So, I was playing a gig and all of a sudden my amp starts cutting out then cuts out completely. It's a Mesa 400+. After the show, turned the head back on and tried playing it, it made some sound, then blew a fuse and turned off. Everyone I know seems to think it's a power tube. Any thoughts or ideas on what's wrong?
If it blew a fuse after cooling and re-powering, it is amp tech time.
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Yup, mine did the same thing a while back. Static, the sound cut out, then "pop"... It was a power tube, but a power tube failure can lead to other problems in the "kill you dead" regions of the circuitry that you don't want to poke around in. Shop time: get it checked out.
