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Old 14th January 2008   #9
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What leads you to believe it's a bad tube?
from reading the troubleshooting stuff in the manual and talking to some other people w/ the same amp, seems to fit the description pretty well. a bad tube/s is the most common cause of a blown fuse in the Mark IV. from the manual...

"If a fuse blows, the problem is most likely a shorted power tube..." this particular tube also heats up more quickly than the others(manual said it would to this as well), and glows bright blue on the sides. in the manual, it said it would be glowing "red hot"...

so im not absolutely sure a shorted power tube is the case, but i think it probably is.

my god does the amp sound amazing though. i just need a better delay pedal now...looking into the Eventide Timefactor. looks pretty awesome.
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