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Post by ampaholic on Oct 15, 2010 12:10:39 GMT -7
Astronome, I think the 5Y3's last a long, long time. There are tons of vintage amps around with 40 year old 5Y3's still going strong. When you mention rattle and hiss I wonder if it would make sense to swap out the EF86 before you do anything else. They have that tendency.
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Post by astronome on Oct 15, 2010 15:50:26 GMT -7
hmm ill look into the ef86 as well. thanks!
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Post by mcook217 on Oct 16, 2010 9:56:07 GMT -7
after about 2 years of moderate play on my rx jr. it started getting a drop in volume by half and sounded like a heavy wool blanket was draped over the amp. also sometimes when it would be put to stand by and then turned back on it would go back to normal and blow everyone away because the volume and eq had been compensated for. If that sounds at all like what you're experiencing it was the power tubes.
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