i bought my first bass(brand new) this weekend and picked up an old peavey amp off of craigslist. The amp sounds good, but when i plug in my guitar to the low gain input somtimes i have the wiggle the cable connector to get a good connection. Also on the high gain it works 50% of the time, when i stick the plug in slowly i can hear it make a connection, but once i stick the whole plug in it wont work. Does this sound like i just need the jacks to be replaced? Or do you think it might be something else? HOw much should i expect to pay for this service? thanks
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Peavey TKO75 Help *NOOB*
- Thread starter kazuya
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It sounds like the jacks do need to be rewired, possibly replaced, depending on their condition inside the amp. It shouldn't be particularly expensive, jacks are in the sub $10 range, and service time will depend on the availability of amp techs (electricians in a pinch) in your area. It is possible that the problems run deeper, but looking at the jacks would be the first logical step in troubleshooting.
Hey n00b, we don't plug guitars into our bass amps, we plug in BASSES! 
Sorry, old "A bass ain't a guitar" rhetoric. It's standard issue for n00bs.
How handy-dandy are you with electronics? Have you ever torn a toaster apart? If so, it's not hard really, to disassemble an amp, and replace input jacks. Most likely, you'll only need to resolder the wire connections on those jacks, and maybe a Q-Tip and some Caig's DeOxit to clean the jacks' contact surfaces.
An amp tech can do all this for you for maybe a $20 and a half-hour of his time. If you don't trust yourself to open up the amp, let someone help you out.
Sorry, old "A bass ain't a guitar" rhetoric. It's standard issue for n00bs.How handy-dandy are you with electronics? Have you ever torn a toaster apart? If so, it's not hard really, to disassemble an amp, and replace input jacks. Most likely, you'll only need to resolder the wire connections on those jacks, and maybe a Q-Tip and some Caig's DeOxit to clean the jacks' contact surfaces.
An amp tech can do all this for you for maybe a $20 and a half-hour of his time. If you don't trust yourself to open up the amp, let someone help you out.
I would take it to a techie. Those TNT's are good amps , but the jacks are built right onto the circuit board. They are not soldered by wire to places on the board. Let a pro do it. Even if it is $75-$100, it will be worth it. Those old TNT's are very strong (loud) and heavy, and you can still get replacement baskets for the Scorpion/black widow spkrs in them for cheap.
Before you spend money on it, I would just plug in a quarter inch plug a bunch of times. If the amp has been sitting a while, it might be enough to cleanup the contacts.
The absolute WORST electronics design flaw I could ever hate. And yet manufacturers still hard-solder their stressed connection points to the circuit board. It's sad and pathetic, that they try to simplify production and reduce costs in ways that are DESTINED for failure. All it does, is leave a sour taste in a user's mouth when their gear fails because of such a crappy design flaw.
