Recent content by Tim Payne

That's helpful, I'm looking at getting a DI for my bass setup. My basses are all passive except for one which I don't use all that often; I run my Fender Jazz through a Boss Bass Equalizer and a Seymour Duncan Studio Bass Compressor. From what I gather the EQ will act as an active buffer...

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I was wrong about the fuse, this is a 315mA and not a 3.15A. Since I didn't use the latter anyway this is no cause for concern. I'd replaced the filter caps not longer after buying it as one of them had burst (metal top blown open). Ran the amp earlier for about 20 minutes using the existing...

That's correct, it was the same fuse as before which had blown - (see pic) I've just powered it up with the old sextet on a 4 ohm load and the valves have definately gone. Played at considerable volume to give them some stick! Thanks for the help all the same.

It's a 315mA fuse that keeps blowing and as this is on the same board as the filter caps I can safely assume it's part of the power supply. My previous experience with working on valve amps (especially older designs) goes back around 20 years. Although I've smoked a few valves in some and...

I'm in the UK I'm afraid. Just trying to sell the amp really so it needs to have a clean bill of health if you get my drift. A serious shoulder injury a while back means I struggle to lift it any distance, and I accept it ain't going away.

I ran it set to 4 ohms with an 8 ohm load. (4 ohms into a 4 ohm load and it's fine, didn't realise it was so sensitive when running an 8 ohm load). I've run Marshalls, Selmers etc into a bigger load with no problems so I guess the valves have had it as I was unknowingly overloading the output...

I know that although I have had it working before with new output valves. With nothing visually defective I'm gonna go by what the other fuses are on different areas of the amp. My guess is that it's a Fast-Blow as it was working before I swapped out the 'bad' tube. - From there on I'll try it...