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ShaolinLambKiller wrote:i say just replace the one 8 first and see how you like it overall before reconstructing into something you aren't sure is going to be great to begin with.

That's a good idea. Time to open it up and figure out what is in it currently

Hopefully you just dig with a speaker replacement.

Sooooooo I finally get the chance to play some Guitar on Saturday for the first time in a couple weeks... I plug into the Matamp, fuck around for a few moments with the different inputs and some settings, find something glorious I'm really happy with and start jamming out. 5 minutes later it sounds like someone hit the standby or power switch and it fades to silence... check the back and not even the tubes are lighting up... nothin... no transformer hum, no tube lighting... nothing.... waited a bit tried it again, nothin... waited till Sunday and tried again... still nothin....

I'm all ready broke and selling shit to buy cymbals for the studio next month....

Fuck....

Ancient Astronaught wrote:Sooooooo I finally get the chance to play some Guitar on Saturday for the first time in a couple weeks... I plug into the Matamp, fuck around for a few moments with the different inputs and some settings, find something glorious I'm really happy with and start jamming out. 5 minutes later it sounds like someone hit the standby or power switch and it fades to silence... check the back and not even the tubes are lighting up... nothin... no transformer hum, no tube lighting... nothing.... waited a bit tried it again, nothin... waited till Sunday and tried again... still nothin....

I'm all ready broke and selling shit to buy cymbals for the studio next month....

Fuck....

That sucks man. Did you check the fuses? Also, I've read that some amps have a fuse on the inside sometimes too. Think that could be the case? I hope it is a quick, easy, and cheap fix for ya. On a related note, I had a dream night before last that I traded you a bunch of gear for your Matamp. Also, stoked to hear the new stuff you'll be recording.

conky wrote:That sucks man. Did you check the fuses? Also, I've read that some amps have a fuse on the inside sometimes too. Think that could be the case? I hope it is a quick, easy, and cheap fix for ya. On a related note, I had a dream night before last that I traded you a bunch of gear for your Matamp. Also, stoked to hear the new stuff you'll be recording.

Thanks man! I checked the external main fuse and it wasn't blown, it (240v 2a) also didn't match the ratings hand written on the amp (240v 1a). So I'm hoping theres an internal fuse that I can check, as it really seems like its just not getting power in. I'm thinking maybe it could be the actual power switch as well, not sure.

What did you trade me?!?! hahaha

Thanks man!!! It's the first full length I've recorded in a long ass time so I'm excited. And as long as I can get the cymbals I need my kit will be top notch and ready to go, which is always a plus.

Ancient Astronaught wrote:

conky wrote:That sucks man. Did you check the fuses? Also, I've read that some amps have a fuse on the inside sometimes too. Think that could be the case? I hope it is a quick, easy, and cheap fix for ya. On a related note, I had a dream night before last that I traded you a bunch of gear for your Matamp. Also, stoked to hear the new stuff you'll be recording.

Thanks man! I checked the external main fuse and it wasn't blown, it (240v 2a) also didn't match the ratings hand written on the amp (240v 1a). So I'm hoping theres an internal fuse that I can check, as it really seems like its just not getting power in. I'm thinking maybe it could be the actual power switch as well, not sure.

What did you trade me?!?! hahaha

Thanks man!!! It's the first full length I've recorded in a long ass time so I'm excited. And as long as I can get the cymbals I need my kit will be top notch and ready to go, which is always a plus.

I've seen gut shots of that amp before but I can't remember if it had an internal fuse or not I remember it looking nice and clean though. I dunno what I traded. Probably my PRS and a bunch of pedals or something since I've been thinking about trading them towards some decent p.a. cabs. We need some for the practice space but we're also thinking about running our sampler and a trigger or mic on the kick for when we play places that don't mic the drums... which is about half of our shows.

conky wrote:I've seen gut shots of that amp before but I can't remember if it had an internal fuse or not I remember it looking nice and clean though. I dunno what I traded. Probably my PRS and a bunch of pedals or something since I've been thinking about trading them towards some decent p.a. cabs. We need some for the practice space but we're also thinking about running our sampler and a trigger or mic on the kick for when we play places that don't mic the drums... which is about half of our shows.

I'm fairly certain it does, I'm gonna hit up the builder later today and get his opinion.

Ahhhh I gotcha. That might be a lil outside the scope of reality though.... I can't stand PRS guitars.... I've played one I liked, a blue 96 Custom 22 with a bolt on neck and rotary pickup selector. That thing played like butter and sounded sweet as hell, but was also made back when they were all hand hand across the river from me. Now they are so assembly lined and just dont speak to me the same way.

I'm glad someone else understands the need for a decent personal PA hahaha my band uses my PA for practice but hates how big it is... two yamaha 18' subs one on either side with Cerwin Vega 2x15 + horn's on top of each one. The actual PA and amps could use some upgrading but they work. Anyways my band mates are all like why do we need all this shit!! this is bigger than most of the clubs we play!!! And I'm like in case we want to play a show where theres no PA and also.... SO I CAN HEAR THE GOT DAMN VOCALS DURING PRACTICE FOR ONCE!!!!

PeteeBee wrote:Need some advice. I just traded a muff for an 8x8 bass cab here on craigslist. Cab has a blown speaker and looks terrible, but is real solid construction. I am considering putting in a new piece of wood and making it a 2x15, but it isn't as deep as most 2x15s I've seen. I know the speakers will fit, but I'm not sure if they new a nice big space to resonate properly. My dream is to use this for both guitar and bass depending on the project, but that might be unrealistic.
The other option is I'm considering just putting 8in pa speakers in it because I've read they are more full frequency.

Is it one of the SWRs? I've always wondered what those sounded like.

was also going too say fuse. Hope it's easy to cure. My simms had an odd issue that was similar once that ended up being a large resistor that was heating up enough to melt it's solder. easy fix.

AxAxSxS wrote:was also going too say fuse. Hope it's easy to cure. My simms had an odd issue that was similar once that ended up being a large resistor that was heating up enough to melt it's solder. easy fix.

I hope so too, in the next couple days I'll pull it out of the headshell and take a look and see if I can spot anything before I take it too a tech. If its something simple like a resistor or fuse I'm fairly sure I can discharge the caps and get the job done. I've got a bit of soldering experience....

Ancient Astronaught wrote:

AxAxSxS wrote:was also going too say fuse. Hope it's easy to cure. My simms had an odd issue that was similar once that ended up being a large resistor that was heating up enough to melt it's solder. easy fix.

I hope so too, in the next couple days I'll pull it out of the headshell and take a look and see if I can spot anything before I take it too a tech. If its something simple like a resistor or fuse I'm fairly sure I can discharge the caps and get the job done. I've got a bit of soldering experience....

well your problem is that the issue isnt the fuse, its whats causing the fuse to blow. Fuses are a fail safe rather than a problem.

Likely its bad power tubes if anything, first thing to look for.

True about the failsafe, if it is a fuse, buy a few, if the first one blows immediately then yes there is another problem and tubes is a likely culprit. if it's not a tube then it's tech time.

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not.
I built a lp axcess clone a while back from a regular lp kit I got on ebay and it's pretty sweet. I might start using it in something, with any guitar that has a trem I like to have a spare if I'm going to use it live, for the eventual string breakage. I've been happy with the chinabocker stuff I got and I figure whatever is fucked on a china guitar when I get it, I can fix.
I went looking, and found this thing-



It's under $300, i have a spare actual floyd if what's on it is crap, some pickups and setup and I could have a decent spare for cheap.

Here's the kicker, I've only found it on alibaba and they are apparently in some sort of tiff with wa state, where Wa wants them to pay an extra tax or fee, and they decided to just not do business with Wa residents. So I cant order it. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Want ... 51431.html
Does anybody buy stuff off of there? Want to help me out?
gas is dumb, why do I always want the weird shit? Before anyone goes off about buy american, $4000 for a guitar is not fucking happening.

new05002 wrote:well your problem is that the issue isnt the fuse, its whats causing the fuse to blow. Fuses are a fail safe rather than a problem.

Likely its bad power tubes if anything, first thing to look for.

Gotcha. It was weird it sounded great and was at a low volume, no issues at all and then it just sounded like someone flicked the standby switch and it faded to silence then nothing.

I'll pop it open and look for anything burnt up or blown. If theres nothing visual I will probably take it to a tech to check out the circuit and the tubes. The previous owner did ship it with tubes in (even when i requested and he assured me that he would take them out and wrap them individually...), so its possible. I'll probably just go with a set of JJ's if I have too.

Does anyone have any firsthand experience with a JCM 900? I'm aware of their lackluster reputation, but like any unflattering gear, the Internet can tend to snowball individual opinions into (false) consensus. The only time I've really heard one up close and in person was at a Floor show from way back then and then not long after during Torche's first tour. I thought they actually sounded pretty good in that context.

I'm asking because they're often for sale quite cheap. It should be noted that I'm interested in using it to be more of a pedal platform than anything else, so even if they have a buzzy or harsh distortion or whatever, I would not be taking it into that territory. Thanks, fellas.

Jäke wrote:Does anyone have any firsthand experience with a JCM 900? I'm aware of their lackluster reputation, but like any unflattering gear, the Internet can tend to snowball individual opinions into (false) consensus. The only time I've really heard one up close and in person was at a Floor show from way back then and then not long after during Torche's first tour. I thought they actually sounded pretty good in that context.

I'm asking because they're often for sale quite cheap. It should be noted that I'm interested in using it to be more of a pedal platform than anything else, so even if they have a buzzy or harsh distortion or whatever, I would not be taking it into that territory. Thanks, fellas.

There's one version (slx I think?) that is pretty widely considered to sound good, but I actually really like most 900's. The guitarist from my old band used one of the dual channel ones and it was a great pedal platform and always sounded great loud and pushed.