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So I came home to a message on our voicemail - MY AMP IS IN!! Finally after 3 months of waiting!! I went and picked it up at GC, just about hugged the sales guy, and went home to set it up.
Got everything all set up, powered up (man - this thing looks COOL!!), plugged in and hit a few chords on a few channels. The amp was dead quiet on the low gain channels, but even with the master on 1 on the high gain channels, it sounded like I had my stereo on a static channel AS LOUD AS IT COULD GO!! Turn it up to 3 (9:00) and you couldn't be in the room with the amp. Tried different cables all around - same thing. Checked the noise gate - it was on. Hooked up my other setup - no problems. SHIT. I think I got a bad amp. I called the guy at GC (and this guy is exceptional for GC employees), had him hear what was happening over the phone, and he said he'd get another one brought in right away and apologized PROFUSELY. I told him it wasn't his fault, blah, blah, blah...and he said he'd call me when the new one was in. Kudos to him!! I thought I'd try to just put up with this, but the noise is ridiculous!! You can't hear the effects as it is SO loud in the background. Bummer... I unhooked everything and put it back in the box. I should maybe stop in there and have them hook it up to see if the have the same problem...
I've played the combos, and they're dead quiet even on the high gain channel. I'm really bummed out. This is the first problem I've ever had with an L6 product. Why did it have to be THIS one???
Got everything all set up, powered up (man - this thing looks COOL!!), plugged in and hit a few chords on a few channels. The amp was dead quiet on the low gain channels, but even with the master on 1 on the high gain channels, it sounded like I had my stereo on a static channel AS LOUD AS IT COULD GO!! Turn it up to 3 (9:00) and you couldn't be in the room with the amp. Tried different cables all around - same thing. Checked the noise gate - it was on. Hooked up my other setup - no problems. SHIT. I think I got a bad amp. I called the guy at GC (and this guy is exceptional for GC employees), had him hear what was happening over the phone, and he said he'd get another one brought in right away and apologized PROFUSELY. I told him it wasn't his fault, blah, blah, blah...and he said he'd call me when the new one was in. Kudos to him!! I thought I'd try to just put up with this, but the noise is ridiculous!! You can't hear the effects as it is SO loud in the background. Bummer... I unhooked everything and put it back in the box. I should maybe stop in there and have them hook it up to see if the have the same problem...
I've played the combos, and they're dead quiet even on the high gain channel. I'm really bummed out. This is the first problem I've ever had with an L6 product. Why did it have to be THIS one???
P.S. Pete's got a good point there! It could be a bad pre or Output tube.
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