Amp broke. HELP!

2008-03-31 02:14:07

#1

Nintendogamer: Member; +72|7065|Chelmsford, UK

My amplifier has stopped working (BB blaster 10 watt FTL) .grrrrr. last night i unplugged my guitar so i could tune it, when i plugged it back in. the amp just wont work. i plugged the cord in the right socket, but theres no distortion (well there is if i jack the sound up, but it sounds like static).

whaddo i do. my mum aint lettin me get a new one (coz i have no money) and i dont think guitarbitz.com, will get it repaired for me.

the thing only lasted just over 1 month.

2008-03-31 02:20:24

#2

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|7075|Seattle

First of all NOFX ftw!

Second, is there a breaker switch on it where the power plugs in? Probably a stupid question, but...

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2008-03-31 02:23:14

#3

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6971|N. Ireland

You haven't fiddled with the balance or anything? I discovered the reason little to no sound was coming out of my Peavey was because I had fiddled with the settings (in an attempt to get some cool sounds...that failed, by the way). I did a bit of trial and error and got it back to normal then.

2008-03-31 03:46:29

#4

Nintendogamer: Member; +72|7065|Chelmsford, UK

i tried it just a few minutes ago and it's a little better but theres still something wrong, it sounds like the gain has been wacked up to full, but it hasn't. a lot of static and nothing more.

2008-03-31 03:54:43

#5

Spider1980: #1 Commander; +92|7019|Washington

Kinda sounds like a bad cord if your not getting much volume. Try using a different cable and see if it still does it.

Last edited by Spider1980 (2008-03-31 03:55:34)

2008-03-31 04:01:36

#6

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|7168|Devon, England

I'd say it's the lead.

I have that exact same amp (it sucks, eh?) and the amount of leads I've been through (2), it's uncountable.

I bought a proper decent lead in the end, it's all good so far.

By the way, I get a new amp today

2008-03-31 05:44:10

#7

Nintendogamer: Member; +72|7065|Chelmsford, UK

FFLink13 wrote:
I'd say it's the lead.

I have that exact same amp (it sucks, eh?) and the amount of leads I've been through (2), it's uncountable.

I bought a proper decent lead in the end, it's all good so far.

By the way, I get a new amp today

problem seems to have rectified itself now.

yeh the amp does suck but it will do for now. i wish i hade one like my mates, a very nice Roland Cube 60 60 Watt amp. amazing amp, but too pricy.

2008-03-31 06:02:58

#8

ddenholm67: DanForth Teh Pwnzer; +53|7034|Scotland

Try a new lead. I thought I broke my Marshall last night but I forgot I had headphones plugged into it

Last edited by ddenholm67 (2008-03-31 06:03:25)

2008-03-31 08:06:34

#9

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|7168|Devon, England

Nintendogamer wrote:
FFLink13 wrote:
I'd say it's the lead.

I have that exact same amp (it sucks, eh?) and the amount of leads I've been through (2), it's uncountable.

I bought a proper decent lead in the end, it's all good so far.

By the way, I get a new amp today
problem seems to have rectified itself now.

yeh the amp does suck but it will do for now. i wish i hade one like my mates, a very nice Roland Cube 60 60 Watt amp. amazing amp, but too pricy.

Ordering a Hughes and Kettner Blue 15DFX tonight for £109 + delivery.

Can't wait

2008-03-31 16:37:35

#10

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,399|7252|Noizyland

I had that problem with my amp. I didn't really bother looking into it, what I did to was turn all the knobs up to full and play. For some reason this acted like a defribulator and shocked the amplifyer back to life. Of course the noise it made was horrific but after that initial shock I turned the knobs all back to how I wanted and it worked fine.

[Blinking eyes thing]
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tzyon

2008-03-31 17:17:43

#11

ATG: Banned; +5,233|7006|Global Command

Fuse?

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