Recent content by kaygee

Another vote for JJ's from me, good tone and value for money

I have a metallic red B-10 I've owned for around 20 years, my first proper bass and I still gig with it. Playing metal so the pointed headstock is not a problem, it's a great workhorse instrument.

You can still get it from the link below http://line6.com/software/index.html

I can send you preamp and power amp schematics if you pm me an email address, they exceed 150kb so I cannot attach them to this post.

Thanks for all the advice, it was a fantastic help. I took the amp to a tech who looked at the amp for 10 seconds and said he needed to replace all the Mosfets and it would cost £180 ($290). I then showed him what Jerrold had written but he was still sure the Mosfets were the problem so I...

Thanks bassmodder, I will try that and let you know how I get on.

I have an 11 year old Ampeg SVT-3 PRO that has stopped working in the middle of a gig and started making a continuous high pitched noise. Opening up the amp one of the resistors has burnt out. On the power amp schematic diagram it’s R8 (2.21K 1/2W 1%) between V1, V2, Q1 and Test Point 7. I...

Check out Anger by Downset and Davidian by Machine Head for fairly easy songs with some great heavy chunky riffs in.

Thanks Jerrold, I tried plugging in and out the footswitch jack but that did not cause any problems. How can I check the drive to the switch circuit, it would make sense if this switched on and off repeatedly when the problem occured. Do I need to remove the PCBs from the case and inspect them...

Thanks for the suggestions. The problem occurs when the amp is idle and also when I am playing. I opened up the amp tried gently moving the body of the EQ switch to see if it had a bad solder joint (it is PCB mounted) but it is fine, moving the switch button side to side also did nothing. I...

I have had a SVT-3 for 2 years and am very happy with the sound and it is easily loud enough for me. The problem is the graphic eq sometimes switches on and off repeatedly on it's own, causing the sound to go louder and quieter, and the eq light flashes on and off. I have the eq level at...