acoustic b100 amp suddenly not working :(

[hecTr0n]

so i take this amp to band practice once a week and only put the volume up to 3...so not very loud. i bought it off this guy who had it for about 6 months, ive had it now for about 6 months now too. so i turn it on and it dont work. i turned the volume knob up, made sure my basses volume is up, changed cables and nothing.

usually when i turn the volume all the way up even though my bass isnt connected i hear very noticeable hiss. but now when i do the same thing i hear very, very low hiss and when the volume is cranked to max i can hear my bass very low but distorted.

so, what can i do to troubleshoot it? does this amp have fuses? by the description i gave, is the speaker possibly blown? i know nothing obviously about amps lol. thanks guys.

 

[Stilettoprefer]

You know for sure it's not your bass? I've had some funky stuff happen and I just blamed it on the amp when it was really my bass that was the problem. You try plugging a guitar or something else into it?

 

[waleross]

+1 on checking out the bass first and then go to the amp. active?, battery check, chord check, sounds funny but ignoring the obvious happens all the time. Plug in another bass?....then you can always have the amp checked out on the tech bench, as a last resort.................

 

[Electricblue]

moving it to the bass section of the forum might help, since a lot more people talk about amps than hardware.

but make sure your bass isnt the problem first.

 

[lkngro]

I have that same amp, and that happens to me sometimes. I just give it a good whack and it resolves itself. Though we probably don't have the some problem...

 

[5port]

lkngro has the same amp and a whack cures it...this points to the effects jacks oxidizing. If the amp has effects loop jacks by all means squirt some contact cleaner in there and do the in/out thing with a 1/4 inch plug.

 

[SurferJoe46]

I found that a buddy with his Peavey and another Fender uses those fat lifetime guaranteed never-fail cables - the name escapes me at the mo - but they spring the connectors too far and after a while they just fail to contact.

 

[jelwood]

Could try cleaning the effects return if it has one as well.

 

[hecTr0n]

thanks for all the suggestions guys...it was the outlet it self lol. i unplugged the amp and it outlet nearly came with it, lol. its up and working now, thanks all !

 

[SurferJoe46]

Yeah - kicking the amp won't repair the wall receptacle.

BTW: Now I remember - it's MONSTER cables that do that.