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Savagery
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Hello,
Maybe 5 months ago I purchased an Egnater Tweaker 15 head and 1x12 cab new from Musician's Friend. I own a recording studio and this amp was purchased to record one particular artist.
We have been tracking guitars for months and getting a great sound. However, last week while playing alone, I noticed the Tweaker was giving me some microphonic squealing-type feedback when I get too close to the head with a guitar. Even 5 feet or so away, it would do this. This is at moderate gain settings, maybe 12 o' clock to 3 o'clock on the CLEAN setting. This was definitely a new thing. The cab is 20 feet away in another room.
Today I had my client in and we worked on more guitars, and for the life of me I could NOT match the sound we had gotten for months. Same mics/placement, same settings on the amp, same guitar etc. Also, there is the squeaking feedback between notes, which had never happened before.
The tone is noticeably darker, with a much less pleasing overdrive. Instead of the smooth bright distortion I was getting before, now I have a crusty mid-rangey breakup. Tried the other guitar we use, same deal. I just don't like the sound of the amp anymore, it's not even close to what it was and I'm positive something is wrong.
I'm thinking (hoping) tubes, and I have some extra brand new 12ax7s I can swap in to test. I don't have spare power tubes.
Any more recommendations? Send it back right now? Replace tubes and then send back? I don't want to be without this amp, since that puts this project on hold. I wouldn't mind just throwing in tubes to get going again, but if something is wrong with the amp and it's burning tubes, I would rather just exchange. Are there known issues with tubes in this amp?
Thanks,
Dave
Maybe 5 months ago I purchased an Egnater Tweaker 15 head and 1x12 cab new from Musician's Friend. I own a recording studio and this amp was purchased to record one particular artist.
We have been tracking guitars for months and getting a great sound. However, last week while playing alone, I noticed the Tweaker was giving me some microphonic squealing-type feedback when I get too close to the head with a guitar. Even 5 feet or so away, it would do this. This is at moderate gain settings, maybe 12 o' clock to 3 o'clock on the CLEAN setting. This was definitely a new thing. The cab is 20 feet away in another room.
Today I had my client in and we worked on more guitars, and for the life of me I could NOT match the sound we had gotten for months. Same mics/placement, same settings on the amp, same guitar etc. Also, there is the squeaking feedback between notes, which had never happened before.
The tone is noticeably darker, with a much less pleasing overdrive. Instead of the smooth bright distortion I was getting before, now I have a crusty mid-rangey breakup. Tried the other guitar we use, same deal. I just don't like the sound of the amp anymore, it's not even close to what it was and I'm positive something is wrong.
I'm thinking (hoping) tubes, and I have some extra brand new 12ax7s I can swap in to test. I don't have spare power tubes.
Any more recommendations? Send it back right now? Replace tubes and then send back? I don't want to be without this amp, since that puts this project on hold. I wouldn't mind just throwing in tubes to get going again, but if something is wrong with the amp and it's burning tubes, I would rather just exchange. Are there known issues with tubes in this amp?
Thanks,
Dave
