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Post by aslerjack on Nov 4, 2013 18:55:35 GMT -7
Was practicing earlier today with the Remedy and suddenly the volume just disappeared. Light was still on, tried a different cable and guitar, still no sound. Looked at the tubes, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, the power tubes looked liked they always seem to look. Finally I turned it off and back on, back to normal and nasty. Would this be a sign that the power tube(s) might be going bad? I do have a spare set, just need to locate them, moved this past summer. Also, I will do search when I get to my laptop but I thought someone might have posted the same same or similar issue. Thanks, Jack Edit: found the other topic I was thinking about, different issue, those were total loss of power it seems. Sent from my iPad using ProBoards app
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Post by bryan0418 on Nov 4, 2013 20:57:23 GMT -7
Hey Jack. I have a spare set as well if you can't find yours right away. I also have pre-amp tubes. Just let me know.
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Post by Maddog on Nov 5, 2013 5:12:07 GMT -7
^^^^^ Man .... is this cool forum, or what?!?! Way cool move there Bryan!!!!!
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Post by bryan0418 on Nov 5, 2013 5:50:12 GMT -7
Jack is a local Z Brother in my area. Good guy!
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Post by bwc on Nov 5, 2013 6:53:57 GMT -7
You were probably bringing so much ROCK the amp couldn't handle it?
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Post by John on Nov 5, 2013 9:03:24 GMT -7
It could be more than power tubes....or OTHER than power tubes. Do you have a pedal board? Lots of pedals? It could be a connection in the various patch cables.
When you start to get 'no sound'...immediately unplug your pedal board and go directly in the amp with a known good cable. If it still does it, then you know it's the amp, not the pedal board. If it immediately roars back to life, you know it's the pedalboard, not the amp.
Remedy has a solid state rectifier, so it can't be a bad rec tube.
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Post by aslerjack on Nov 5, 2013 11:21:49 GMT -7
Thanks Bryan, will let you know if I need to borrow them, think I have an idea but you never know.
Thanks John, no pedal board, was plugged straight in, swapped fairly quick to another guitar and cable to rule that out. Couldn't tell if it was gradual or right away that the volume was lost. I stopped playing for about 15 seconds and when I hit a chord, it was quiet. Maybe it got mad at me for taking a break.
Jack
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 11:56:26 GMT -7
▲▲▲ I agree. Loss in volume can be many different things. I had a bad cable that would cut out. It was the cable from my guitar to the pedal board. Sometimes the volume would cut out. Sometimes it would just drop in volume. After thinking it might be tubes (which is the usual first thought). I accidently discovered the short in the cable. I replaced the cable and the issue was resolved.
Before that I had another guitar amp that would cut out (not a z). Kept thinking it was tubes. After replacing the tubes too many times I put the amp up for sale. After the sale I gave the amp a go to make sure everything was fine and it was dead. I had power but no sound came from the speaker. I took the amp to a local tech and he had the problem fixed in twenty minutes. Turned out the problem was the speaker ohm selector switch. It had gone bad. I had taken the amp to a different tech before this with the conclusion being, I bought more new tubes and paid to have it rebiased.
I guess the moral of the story is that the problem can be many things. We tend to always think tubes are the problem. It pays to check the whole rig.
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Post by elbecko6 on Feb 1, 2014 9:34:34 GMT -7
Had the same problem once with a Mojave amp and it was a bad welding (cold welding) on a tube socket. When tube was getting hot, it cut the sound, when cooling, the sound was back.
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