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    Fender American Deluxe pan pot acts like a 3-way switch

    I have a 2014 American Deluxe Jazz with the Volume/Pan/T/T configuration and I'm not sure the pan is working as designed. When set in the middle, I get a blended tone, but even the smallest deviation from the middle is either full bridge, or full neck. It's not exactly a 3-way switch as the...
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    Ampeg SVT-7 PRO, cutting out, brand new...

    I think the pre amp board has the tube on it. The main board is the larger one. I had to replace the main board with the H revision. I didn’t touch the preamp board. the bad chip is in the U2 slot. The board had noticeable burn marks around it.
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    Ampeg SVT-7 PRO, cutting out, brand new...

    I assume you purchased it as a pre-owned unit? If so, maybe the prior owner had it upgraded from the C00 revision to the H01 revision. The sticker on the outside is probably from the original manufacturing. If the main board is H revision, it's probably good. Once I switched the main board...
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    Ampeg SVT-7 PRO, cutting out, brand new...

    I think you want to get to revision H, as I think they solved most of the issues with that revision. However I wouldn't unless you have to, my revision C00 lasted a really long time. If you have to switch it out, the boards aren't that expensive (relative to a new amp), and I switched it out...
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    Ampeg SVT-7 PRO, cutting out, brand new...

    I've had a C00 revision for about 10 years, and it just started the power cycling issue. Unfortunately it acted up in the middle of a gig. I replaced it with Trace Elliot Elf (fabulous backup amp btw) which got me through the rest of the gig. Afterwards, it was hard to replicate, it seemed...