... seems to me you did mention being a piano tech once... didn't remember you being electronic... .
ok .... that seems open to having a discussion rather than just insulting me so let's try.
I never did the electronic tech thing for money ...... by the time I'd finished school on it the piano tuning buisness had gotten so busy that the only application it ever got used for was fixing my own amps. So I don't think or speak of myself as an electronic tech often because I only do it at home. But that doesn't change the fact that I do know the subject. And I have played 5 and 6 nights a week and it's always been tube amps every night for 40 years so even with no tech knowledge you would learn some stuff about what blows up amps....... I've never had an amp go down on me with the exception of a Marshall 6101 which are known to have some problems.
As for standing by your comments ...... you didn't really make any other than a passing swipe at me but I really am interested in what you think I said that was bullshit.
IF you're actually saying that leaving an amp on accidently will ruin it ..... then I don't see how you can say that. If the amp is well ventilated as it should always be, then there is no reason at all that it should be damaged by leaving it on accidently overnight and you have given no reason at all why it would be so far.
And though you're certainly correct that Class A is a bit different in that it is always running flat-out even if you don't play anything thru it at all, that, in and of itself, doesn't mean that running it overnight would damage it. And the loss of tube life
would be only about 1/60th of the total tube life .... even less if you don't change the tubes as often as someone like me who needs them to always be at their best.
I am interested in what you have to say ...... but you really didn't explain anything even a little bit and simply said that I was saying bullshit and that's what set me off.
Are you saying that, for instance, if I had an event where my amp would be playing for two 4 hour gigs in a row that it would be too much without a break and would damage the amp?
Are you saying that if it were three gigs
that'd be too much?
At what point are you saying that an amp requires a break to rest before being turned back on?
Technically, I've never heard of such a thing and I have frequently done 8 or 9 hours straight with an amp that happens to be class-A and never even gave it a thought ...... and had no problems..
Plus, the only thing I really said was that
if it happened I wouldn't worry much about it
If there actually is such a reason then it would do me and others a lot of help to explain why that would be.
But as far as I know ..... the simple fact that an amp is on for a longer period of time than usual won't harm it and I have never ever heard of any time limits on running an amp.
If there is such a thing I'd be delighted to learn about it.
