Anybody else Having issues with Carvin BX500?

[k5koy]

I sure am! I bought a combo unit from them a few months ago with the 2-10 cab, and it was awesome! Loved this thing. After just 3 weeks, I went to the studio for practice and turned it on and the protect circuit kick in. Fiddled with it for a bit trying to eliminate the cause and after a while it came on and functioned perfectly for the rest of the practice session. The next practice, same thing again. I called them and they said to send it in and they sent me a new one. Very good customer service with these guys! I got the new one and went on for a couple of practices with no issues, then bam, yesterday at practice, this new one starts messing up. Different symptoms this time. No protection circuit, but while I was playing along it just started slowly fizzling out and dropped power. I stopped playing and in just a few seconds it was back, so I went on playing and agian it farted and went away. Powered it down and back up again, and it was fine for a few minutes and started again. Continued to mess with it and it started working perfectly again for the remainder of practice. What are the odds of getting 2 bad ones in a row?.. Is it just a bad amp? Inherit to episodes? I cant imagine that I would ever feel confident enuff to gig with this now. Anybody else?

Koy-West Texas

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[DWBass]

Did it work fine anywhere else? Could be the circuits at the studio. Make sure those outlets are properly grounded!

[5port]

Check the internal wiring in the speaker cabinet. This may require visual inspection. After a year of vibration connections loosen. If you can play the head into another cabinet for a full rehersal.