SFW
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Well, Monday I was playing my Quickrod and getting some tones and effects presets dialed in for a new song that we are working on when the amp decided to crash. Blew the Mains fuse. I figured that a power tube must have gone. Which is a little disappointing, as they have only been in the amp for about four months. I picked up a new 4A fuse and install my spare set of tubes. (I know that these are good tubes because I had already tried them in the amp.) Fired the amp up to bias it and then the Mains fuse and HT fuse blew.
I called Scott to see if I could send the amp in. He said that he was running eight weeks behind on new builds and that he couldn't say when he might be able to get to the amp. He thinks the second set of tubes are bad as well. And to switch the amp into half power mode and try cycling the different tubes into the middle slot to find a pair that work. Then he stated that since my amp is a 2005, he can no longer get the parts for it, and it may be time to buy another amp....
Now, I don't know about you guys, but I don't exactly have $2,500 dollars of play money laying around. It is a little disappointing to know that there are Marshalls still in service from the 1960s, but my 17 year old amp isn't worth saving according to the builder. That may not be what he meant, but that is definitely what I heard. I am gonna try the tube shuffle and then take it to a local tech if that doesn't work. Hopefully it is nothing too serious, and won't cost an arm and a leg. Otherwise, I'll have a very expensive Splawn paperweight.
I have been contemplating going to my Axe FX II XL for shows, as we are all on IEMs these days. This just made the decision to switch over a little easier out of necessity. I can say with certainty that my next tube amp will not have a Splawn logo on it.
Anyway... just angry and ranting...
I called Scott to see if I could send the amp in. He said that he was running eight weeks behind on new builds and that he couldn't say when he might be able to get to the amp. He thinks the second set of tubes are bad as well. And to switch the amp into half power mode and try cycling the different tubes into the middle slot to find a pair that work. Then he stated that since my amp is a 2005, he can no longer get the parts for it, and it may be time to buy another amp....
Now, I don't know about you guys, but I don't exactly have $2,500 dollars of play money laying around. It is a little disappointing to know that there are Marshalls still in service from the 1960s, but my 17 year old amp isn't worth saving according to the builder. That may not be what he meant, but that is definitely what I heard. I am gonna try the tube shuffle and then take it to a local tech if that doesn't work. Hopefully it is nothing too serious, and won't cost an arm and a leg. Otherwise, I'll have a very expensive Splawn paperweight.
I have been contemplating going to my Axe FX II XL for shows, as we are all on IEMs these days. This just made the decision to switch over a little easier out of necessity. I can say with certainty that my next tube amp will not have a Splawn logo on it.
Anyway... just angry and ranting...