gig the head cut out, went silent, couldn't get it going again. After taking it to the shop we found that one of the recifier diodes had heated up? Rattled ? And fallen out and a second one had come loose at one end and then re soldered itself when cooled. Luckily the diode was still rolling around in the chaise so he just soldered it back on. He figured the component had be cold soldered from the factory and that was way it came off because the head worked fine after.
It's now be a couple of months and I'm starting to wonder if that was all it was? Some of my tubes have shown wear unevenly . The stock power tubes in the middle 150watt position have darkened burnt spots on the glass indicating a lot of wear. Also, the rectifier tubes in the outter spots, 100 and 150 watt positions have white char on the glass around he bottom . All other tubes are fine.
I dunno, maybe I should just take it into my amp guy.
I've recently noticed that a volume problem that I've had since the beginning on the tube rectifier setting has gotten worse and I now know it's just not the way it's suppose to sound. (This being my first tube rectified amp)
I'm thinking it's a bad rectifier tube, could a rectifier tube cause problems in the silicon diode circuit ??
I can post pics if needed.
It's now be a couple of months and I'm starting to wonder if that was all it was? Some of my tubes have shown wear unevenly . The stock power tubes in the middle 150watt position have darkened burnt spots on the glass indicating a lot of wear. Also, the rectifier tubes in the outter spots, 100 and 150 watt positions have white char on the glass around he bottom . All other tubes are fine.
I dunno, maybe I should just take it into my amp guy.
I've recently noticed that a volume problem that I've had since the beginning on the tube rectifier setting has gotten worse and I now know it's just not the way it's suppose to sound. (This being my first tube rectified amp)
I'm thinking it's a bad rectifier tube, could a rectifier tube cause problems in the silicon diode circuit ??
I can post pics if needed.