Help! My tube amp is craklin' !
Yes. Im getting some crackling from my tube amp. At first I thought it was my chords, but I took them out and i still got the cracklin. Do I need new tubes?!?! Thanks.
# 1
[font=trebuchet ms]Maybe.
How old is your amp? How old are the tubes? How hard do you use it? Tap them gently with a long pencil, or a plastic chopstick, to see if ony of them make crunchy noises.
It may just be old, dirty control pots. Do they crackle when you turn them?
It's also possible that the filter cap(s) in the power supply are dying. Time to see an amp tech.[/font]
How old is your amp? How old are the tubes? How hard do you use it? Tap them gently with a long pencil, or a plastic chopstick, to see if ony of them make crunchy noises.
It may just be old, dirty control pots. Do they crackle when you turn them?
It's also possible that the filter cap(s) in the power supply are dying. Time to see an amp tech.[/font]
# 2
Tap them...if the sound becomes examplified then its the tubes...but it doesnt sound like it
WWSD? What would stevie do?
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[font=trebuchet ms]Rack the pots back'n'forth a few times quickly.[/font]
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