CA$H FLOW
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So I recently bought my first amplifier a Traynor YCV50. Great sounding amp IMHO. I basically have a few questions for you guys regarding this amp.
Around the 2nd day of using it lightly at the house I noticed some tube rattle when I would play a low G or F# note on the guitar, but it wasn't too bad. Last night I went and played with a loud drummer and had the amp really cranked, today I've noticed back at home that the tube rattle is a bit worse and more audible(sounds like it might be getting amplified through the speaker? ). This tube rattle I'm hearing is usually one of the preamp tubes right ? Apparently mine has Sovtek preamp tubes in it. I should be able to find the right tube by gently tapping it with a pencil correct ?
At the end of the night the drummer wanted to try out my guitar and new amp so I let him. When he was done he reached back and turned the amp off before I could tell him to first put it on standby; the amp made a slight popping noise when he turned it off(didn't sound unusual though, just the generic kind of channel switching type pop). Could this have harmed my amplifier ?
I also noticed that when I had the amp on standby today before I played it was making some audible hum through the speaker that kind of cut in and out a bit. It did this for about 10-15 seconds, and also did the same thing when I put it in standby when I was done playing around 30 minutes later. What could be causing this ? I'm a little concerned that my new amp may already be developing some problems. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
Around the 2nd day of using it lightly at the house I noticed some tube rattle when I would play a low G or F# note on the guitar, but it wasn't too bad. Last night I went and played with a loud drummer and had the amp really cranked, today I've noticed back at home that the tube rattle is a bit worse and more audible(sounds like it might be getting amplified through the speaker? ). This tube rattle I'm hearing is usually one of the preamp tubes right ? Apparently mine has Sovtek preamp tubes in it. I should be able to find the right tube by gently tapping it with a pencil correct ?
At the end of the night the drummer wanted to try out my guitar and new amp so I let him. When he was done he reached back and turned the amp off before I could tell him to first put it on standby; the amp made a slight popping noise when he turned it off(didn't sound unusual though, just the generic kind of channel switching type pop). Could this have harmed my amplifier ?
I also noticed that when I had the amp on standby today before I played it was making some audible hum through the speaker that kind of cut in and out a bit. It did this for about 10-15 seconds, and also did the same thing when I put it in standby when I was done playing around 30 minutes later. What could be causing this ? I'm a little concerned that my new amp may already be developing some problems. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys!
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