ruger9
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Everytime I use a fuzz (not an OD,boost, or distortion), it seems to F up my amp... the amp loses gain, as if I was running a 12AT7 or 5751 in the preamp instead of a 12AX7 (for lack of a better description)...
And I turn the amp off/on, and it's still that way... effed up. If the amp sits awhile, long enough to cool off, it goes back to normal. Only happens with my Analogman Sunface. WTF is going on???
It's a Genz Benz Black Pearl (basically a hot-rodded AC30 design, EL84s).
At first, I thought I had it sussed, after talking with a tech at genz benz... I had been using a sovtek LPS in the V2, half of which is a cathode follower stage, and he recommended I NOT do that tube in that stage, so I replaced it, and all seemed fine. But then again tonight, everything sounded great, I stepped on the SF, which sounded great, and when I turned it off my amp had lost gain. It almost sounds like the power tubes going bad, but I replaced them when this first started, so it's not the power tubes (actually, I have replaced ALL the tubes in the amp, and there's no LPS in there anymore, so I don't THINK the tubes are the issue). Any ideas??? I'm going nuts here!!!!
It's almost like the fuzz is "over driving" (not overdriving) something into partial-temporary-failure?????
And I turn the amp off/on, and it's still that way... effed up. If the amp sits awhile, long enough to cool off, it goes back to normal. Only happens with my Analogman Sunface. WTF is going on???
It's a Genz Benz Black Pearl (basically a hot-rodded AC30 design, EL84s).
At first, I thought I had it sussed, after talking with a tech at genz benz... I had been using a sovtek LPS in the V2, half of which is a cathode follower stage, and he recommended I NOT do that tube in that stage, so I replaced it, and all seemed fine. But then again tonight, everything sounded great, I stepped on the SF, which sounded great, and when I turned it off my amp had lost gain. It almost sounds like the power tubes going bad, but I replaced them when this first started, so it's not the power tubes (actually, I have replaced ALL the tubes in the amp, and there's no LPS in there anymore, so I don't THINK the tubes are the issue). Any ideas??? I'm going nuts here!!!!
It's almost like the fuzz is "over driving" (not overdriving) something into partial-temporary-failure?????
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