Tube Amp Diagnosis

[Wes Kuhnley]

It's very hard, next to impossible to diagnose situations like this via the web. My best advice is to take it to the local repair shop and see what they say about it.

[mrbobo]

Check fuses.

Replace all the tubes.

Take to a repair shop- in that order.

[T9c]

No sound at all? Not even a little hiss? Check the speaker or the speaker wires, connectors, etc.

<edit> You can check the speaker by FIRST removing the speaker wires and THEN hold a 9v battery across the speaker connector poles for just a second. It should make a pop ound. If not, she's blown. Dismount it and take it to a speaker reconer to have fixed. Sometimes it's just one of the wires leading to the coil and needs to be resoldered.

[Tibbon]

Amp repairs aren't all that expensive. I've never had an amp need more than 4 hours of work. They are normally pretty simple inside.

But at the same time, welcome to the world of tubes. Shit does blow up.