Iamp 800 - top rattles

Hey, the top of my Iamp 800 is rattling. Really pissing me off! I can set something heavy on top of it, but that's pretty impractical.

Anyone have other ideas for stopping it? Feels like it's just unsupported in the center, but tough to say. It resonates to B/C on the bass which is rather inconvenient The rattle is quite ridiculously loud at high volumes.

 

Yeah I pulled all the screws out and put them all back in, seems pretty tight, but there's no screw at all across the front of the top panel. It's kind of held in place by a tab on a little rivet looking thing. Couldn't actually get the entire top panel off due to that, but I got all the screws out.

 

I put my amp on isolating foam and it changed nothing except to slightly quiet a minor internal buzzing. There is a very, very quiet internal buzz to the amp resonating to F#, but it's quieter than a fan so I gave up worrying about it - doesn't show up recorded.

The B/C resonance is clearly the top panel. I put a wah pedal on top of it (with rubber feet) and it stopped entirely. Now my walls resonate, but there ain't nothing I can do about that yet Bass traps are a while coming.

I guess I can always keep a wah pedal on top of the head but that seems...lame

 

Oh, I've discussed it with EA, and they gave some suggestions but would have to look at it to fix anything, which is 20 bucks each way and a 100.00 service fee Hurray for being out of warranty.

 

Yeah that appears to be a rivet and not a screw from what I can see. Doesn't seem to come out. I dropped an email to EA.

 

There is a lot of room in the case so that seems like a good idea. If i can get the top off that sounds like the way to go. Thanks!

 

Just a shoutout here, I heard from EA support and they are assisting It's pretty great that their support is as helpful as their amps are awesome.

And thanks again to everybody else for your comments. Seems like some kind of mass on the inside of the lid is going to be the answer.

 

I'm still working on it - my 16th allen key isn't working on the front, so going to see if I can't dig up another one to try. Failing that, EA's offered to take a look at it gratis so I might do that if I can scrounge up a backup amp sufficient for my upcoming gigs Neopak might hang, I dunno.

Also working on figuring out what kind of tape to use to deaden the top, don't want something that'll melt if it gets hot. Any ideas?