sanityclause
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Sorry, this is a total tube-amp-NOOB question:
I have a less-than-two-year-old Fender Blues Junior III, which is a perfectly FINE and satisfying amp for a player of my uh, caliber.
Tonight I turned it on and, no sound. Verified there was signal getting to its input, etc., and when I looked at the back, the three preamp tubes were glowing, but the two power tubes (Groove Tubes EL84-R) were not glowing, as far as I can tell.
I assume this means I have two dead power tubes, and I know I can replace them myself with a matched pair of JJs for a reasonable cost.
Note that they were working just fine as far as I can tell, until now. I handle the amp carefully, but I DO take it to rehearsals and the odd gig - so it probably rides in the trunk of my car once or twice per month.
So should I just replace the tubes and see what happens, or it is possible that something else is wrong? Is it odd to see both power tubes fail at once?
This is my first tube amp, and I expected something like this might happen sooner or later, but any wisdom or advice is appreciated.
TIA
I have a less-than-two-year-old Fender Blues Junior III, which is a perfectly FINE and satisfying amp for a player of my uh, caliber.
Tonight I turned it on and, no sound. Verified there was signal getting to its input, etc., and when I looked at the back, the three preamp tubes were glowing, but the two power tubes (Groove Tubes EL84-R) were not glowing, as far as I can tell.
I assume this means I have two dead power tubes, and I know I can replace them myself with a matched pair of JJs for a reasonable cost.
Note that they were working just fine as far as I can tell, until now. I handle the amp carefully, but I DO take it to rehearsals and the odd gig - so it probably rides in the trunk of my car once or twice per month.
So should I just replace the tubes and see what happens, or it is possible that something else is wrong? Is it odd to see both power tubes fail at once?
This is my first tube amp, and I expected something like this might happen sooner or later, but any wisdom or advice is appreciated.
TIA