Trace Elliot V-Type 600h Problem

[musicman.626]

So I go into my studio for rehearsal, plug in my TE V-Type 600h amp and "BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"! Forth of July on the inside of the amp!! After the smoke cleared I tried it again and.......SAME! This ever happen to anyone?

[bryanonbass]

yep.
just happened to me.
I bought the amp and it immediately had a problem with the standby switch. I brought it to my guy. He said the standby switch soldering job was poor at best and a few connections weren't even soldered at all. He fixed it, worked great for 2x3 hour rehearsals. I get done with rehearsal, flip the standby switch, unplug my bass and WHAM!!!!! smoke, lightshow, whole nine yards.

Turns out the poweramp blew.
I decided to have my guy turn it into a preamp. We removed the busted transformer which takes off a nice bunch of weight. Bought a poweramp, so now I have trace sound with boatloads more power, hopefully more reliability.

sorry to hear about your woes.
i have heard some shops, at least around me, either outright refuse or very hesitantly work on trace stuff, because its hit or miss with quality.

[JoshuaTSP]

Let me know what you find out......since that's what my 300h is doing.
(I should probably check the preamp tubes first.)

Great idea though.....turn it into a preamp. The amp sounded EXTREMELY good, when it was working.

[BassmanPaul]

Once you let the smoke out you have to get a tech to put it back in. The more smoke you let out, the more the tech will charge to put it back.

IOW don't plug the thing in again until it's been to a tech.

[musicman.626]

I just dropped it off @ Advanced Music Elec in Venice, CA. 2 weeks until I find out the damage. I can only imagine the expense. I've had the amp for less than a year and if the repair cost is what I think it will be then it's time to step up to a GB STM-900 I've had my eye's on!

Thanks for the response & I will let you know the outcome.