spray a little contact cleaner into them, and stick the plug in and pull it out a few times quickly.
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Peavey Mark VI problem.
- Thread starter JimmyKickButt
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Think I found the issue, loose output on my bass 
I'll let y'all know if it acts up again. thanks for the advice!
I'll let y'all know if it acts up again. thanks for the advice!
MMMK. Back to square one. I'm too lazy to dig in the head presently, so I pulled one of the scorps for MNAirHead. When I press on the cone I hear something similar to what is being emitted while I play. I'm assuming what I'm hearing is the voice coil rubbing in the gap. I cleaned the gap not to long ago so I'm thinking that these speakers are old enough that the are beginning to sag. Just a guess. Input please.
Took the mags off, there were metal specks in the gap; cleaned them up, re-installed them, plugged it in, and... no change. I can only hear it in the scorps, as it seems to specifically be a high freq sound(ish). I'd test the 18" alone but that's not possible at present cause some dink screwed with the input board on the cab (that's next on the fix list) Anyway, after listening to it some more I'm leaning towards a bad solder somewhere in the head; as the buzz is intermittent and it sounds more electric than speaker. It'll be a while before I get to that so I'll let y'all know what I find when that happens. Thanks for the help!
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I'm always happy to see some one else rocking a mark VI.
I wish i could help but mine seems to be a tank that will out live my grand children.
I wish i could help but mine seems to be a tank that will out live my grand children.
Do you know the thing like the back of your hand? cause I have some general usage Q's.
I have a very similar issue with my bass settup right now. A couple days ago the amp seemed to be slowly getting quieter and quieter until it stopped working all together. The problem described above sounds very similar in that the amp distorted the sound and sort of cut the notes short. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?
