I've seen a ton of svt7 threads on here but nothing that really sounds similar to my scenario.
I was playing a gig this past weekend and half way through there was a pretty loud pop that caught the band off guard. We didn't realize it at the time, but it was likely something in my amp that blew out. This is a small outdoor farmers market gig where volume is low and we line the upright bass/vocals into the PA direct. I couldn't really hear it from where I was standing anyway so we didn't notice that it dropped out. It wasn't until we were about to start our next set that we realized there was no sound. Checked the amp and it wasn't getting any power.
At one point maybe 20 minutes after it happened we thought we could smell burning plastic but it was very brief and we turned around to realize there was a cooking demo going on and we assumed it may be from that. The time that had passed made it seem like it wasn't related, but maybe it was.
I just opened it up and at face value the board and components don't look like there is anything melted/burnt. The tube looks OK, and the fuse has a white tape around it so I can't give it a pass or fail with just a look at it.
I've got a few thousand hours on this over the last decade so while I would hope it would have just lasted forever, I am not shocked that there it's time has come.
Going to replace the fuse to see if that fixes it, but was just curious if there were other idea's that I should check into.
I was playing a gig this past weekend and half way through there was a pretty loud pop that caught the band off guard. We didn't realize it at the time, but it was likely something in my amp that blew out. This is a small outdoor farmers market gig where volume is low and we line the upright bass/vocals into the PA direct. I couldn't really hear it from where I was standing anyway so we didn't notice that it dropped out. It wasn't until we were about to start our next set that we realized there was no sound. Checked the amp and it wasn't getting any power.
At one point maybe 20 minutes after it happened we thought we could smell burning plastic but it was very brief and we turned around to realize there was a cooking demo going on and we assumed it may be from that. The time that had passed made it seem like it wasn't related, but maybe it was.
I just opened it up and at face value the board and components don't look like there is anything melted/burnt. The tube looks OK, and the fuse has a white tape around it so I can't give it a pass or fail with just a look at it.
I've got a few thousand hours on this over the last decade so while I would hope it would have just lasted forever, I am not shocked that there it's time has come.
Going to replace the fuse to see if that fixes it, but was just curious if there were other idea's that I should check into.
), I think it's time to take that amplifier to a qualified service center for repair. There's no user-serviceable parts in there, except the fuse.
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