My tube amp is kinda kaput....help pls

[MatchBookNotes]

I turned it on today, and then flipped the standby and my amp proceeded yell at me in a loud monotonous BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT. After my initial fuck and playing with switches, i checked the tubes, they're all glowing as they were. so does this mean the fuse has blown? or the capacitors have given up? also, the room i keep the amp in doesn't really have heat in the night, so could the temp change have caused the damage?

bluh! apparently they're going to reissue these amps, the guitar mates, and hand make them and such here in ol' canadia too. does that mean if this gets working my resale value is going to be good? I love the sound but if this amp is going to going to do this to me on a semi-regular basis, i want an orange or a new traynor with a warrenty.

 

[Thurgood]

What kind of amp? Sounds like (no pun ) that you may have a short at the input or a crappy cable. Didi you try diff cable or didi the thing jsut bzzzzzz with no cable plugged in? Need more info. Be well.

 

[BudgetMC]

If you've got power and the tubes are warming up, you haven't lost a fuse. You could have a bad tube, but it sounds to me like a cap gave up the ghost. How old is the amp? The caps generally need replacing every ten years or so, depending on use.

 

[Milnoque]

If its a cap you would probably get some guitar sound out of it under the hum. If its a short, no guitar sound. neither of these is particularly expensive to fix.

 

[Light]

Most problems with electronics take longer to find than to fix. Take it to a good tube amp tech. The chance of someone who hasn't seen it figuring it out is zero.


Light

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[MatchBookNotes]

awe, gawd damn mongolians tore down mai chitty wahl.

this is going to cost a lot though for the proper service at the large chain.

 

[Thurgood]

Yes, armchair techs not gonna be able to give all the right answers due in large measure to lack of information, not stupidity. Nonetheless, aftr reviewing the posts (including my own) the best answer still rings true..... find a good tech and have him/her check it out. I give positive points to the responders as they prob got it right (self excluded). Be well all. Now off to post my own amp related question.