hey audiomigos.
my little SF fender vibrochamp is giving off a burning smell but appears to be working fine... it started a little while ago and i haven't used it too often so i keep forgetting about it.. until i turn it on again. Obviously I don't want to damage it further so it's off now.
Can't see any actual smoke - tubes aren't doing anything weird... but it's definitely smelling bad and has done so a few times now - once I did use
it for probably 1.5 hours or so so it's not some dust that's burning off or anything either.
what should I be looking for?
Does this sound like a tube issue or something in the circuit?
tube amp burning smell...
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Re: tube amp burning smell...
Caps maybe? Sounds like it needs a trip to the tech.
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Yep .. possibly needs a new cap. So yeah ...trip to an amp tech.
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Hey tell us when you have it fixed ..I have the same problem with a guitar amp and curious what you've found.
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Re: tube amp burning smell...
Very different amp, but I was tracking with a V4 once, noticed a burning smell (not dust)... when I looked in the back, one of the tubes was glowing like a 1000w light bulb. Actually melted the socket.
I'm guessing you would have noticed something like that, but figured I'd mention it.
I'm guessing you would have noticed something like that, but figured I'd mention it.
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Re: tube amp burning smell...
yeah - i didn't notice that any tube was looking unusual...
My tech is back in the next week so I'll report back once I know more.
My tech is back in the next week so I'll report back once I know more.
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