89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
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Re: 89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
I knew it was one of them they're tubes.
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Re: 89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
If it has a effects loop run a guitar plug in and out of the send and return jacks very fast about ten times and then see if it makes the problem end.
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Not screaming like the passengers in his car!
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Re: 89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
I bought a couple of these a few years ago, ostensibly just for those heavy duty Peavey EV12L clone speakers. Hooked up the 60 a few weeks ago and wasn't as keen on the overdrive sound as I was in 1995, so I went on the internet and found a couple of mods that really improve the voicing.
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Improve the sound
I bought a couple of these a few years ago, ostensibly just for those heavy duty Peavey EV12L clone speakers. Hooked up the 60 a few weeks ago and wasn't as keen on the overdrive sound as I was in 1995, so I went on the internet and found a couple of mods that really improve the voicing.
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Improve the sound
I bought a couple of these a few years ago, ostensibly just for those heavy duty Peavey EV12L clone speakers. Hooked up the 60 a few weeks ago and wasn't as keen on the overdrive sound as I was in 1995, so I went on the internet and found a couple of mods that really improve the voicing.
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Improve the sound
I bought a couple of these a few years ago, ostensibly just for those heavy duty Peavey EV12L clone speakers. Hooked up the 60 a few weeks ago and wasn't as keen on the overdrive sound as I was in 1995, so I went on the internet and found a couple of mods that really improve the voicing.
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Mod 1 takes only a minute to do. There are 2 reversed diodes connected between preamp tubes V2A and V2B that are there to provide distortion, ala some Marshall amps. All you have to do is put a wire jumper across each of them,....really improves the distortion tones.
There is also a mod that enables the eq controls to function in all three modes. It's a little tough to figure out,...but worth the time if you can read a schematic and follow the PCB trace drawings.
a'doc
Re: 89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
cbass wrote:Its ben a while since I've been in one of these but I belive they have the tube sockets mounted to the pcb.Thats where I would start looking for bad joint.
Joeyblitz wrote: It was a bad tube socket for 1 of the 4-12AX-7's
It was a socket I was right you weren'tM Fowler wrote:I knew it was one of them they're tubes.
Re: 89' Peavey Triumph 120 Combo Volume drop out while playing
So I downloaded the schematic to do the jumper mod. It is true ,the distortion on this amp is so dark and muddy on channels 2&3. The Bright button does not work on them at all. So,without my Boss effect , the distortion is good ,but not nasty! I am going to do the jumper mod first,but I think I really need to just get a new pedal.Seeing how expensive single pedals are ,I will be looking at maybe a used Boss ME-80,or used GT-10. Now that the newer models came out ,those are a bit cheaper.My ME-33 is on its last leg. Very primitive & outdated.
Jumper mod
So I cut the jumper behind the 250K pot ,the one that was supposed to allow the EQ to work on channels 2-3,and I really didnt notice any difference,but it ruined channel 1 clean.I normally use the amp on the clean channel with my Boss ME-33,and after the mod,it sounded all tinny,and squealish,thin ,not punchy anymore. I soldered the jumper back together. I guess it isn't for everyone. I am pretty sure that I will need to get a better set of effects to use this amp to its full potential. I am going to try a tube screamer to beef up channel 3.