Problems with blown valve and fuses
Problems with blown valve and fuses |
Music Man Amps Discussion Forum » Adjustments, Maintenance & Calibration » Problems with blown valve and fuses
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Sam Powrie (savvas) Username: savvas Registered: 01-2008 |
Hi All, |
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Mike Kaus (mm210) Username: mm210 Registered: 05-2006 |
Since it takes out only one tube and the fuse, I'm betting bad tube and/or insufficient bias voltage to control runaway and the one tube was just weaker than the oters. Those amps are bad about eating tubes anyway so if you have one that was cranked bias wise and one tube is a little softer than the oters it coud do it. Bad tubes socket will allow control grid voltage to drop on ONE tubes. Bad resistor on THAT socket wil do it also. You need to know if it lost control voaltage full time or intermittantly. Intermittant and I vote for loose socket. They ARE 30 yrs old. |