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Hi All,
Since I don't know much about amps, I thought I would pose this problem here for advice before I went out and spent a bunch of money on the wrong things.
I have a B-52 AT-100 head and cab that I love. Sounds great and suits my needs perfectly. It is about 2 years old and I play it for an hour or two just about everyday. I had to send it in for a power supply problem last year, but it has been working fine up till lately.
Here is the problem:
It makes intermittent crackling sound. Something like wind blowing across an open mike. (I don't know if that makes any sense
) I have not been able to trace the crackling to anything specific.
Here is what I have done so far:
I replaced my guitar cables and cab cable but it did not affect the problem. So then I reseated the 6L6 tubes and the crackling went away for a couple of weeks. I reseated the 6L6s again and the crackling went away for a couple of weeks again. It came back this weekend and I reseated the 6L6s once again and the crackling sound is gone.
Here is my question:
Since the problem would appear to be related to the 6L6s, should I buy another set and replace them? Or is this problem symptomatic of something else?
Thanks,
-Joe
Since I don't know much about amps, I thought I would pose this problem here for advice before I went out and spent a bunch of money on the wrong things.
I have a B-52 AT-100 head and cab that I love. Sounds great and suits my needs perfectly. It is about 2 years old and I play it for an hour or two just about everyday. I had to send it in for a power supply problem last year, but it has been working fine up till lately.
Here is the problem:
It makes intermittent crackling sound. Something like wind blowing across an open mike. (I don't know if that makes any sense
) I have not been able to trace the crackling to anything specific.Here is what I have done so far:
I replaced my guitar cables and cab cable but it did not affect the problem. So then I reseated the 6L6 tubes and the crackling went away for a couple of weeks. I reseated the 6L6s again and the crackling went away for a couple of weeks again. It came back this weekend and I reseated the 6L6s once again and the crackling sound is gone.
Here is my question:
Since the problem would appear to be related to the 6L6s, should I buy another set and replace them? Or is this problem symptomatic of something else?
Thanks,
-Joe
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