fender deville strange?

[daveblue222]

ok, awhile back i had a problem with my deville, it kept sounding rough and had loss of volume. realised one of the valves had gone. replaced them with 6l6c (as it states to on the sticker inside the amp) then suddenly realise that one tube still isnt working (maybe a connection problem of some sort between valve connections and amp?)

so, i put old tubes back in which are 6l6b (confused now,as the sticker says 6l6c tubes)

take it to shop to get it repaired. gets fixed, on invoice the guy wrote that it probably broke due to valves being replaced with 6l6b (even thos these were the ones that came with the amp) instead of the stated 6l6c on the sticker.

so i refer to the manual and online only to find that it says to always use 6l6b hotrods.

im now trying to work out why my amp broke in the first place and if it had the correct tubes to begin with. or have fender made a huge mistake and been installing the incorrect tubes in their deville range. many others have had problems with this amp even though it sounds great when it work.


any ideas?

dave

 

[Victory Pete]

I have seen a lot of Fenders like yours, Devilles, Deluxes and Juniors that have the same manufacturing defect. Plate load and other resistors associated with the tube section that develop hairline cracks that cause snap, crackles, and pops. As far as I know a 6L6B and 6L6C should be interchangable.
VP