I have an Ampeg V-5 and I was playing it today and my sound just faded out to nothing. I smelled something funny and I noticed that a tube was glowing bright red. I had all the tubes replaced about 6 years ago and I play just about every day. Is this what happens when a tube blows ? And if so does this mean that there is a problem somewhere else to cause it to happen ?? Also do different brands of tubes really make much of a tone difference ? any help will be greatly appreciated


ps: should I replace just the blown one or just replace them all ??


Thx !!!