I broke my amp

daveo · 29th November 2003, 02:46 PM

hello, we were playin a gig last night and while another band were playing my amp broke. ahhh its a marshall 50 watt valvestate which skint me quite a bit. now it dusnt matter how much i turn the volume up it stays at the same low level with a funny crackly noise. i was thinkin it might be the tube but i dont know jack shit about amps so i was wundrin if anyone had any ideas??

Johnny · 29th November 2003, 03:44 PM

I dunno much about amps either but by the crackling sound I'd say it's a dodgy wire somewhere. A big of soldering could've came off somewhere. If it was on the of the tubes it would just not work at all or sound really shit woudn't it?
I dunno, don't quote me on any of this. But if it is a wire and you're gonna fix it yourself, don't get electrocuted. I got electrocuted once by a 30watt marshall and it would've killed my if I hadn't had rubber soles on my shoes.

DJ_is_ghetto · 29th November 2003, 07:08 PM

And if you hadn't fallen into me you clumsy bastard. I frigg'n saved your life biatch.

But yeah...definetly don't try fix it yourself, chances are you'll only make it worse. take it to a shop or to someone who knows what they're doing

daveo · 29th November 2003, 08:05 PM

Hehe that doesnt sound too healthy, i'll probably take it somewhere its just that it dusnt have a warranty and i dont have much money. Oh well it'll just have to wait..

Martin-scud · 29th November 2003, 08:14 PM

i had a similar problem with my old laney amp. infact i think it might still do that. dont know what caused it though. could be something to do with the fact i blew the speaker twice and it fell over a few times.

Johnny · 29th November 2003, 11:26 PM

Dj, no you didn't you mongo.

flash · 7th December 2003, 07:37 PM

signs of a tube failing are loss of power and hissing/crackling noises, although if its a valvestate then it will only have preamp tubes (i think) and they need replacing like once ever 5 years, so more likely some of the electrionics failed. Just take it to a shop. And yeah, like the man says, don't go fiddling around inside.... it invalidates the warranty if you change anything yourself, and even an amp disconnected from the mains can actually kill you (something to do with transformers or something... ask a physicist).

29th November 2003, 02:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
daveo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kingskettle en Fife Posts: 463	I broke my amp hello, we were playin a gig last night and while another band were playing my amp broke. ahhh its a marshall 50 watt valvestate which skint me quite a bit. now it dusnt matter how much i turn the volume up it stays at the same low level with a funny crackly noise. i was thinkin it might be the tube but i dont know jack shit about amps so i was wundrin if anyone had any ideas??

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29th November 2003, 03:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Johnny is latin for sexy. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Glenrothes Posts: 5,137 Band: Aces High	I dunno much about amps either but by the crackling sound I'd say it's a dodgy wire somewhere. A big of soldering could've came off somewhere. If it was on the of the tubes it would just not work at all or sound really shit woudn't it? I dunno, don't quote me on any of this. But if it is a wire and you're gonna fix it yourself, don't get electrocuted. I got electrocuted once by a 30watt marshall and it would've killed my if I hadn't had rubber soles on my shoes.

29th November 2003, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
DJ_is_ghetto Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Glenrothes Posts: 639	And if you hadn't fallen into me you clumsy bastard. I frigg'n saved your life biatch. But yeah...definetly don't try fix it yourself, chances are you'll only make it worse. take it to a shop or to someone who knows what they're doing

29th November 2003, 08:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
daveo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kingskettle en Fife Posts: 463	Hehe that doesnt sound too healthy, i'll probably take it somewhere its just that it dusnt have a warranty and i dont have much money. Oh well it'll just have to wait..

29th November 2003, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Martin-scud Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Burrelton Posts: 1,174	i had a similar problem with my old laney amp. infact i think it might still do that. dont know what caused it though. could be something to do with the fact i blew the speaker twice and it fell over a few times.

29th November 2003, 11:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Johnny is latin for sexy. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Glenrothes Posts: 5,137 Band: Aces High	Dj, no you didn't you mongo.

7th December 2003, 07:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
flash Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St.Andrews Posts: 44	signs of a tube failing are loss of power and hissing/crackling noises, although if its a valvestate then it will only have preamp tubes (i think) and they need replacing like once ever 5 years, so more likely some of the electrionics failed. Just take it to a shop. And yeah, like the man says, don't go fiddling around inside.... it invalidates the warranty if you change anything yourself, and even an amp disconnected from the mains can actually kill you (something to do with transformers or something... ask a physicist).