Diezel kicked the bucket last night. Need backup amp...

[Phrygian]

I have a Hughes & Kettner Trilogy listed right now for right in that price point. PM if interested.

Thanks for the offer. I'm going to try and keep the next purchase within Canada, preferably local, to keep down costs. Cheers.

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

The Egnater Vengeance is right there in that price group brand new. Very nice clean and I liked the dirty channels. Pretty versatile amp.

Cool. Thanks for the suggestion!

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

I have the 6505+. I dig it. It's not as thick as the 5150 combo but it sounds great to me.

Nice! I do miss my 5150 and would be totally happy having one again. Not sure if the 6505+ or 5150 III is the way to go.

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

6505+ or a used Dual Rectifier.

Both great amps within the budget. Just gotta see what pops up in my area. Thanks for the suggestions. PS that Peavey Ultra plus vid you did sounded really good!

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

I bet Mike is right. Power tube went and took the B+ fuse.

Good stuff. My Dad told me that was the first things he was going to check as well. He's the electrical / electronics guru. I just pass him the tools and the beer. lol

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

Phrygian, the Renegade won't have enough gain and low end for you, specially if you're used to a Herbert. It's a FANTASTIC rock/blues amp but not a metal machine.

I'd recommend you get into a guitar Center and check out the Egnater Vengeance and Armageddon, those will definitely be in your alley.

Thanks for the heads-up Joey! I had wondered about that. I'll still give it a go. Maybe I'll snag it anyway if I feel it could be useful in the studio. It won't solve the backup amp dilemma but hey, that's what GAS is for lol. Cheers.

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

So we're rocking out last night and my Herbert goes dead silent.

You sure you didn't just activate the mid cut feature ?

lol! Nah, not the mid cut feature. That would be hilarious though, oh man.

 

[Phrygian]

Try swapping the preamp tubes. Might have burnt one.

I'll definitely do that. Thanks.

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

Sounds exactly like a blown fuse and/or the power tubes. Same thing happened to my JSX a few months back. And you could always look at GC Used online. They have all the greats and you can always find something under 1g. I saw a JSX on there last week for $399... I'm still kicking myself in the ass for not picking it up as a back up.

Wow, a JSX for $399? Functional? lol

I'll be checking those things. Cheers.

 

[Phrygian]

My guess? Power tubes need replacing and re-biasing once installed. New slo-blow fuses in all spots. If this isn't the case, it's potentially OTs which would be bad - real bad. Typically PTs go with a bang - pop, sizzle, crackle - this bit about there being a hum in advance of its death, not so sure. Don't like the sounds of this. When you're done going tilt on th gigging, plug this baby back in and hit the standby to RUN - make sure there's a load on it - and look behind to see if the fuses are shot. Even in advance of hitting RUN, when the amp is in standby mode, with the rear grille off the back, you should notice the tubes will either be heating and coloured homogenously, or there'll be a couple or four or maybe all six that look weird inside - red, orange, blackened interior of the tube, etc.

Peace,
Mo

Thanks Mo! All the power tubes are lighting up fine. I had a tube in my Soldano burn right up once though, to the point of blue flame. THAT was interesting!

The preamp tubes are lighting up fine as well, but a couple look weak upon first inspection. I'll just do a complete swap. It's probably due. Cheers.

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

If you or your dad needs help to fix the (probably tube related) Herbert issue, let me know . . .

That would be great! Thank you very much! I will keep you posted

Matt

 

[Phrygian]

My herbert blew a fuse a few months ago and a set of my tubes went bad, i changed the fuse and changed a few tubes and it worked fine until last week and the same thing happened. So i decided to order new power tubes from laura. I think my old tubes went bad.

Sounds like the same problem. Just crazy. Herbert goes dead and all I see are dollar signs flashing before me lol. I'm hoping for an easy fix. My Dad's pretty confident it will be. He'll probably look at it this weekend. Until then it's back to the JCM 800's.

 

[Phrygian]

+1 new egnater amps

Cool. Will take a peak.

Matt

 

[Ventura]

My guess? Power tubes need replacing and re-biasing once installed. New slo-blow fuses in all spots. If this isn't the case, it's potentially OTs which would be bad - real bad. Typically PTs go with a bang - pop, sizzle, crackle - this bit about there being a hum in advance of its death, not so sure. Don't like the sounds of this. When you're done going tilt on th gigging, plug this baby back in and hit the standby to RUN - make sure there's a load on it - and look behind to see if the fuses are shot. Even in advance of hitting RUN, when the amp is in standby mode, with the rear grille off the back, you should notice the tubes will either be heating and coloured homogenously, or there'll be a couple or four or maybe all six that look weird inside - red, orange, blackened interior of the tube, etc.

Peace,
Mo

Thanks Mo! All the power tubes are lighting up fine. I had a tube in my Soldano burn right up once though, to the point of blue flame. THAT was interesting!

The preamp tubes are lighting up fine as well, but a couple look weak upon first inspection. I'll just do a complete swap. It's probably due. Cheers.

Matt

More than likely OT then - sorry. I'm not an armchair pro though, I hope I'm wrong.
Mo

 

[Phrygian]

More than likely OT then - sorry. I'm not an armchair pro though, I hope I'm wrong.
Mo

I hope so as well! lol

 

[fearhk213]

So we're rocking out last night and my Herbert goes dead silent.

You sure you didn't just activate the mid cut feature ?

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

I had two JJs 12ax7s in my Mak4 that jsut stoped working completely. If you plug into the FX return, and still get nothing I would check the fuses, replace the Phase inverter, and next would be the power tubes. You should be able to pull a pair at a time to see where the bad one is. I also see that you swaped speaker cables already, have you tried a different cab in case one of the speaker wires inside the cab came off. I had that happen to me once, now I solder them all. I would think that with how well built the Diezels are I would be surprised if it is an OT.

Good luck!!!

If you want a small rig for a backup a good preamp with a solid state 150 watt power amp makes a great 2-3 space rack backup system...Unless your preamp is a Mak4 then it is a 5+ space rack.

 

[Phrygian]

I had two JJs 12ax7s in my Mak4 that jsut stoped working completely. If you plug into the FX return, and still get nothing I would check the fuses, replace the Phase inverter, and next would be the power tubes. You should be able to pull a pair at a time to see where the bad one is. I also see that you swaped speaker cables already, have you tried a different cab in case one of the speaker wires inside the cab came off. I had that happen to me once, now I solder them all. I would think that with how well built the Diezels are I would be surprised if it is an OT.

Good luck!!!

If you want a small rig for a backup a good preamp with a solid state 150 watt power amp makes a great 2-3 space rack backup system...Unless your preamp is a Mak4 then it is a 5+ space rack.

Well shit. I get home and my dad asks me if I swapped cabs. I said no. I go try it and voila. BUT, I put it back on the original cab, and that's working too. So I'm kind of at a loss. Very happy it's working again. Not sure if the issue will re-occur. Time will tell.

In a way it's fate. First major snow fall today and my tires are too bare to handle the conditions already. Looks like that bit of money is going to winter tires and rims.

 

[mrkmas]

I had two JJs 12ax7s in my Mak4 that jsut stoped working completely. If you plug into the FX return, and still get nothing I would check the fuses, replace the Phase inverter, and next would be the power tubes. You should be able to pull a pair at a time to see where the bad one is. I also see that you swaped speaker cables already, have you tried a different cab in case one of the speaker wires inside the cab came off. I had that happen to me once, now I solder them all. I would think that with how well built the Diezels are I would be surprised if it is an OT.

Good luck!!!

If you want a small rig for a backup a good preamp with a solid state 150 watt power amp makes a great 2-3 space rack backup system...Unless your preamp is a Mak4 then it is a 5+ space rack.

Well shit. I get home and my dad asks me if I swapped cabs. I said no. I go try it and voila. BUT, I put it back on the original cab, and that's working too. So I'm kind of at a loss. Very happy it's working again. Not sure if the issue will re-occur. Time will tell.

In a way it's fate. First major snow fall today and my tires are too bare to handle the conditions already. Looks like that bit of money is going to winter tires and rims.

I'm glad its working, but certainly hurts any easy chances of diagnosing problems until it acts up again. Those come and go problems are always a pain to fix.

 

[snowdog]

Cool that it is working now.

But, the theory of buying a cheaper tube amp isn't going to fix tube related problems....comes with the territory.