Help me fix my Amp

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:22 pm

just about every time i turn my amp on, the sound is all muffled/quiet/fucked up. To get it to go back to normal, i have to crank the volume knob real quick. Its annoying, and im afraid im going to wreck it when i do that.

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:32 pm

my old ampeg use to do that and i brought it to get it fixed and he said i fried the board.
whatever that means.

anyhoo, unless you know how to repair it. bring it somewhere to get it repaired.

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:16 pm

maybe i'll just wait for it to die so i can buy a bigger one. im sure if i take it anywhere, they'll give me the "oh you fried the flux capacitor, but we have these here Marshall's onsale for $999.99"

slay · Post by **slay** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:09 pm

what kind of amp is it? maybe it's worth fixing or maybe not.

Tonight I went over to cosmo music's new location and HOLY SHIT that place is the size of a friggen mall. They were blasting pantera on PA speakers and it sounded like a live concert

sorry i cant help ya with your amp Dawdy but if your ever in Richmond Hill check out cosmos music if you already havent, biggest guitar joint you will ever see.

http://www.cosmomusic.ca/

Hunter/Killer · Post by **Hunter/Killer** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:24 am

Dawdy wrote:maybe i'll just wait for it to die so i can buy a bigger one. im sure if i take it anywhere, they'll give me the "oh you fried the flux capacitor, but we have these here Marshall's onsale for $999.99"

the guy i take it to is cool, he only charged me like 40 some bucks to fix it. just paid for the part and no service.

Acid Flashbakc · Post by **Acid Flashbakc** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:10 am

yea we could help if more info was given. more then likely though its a blown fuse... its not easy to fry your board but if it is then you really gotta get someone else to fix it cause the bias-ing/re-bias-ing whatever process is a bitch

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:34 am

its a cheap little Marshall MG30DFX

slay · Post by **slay** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:27 pm

Dawdy wrote:its a cheap little Marshall MG30DFX

garbage

treat yourself to something with a nicer distortion.

Tweel · Post by **Tweel** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:20 pm

slay wrote:
Dawdy wrote:its a cheap little Marshall MG30DFX
garbage

he's right. i also used to have a Ampeg VT60 that used to give me problems all the time. the amp guy i took it to said it wasn't worth the money to keep fixing...bunch of cold solder joints

basstard · Post by **basstard** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:09 am

If you are handy with a solder gun so open it and start re-soldering all the contacts, start by the volume connections.
Or maybe the volume potenciometer is going bad, if you can remove it, take it to radiochack and they will show you the right replacemet.

Good luck, and dont fix anything wth the amp connected to the power