Tube Amp Archive

Yes I have put my ear to the transformer when i removed rhe chassis and determined that its 100% coming from the transformer. Everything else around the amp is silent.

The ringing even if you where not able to reduce it by 80% will not harm the amp, but if it where me I would remove the end cap on it , pack it up with enough black automotive form-a- gasket to flow out some when you bolt the cover back on and then remove the issue from your cares! Note that the am...

dorrisant wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:45 pm Try to tighten the bolts of the PT. Sometimes they loosen up when the chassis is handled like that.

It's as tight as possible

A power transformer can only be vibrating at the wall voltage frequency of 50 or 60 Hz depending on where you live, which I would consider a ringing tone. 60 Hz sounds like one octave below a low B on the guitar, is this what you're calling a ringing tone? No. This is an acoustic high pitched ringi...

So i just bought a fender blues jr and am very happy with it so far. I was in the process of putting in a C. Rex speaker, took the chassis off..and then plopped it back in. Now that I turn it on I am noticing a high pitched ringing when I turn the amp on. Its an acoustic sound that does not come thr...

I was thinking of doing just that, sadly.. One thing though, the old caps that were connected to the power tubes were old and showed resistance when I measured across them. Could this have damaged the 6v6 power tubes and perhaps be causing the hum? ** I've only recapped tube amps in the past but don...

Hey there, first poster here. I recently "lucked out" and traded my functioning amp for a homemade Deluxe Tweed head with issues. Was like this since I brought it home. Seller said he doesnt know what I did to it so not claiming responsibility..he said it worked fine when he had it (absolute bs) Tub...