Chris R
New member
So, recently I've discovered an issue with my amp and I am wondering if anyone has seen this? I put a call into Egnater last Monday. But haven't heard back from them yet. Sorry for the long back story.
The other day, I wanted to A/B the tone suck and/or feel difference between using my G System and plugging in direct. I also acquired a few modules from guys here and wanted to test them without anything in between. So, I unplugged everything from the amp except a guitar, turned the amp on, took it off standby and starting to play. After 20 seconds or so, the signal seemed to crackle a bit, then cut out completely. I quickly turned off the amp, checked the speaker cable with a cable tester, did the same for the guitar cable. Turned the amp on, same thing. Swapped cables. changed guitar. Same thing. Opened the cabinet, tightened the speaker connection, jiggled the wires to the speakers with the amp on, re-seated tubes, tapped tubes etc. No difference. Sometimes it took a minute, sometimes 10 seconds, sometimes it was immediate. I haven't swapped any tubes yet.
I could hear the amp's signal through the speakers when i turned it on and off. If I turned the amp all the way up, I could hear the signal crackling through the speaker. So I plugged cable into the send to test if there was preamp signal into the G. Yes there was. I then plugged the output of the G back into the loop and the amp returned to normal operation. Full signal, no cutting out. Played for 10 minutes, tapping tubes, jiggling wires. Couldn't make it cut out. As soon as I unplugged the loop, same behavior as before. The next day, I left the G in the loop and used the amp normally for an hour or so without issue. I unplugged the loop. Same as before.
A search through the forum brought me to a post by richedie about blowing through EL84's. So I pm'ed him (thanks for the response, BTW), thinking that this may be tube related. But, now I am not sure what to do. Low power, full power makes zero difference, and everything works when I have something in a loop. It is only occurring when nothing is present. The head is less than a year old, and I love it. I was hoping someone here might have had a similar issue and found a resolution from Egnater. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
-Chris
The other day, I wanted to A/B the tone suck and/or feel difference between using my G System and plugging in direct. I also acquired a few modules from guys here and wanted to test them without anything in between. So, I unplugged everything from the amp except a guitar, turned the amp on, took it off standby and starting to play. After 20 seconds or so, the signal seemed to crackle a bit, then cut out completely. I quickly turned off the amp, checked the speaker cable with a cable tester, did the same for the guitar cable. Turned the amp on, same thing. Swapped cables. changed guitar. Same thing. Opened the cabinet, tightened the speaker connection, jiggled the wires to the speakers with the amp on, re-seated tubes, tapped tubes etc. No difference. Sometimes it took a minute, sometimes 10 seconds, sometimes it was immediate. I haven't swapped any tubes yet.
I could hear the amp's signal through the speakers when i turned it on and off. If I turned the amp all the way up, I could hear the signal crackling through the speaker. So I plugged cable into the send to test if there was preamp signal into the G. Yes there was. I then plugged the output of the G back into the loop and the amp returned to normal operation. Full signal, no cutting out. Played for 10 minutes, tapping tubes, jiggling wires. Couldn't make it cut out. As soon as I unplugged the loop, same behavior as before. The next day, I left the G in the loop and used the amp normally for an hour or so without issue. I unplugged the loop. Same as before.
A search through the forum brought me to a post by richedie about blowing through EL84's. So I pm'ed him (thanks for the response, BTW), thinking that this may be tube related. But, now I am not sure what to do. Low power, full power makes zero difference, and everything works when I have something in a loop. It is only occurring when nothing is present. The head is less than a year old, and I love it. I was hoping someone here might have had a similar issue and found a resolution from Egnater. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Best,
-Chris
