Solid State Amp Repair suggestions?[views:2720][posts:20]___________________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:00pm - slar you morbid? ""] Wheres a good place to take a non tube amp to get fixed? well its actually a marshall valvestate so some tubes may be involved) gentlemen? blue? halp!! |
| __________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:01pm - brian_dc ""] I can't imagine that amp techs would be tube amp exclusive. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:05pm - largefreakatzero ""] To fix a Marshall Valvestate, find nearest cliff, heave amp off. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:09pm - slar you morbid? ""] har har har, ok, how about wheres a good place to get an amp fixed for cheap |
| __________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:14pm - brian_dc ""] Boston area? Aztech Electronics in Watertown is great http://www.aztechelectronics.com/ |
| ______________________________ [Feb 25,2010 3:14pm - Blue ""] largefreakatzero said:To fix a Marshall Valvestate, find nearest cliff, heave amp off. if the one he is talking about is the 8100 (VS100) i would not throw it off a cliff at all. any amp that is responsible for getting the guitar sounds out of 50% of the death catalog and 'the bleeding' is cool in my book. |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 4:10pm - JDDomnli ""] funny you mentioned having a problem with a Marshall valvestate, is it the AVT150H? mine is messed up too. the gain channel isn't producing any juice, just a very faint buzzy sound. the clean channel was fine though. I gotta get mine fixed too. |
| __________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 4:12pm - brian_dc ""] When was the last time you changed the preamp tube? Have you ever changed the preamp tube? |
| ______________________________ [Feb 25,2010 4:13pm - Blue ""] ^ this |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 4:16pm - JDDomnli ""] I've replaced it and it still had the same problem. it's probably a wiring issue, I gotta mess with that thing again. |
| _________________________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 4:25pm - little rock slarkansas ""] thanks for the advice |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 25,2010 5:41pm - slar you morbid? ""] confound your lousy toll, troll the issue with this amp is that it fell off a cliff, err, cab and now the sound fades in and out (im serious) so i doubt its the preamp tube |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 10:32am - AndrewBastard ""] Fuck. When was this? WITCH TOMB IS FINISHED! because its solid state, you can probably get away with bringing it to Mr Music. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 4:09pm - metal_church101 ""] largefreakatzero said:To fix a Marshall Valvestate, find nearest cliff, heave amp off. Shit. Guess that means I have to heave my Marshall AVT150 Head off of a cliff as well. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 26,2010 4:16pm - blue ""] id toss the avts. first gen valvestates rool though. |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 4:19pm - metal_church101 ""] I scooped it up as a shit beater head. Put a Penta Labs 12AX7 in it (per suggestion of www.dougstubes.com). Curious to hear how it sounds when playing loud. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 26,2010 4:26pm - blue ""] preamp tube change does next to nothing in valvestates, its more of a gimmick than anything else. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 5:30pm - madoakdevin nli ""] Andrew, have you ever heard Rob go off about Solid State shit at Mr. Music? HAHAHAHA dude refused to fix my friends ampeg solid state because "they sound like shit." hahaha Rob at Mr Music is actually super super super good at buildng tube amps and can fix whatever you send him in that direction. He's the dude that fixes all the super fucked up shit at Mad Oak. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 5:30pm - madoakdevin nli ""] also never heard of penta labs. I'm gonna be scoping that shit in a minute. |
| __________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 6:13pm - largefreakatzero ""] Blue said: largefreakatzero said:To fix a Marshall Valvestate, find nearest cliff, heave amp off. if the one he is talking about is the 8100 (VS100) i would not throw it off a cliff at all. any amp that is responsible for getting the guitar sounds out of 50% of the death catalog and 'the bleeding' is cool in my book. I don't remember what model I had (probably 10 years ago now), but it sounded ok out of the box, then gradually started sounding shittier and shittier. Besides using my flextone for a practice amp, I'm through with solid state. |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 26,2010 6:29pm - AndrewBastard ""] Devin: all I know is that I heard that Mr Music generally isnt the best place to bring gear for repair but I figured they must AT LEAST be able to do a quick solid state repair...I probably wrong though as personally I dont have any repair experience with that place... |