If the popping is annoying try turning down the reverb on your amp, usually an amp with a spring reverb built in pops loudly and it can be loud enough to scare ya. The reverb just tends to make it worse.
As far as the screams, like Mark said it could be normal. Most likely you have your gain set way too high. Most amps with distortion have 2 channels. A clean and a distorted one. Note that both likely have their own volume control and GAIN knob. Turn that gain down and the screaming should stop.
Hope that helps man. :)
Originally Posted by: DGM Shredderokay so i am a noob ive beign playing for just over a month i have a marshamp amp 15w i think, so in the past week ive beign jamming on it and whenever i press the distortion button it screams with a high pitch tone and doesent stop until i turn the distortion off. it scares the living sheet outa me. also sometimes whilst im playing i can hear my amp pop. :confused:
is this just what all amp's do?
is there something that can stop it?
am i hearing things?
is my amp broken?
is marshall really that bad?
thanks in advance :confused: