|
|
Post by morbe on Feb 28, 2011 10:04:10 GMT -5
To all, I wish this thread was a fun or meaningful thread but I come to the best for help again. I recently purchased a used delta blues amp as is. I tried it out and it worked great. I thought what a steal. The tubes looked pretty new. The sound was awesome! Everything seemed to work only issue is that It was missing the pedal switch. So I took it home after getting a footswitch for tha amp of course and now. I was jamming and having fun when all of a sudden, the amp started making this "friction" noise. Almost like the amp was picking up someone rubbing their feet on the carpet. After playing with the amp knobs I narrowed this down to the reverb on the amp. So then tried to wiggle the cables and then I lost the reverb all together. So I shut the amp off. Pulled the reverb, springs looked good, wire connections look good. I swapped around the tubes. And I got reverb back or so I thought. After testing the reverb all I did was re-fasten the bag to the amp. And took it into another room I could play it at louder volumes. And to find out no reverb. And when it did have reverb it was like I had to have it maxed on 12 to eveb have slight reverb. Is there an easy fix for this so I can avoid repair costs?
|
|
|
|
Post by sumgai on Feb 28, 2011 19:13:26 GMT -5
morbe, The reverb pan can be physically connected either way, but electrically only one way will work. To figure which way is correct, you don't need to plug in both ends, only one is all you need. Plug one of the cables from the pan into the amp's Reverb In jack, turn the Reverb control to 1 or perhaps 2, and then perform an instance of percussive maintainance on the pan. Was it loud as all Kingdom Come, or was it inaudible? If it was loud, you've got the connections correct. Otherwise, reverse the cables, and that should be it. Errr, providing the pan, and its leads, are in good working order, of course.  As to that "friction" noise, I don't think I've ever heard that one before, at least not by that name. Describe for us more fully what you're doing when that noise occurs, if you please. A sound clip (posted on another site, perhaps www.soundclick.com) would work wonders here... hint, hint. sumgai |
|
|
|
Post by morbe on Feb 28, 2011 22:47:50 GMT -5
Thanks I think I may have fixed it? I re-looked over all the connections again. All are good. I then reseated the IC 4558 and that seemed to give me my reverb back. however, I guess i'm used to the Fender reverb. because this Peavey's reverb seems to have no huevos! Maxed out is equal to my hotrod dialed to "3". Maybe I just patched up the reverb in my peavey. I dont know but the reverb is barely sufficient.
|
|
|
|
Post by sumgai on Mar 1, 2011 23:01:37 GMT -5
Don't worry, most of Peavey's amps weren't meant to go head-to-head with Fender, at least not on the reverb issue. Yours is probably just fine, for the way that Peavey designed it.
sumgai
|
|
|
|
Post by ijustwannastrat on Mar 2, 2011 15:59:53 GMT -5
I actually prefer a subtle reverb, I find that my Fender's reverb at 10 sounds like I'm playing in some underwater cave.
I'm glad you figured out how to fix it. I was actually looking at one of those Delta Blues amps when I found the Fender. Another day and I would have bought the Delta Blues (the Fender was a $2000 amp that I picked up used cheaper than the DB). Have you enjoyed the amp yet? I thought it was an excellent sounding baby. 30W? I was looking at the 115, but the 210 would have sounded nips too.
|
|
|
|
Post by Yew on Mar 2, 2011 17:10:43 GMT -5
Meh, all your amp choices are wrong. ;D Orange tiny terror. That amp sounds better than some top end marshalls (JCM2000, 900, and a mesa boogie dual rectifier) OFC if the marshall was through the old straigh cab from the 70's in my local studio, well thats a different matter.....
|
|
|
|
Post by sumgai on Mar 2, 2011 18:10:49 GMT -5
yew,
Thankfully you included a smiley, but even so......
Let's not get started down the road of equipment snobbery, eh?
Thanks.
sumgai
|
|
|
|
Post by ijustwannastrat on Mar 2, 2011 23:46:18 GMT -5
Can't deny, those Orange amps sound tasty. Of course, the only person I've ever heard play one is somebody who could make a varnished turd sound good.
|
|
|
|
Post by cynical1 on Mar 3, 2011 7:05:00 GMT -5
Of course, the only person I've ever heard play one is somebody who could make a varnished turd sound good. KIMH has his own line of guitars now? |
|
