draelyc
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I recently got a new (matched) pair of Sovtek EL84s for it, and for the past several weeks the amp has sounded great. Yesterday, however, as I was jamming a bit in my music room, the volume just disappeared, and when I looked at the tubes, one was glowing bright red. I immediately shut down the power, and after they’d cooled off, I swapped the new tubes out for the old ones I’d had in there. Was jamming again this evening, and I didn’t have any volume drops, but I did *think* I might be smelling something heating up a bit. Looked at the tubes and it wasn’t as bad as before, but there did seem to be some red coming from the plates.
Thing is, I don’t know nearly enough about this stuff to have a guess what might be causing it, if it weren’t bad tubes. I’ll need to take it to a tech, for sure, but what should I expect the tech to look for or find? Is there any predicting such things?
Thanks y’all!
Christopher
Thing is, I don’t know nearly enough about this stuff to have a guess what might be causing it, if it weren’t bad tubes. I’ll need to take it to a tech, for sure, but what should I expect the tech to look for or find? Is there any predicting such things?
Thanks y’all!
Christopher