Long story... sorry for writing a novel but there's a lot to explain...
I bought an svt 7 pro on ebay for a decent price that was brand new. Apparently it must have been one of the old ones that people have been saying had some problems...
When i got it i plugged it into my mesa ph 410 and i loved it, all the tone I was hoping for. After playing with it for a while i plugged in headphones and played, then about 5 minutes in it started cutting out through the phones. I unplugged them and continued to play through the cab, and it was still dying out and all of a sudden the sound completely cut out. I turned it off and turned it back on, and though it still turned on, no sound.
So i brought it in to a repair shop that was reasonably priced that builds their own amps, so I thought they would know what they were doing, but apparently had little experience with class D. He warned me it was going to take a while because he had never repaired a class d amp before, but said he would do the entire repair for 40 bucks plus parts if i was willing to wait it out as it would be a "great learning experience" for him. I decided i had more time than money, so that was fine. About a month and a half later the guy tells me he found a "bad measurement" on an IC driver. He ended up replacing it, called me up and had me come in and try it out. I did, it worked fine, and i brought it to practice that same night. Turned it on, played for a while, and it ended up shutting off like before, but every time i turned it back on it worked. After we took a break I turned it on, let it sit for a minute, then slowly raised the volume on the amp, thinking maybe it needs to warm up... then we played for another hour or so no problems.
Decided to leave the amp at my practice space and see how next practice would go. Came back 3 days later and plugged it in, no sound then all of a sudden it makes a really loud blowing up/farting sound. I turn it off and back on, same thing happens.
So... clearly I am back to the repair shop, but obviously a different one. Does anyone think this repair guy possibly did something that could have resulted in the amp malfunctioning even worse than when I took it in there? I know nothing about repairs on electronics so that's a question i'm clueless on.
What I really want to know is if anyone who has previously owned or currently owns an svt 7 pro that has had this happen can tell me what was wrong with it if you got it repaired? (and how much did it cost?)
Or does anyone that has experience with repairs have any idea what could be wrong based on what i explained?
I have low funds so this is my main head, and I have to fix it but i'm kind of stuck in a ****** situation because i feel like I have to keep it since I will be too worried selling it to someone after i get it repaired in case it dies on them, and I will always be too worried to take it by itself to gigs in case it dies again. Anyone who has gotten theirs repaired ever have any other problems with it after you got it fixed?
Thanks for your time and help!
I bought an svt 7 pro on ebay for a decent price that was brand new. Apparently it must have been one of the old ones that people have been saying had some problems...
When i got it i plugged it into my mesa ph 410 and i loved it, all the tone I was hoping for. After playing with it for a while i plugged in headphones and played, then about 5 minutes in it started cutting out through the phones. I unplugged them and continued to play through the cab, and it was still dying out and all of a sudden the sound completely cut out. I turned it off and turned it back on, and though it still turned on, no sound.
So i brought it in to a repair shop that was reasonably priced that builds their own amps, so I thought they would know what they were doing, but apparently had little experience with class D. He warned me it was going to take a while because he had never repaired a class d amp before, but said he would do the entire repair for 40 bucks plus parts if i was willing to wait it out as it would be a "great learning experience" for him. I decided i had more time than money, so that was fine. About a month and a half later the guy tells me he found a "bad measurement" on an IC driver. He ended up replacing it, called me up and had me come in and try it out. I did, it worked fine, and i brought it to practice that same night. Turned it on, played for a while, and it ended up shutting off like before, but every time i turned it back on it worked. After we took a break I turned it on, let it sit for a minute, then slowly raised the volume on the amp, thinking maybe it needs to warm up... then we played for another hour or so no problems.
Decided to leave the amp at my practice space and see how next practice would go. Came back 3 days later and plugged it in, no sound then all of a sudden it makes a really loud blowing up/farting sound. I turn it off and back on, same thing happens.
So... clearly I am back to the repair shop, but obviously a different one. Does anyone think this repair guy possibly did something that could have resulted in the amp malfunctioning even worse than when I took it in there? I know nothing about repairs on electronics so that's a question i'm clueless on.
What I really want to know is if anyone who has previously owned or currently owns an svt 7 pro that has had this happen can tell me what was wrong with it if you got it repaired? (and how much did it cost?)
Or does anyone that has experience with repairs have any idea what could be wrong based on what i explained?
I have low funds so this is my main head, and I have to fix it but i'm kind of stuck in a ****** situation because i feel like I have to keep it since I will be too worried selling it to someone after i get it repaired in case it dies on them, and I will always be too worried to take it by itself to gigs in case it dies again. Anyone who has gotten theirs repaired ever have any other problems with it after you got it fixed?
Thanks for your time and help!
