shred_head said:
well ....talking again about what was happening with the main volume pot......
if you were looking at it with the knob side up....out of the 3 prongs
the first 2 left ones are connected using a 151 cap,
would have that cap being shot caused the problem?
there is no external damage that can be seen to it
What are you calling the main volume pot? Is it a master volume?
Anyway, the problem you are/were having may have absolutely nothing to do with the condition of the pot itself. The pot (assuming it's a master volume we are talking about) controls the signal going out of the preamp section into the power amp. The output of the preamp section could be the problem, or it could be the input to the power amp, or it could be something else entirely. It probably has nothing to do with that capacitor, at any rate. Have you looked at a schematic for the amp? Can you
read a schematic? This stuff is a lot more complex than you seem to realize.
I know that it's frustrating, and you want to learn what is going on, but the odds of anything that you are doing fixing your problem, given the state of your apparent understanding of the electronics involved, are exceedingly low. Your chances of completely f**king it up and maybe getting hurt in the bargain, however, are pretty good. Your best bet is to get a good amp tech to fix your amp who will have the patience to sit down with you and explain what was wrong and what he did to fix it.
If you are really interested in learning how to service your own tube amps, the information is out there. It will take some study, and some long hours wrapping your mind around how all this stuff works. But you simply are not going to fix your amp by poking around inside it in total ignorance of the technology involved.
I hope I'm not being too harsh, and I don't want to discourage you, but amp techs who understand this stuff earn their money.
