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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:32 am
by penningtron
Yeah.. I mostly used darker pickups when I was playing thru a Marshall/Traynor or two. And the tone knob just makes the strings sound dead to me.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:19 am
by Dr Tony Balls
Garth wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 7:14 pm
Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:39 am
Garth wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:47 am
Neal used my Marshall JMP 2204 in practice Thursday, sounded great. Took it to the Campout Friday and it was DOA.
Symptoms: Not getting power for some reason. Power indicator light on the mains switch did not come on.
What I had time to check: Fuses all appear to all be in order
What I feel like are the next logical things to check and within my skill level: the light bulb in the switch (admittedly, in the stress of the moment I didn't think to check to see if the tubes actually lit up), and the power cable itself which I believe is original and admittedly not the best-looking upon visual inspection. I'll probably clip the end of a good IEC and wire that in there.
Any other easy/obvious suggestions I should consider? I didn't reseat the tubes because it still has the back on and I didn't really have time to futz w/ it but regardless the power light should still have come on.
You're correct. If the Mains fuse is good, about the only things that could be at fault are the switch itself (either the contacts or the bulb) or the power cable or socket, if you have one. MAYBE a connection inside opened up but that seems unlikely unless it's been modified.
I wouldnt focus on anything tube-related. If there was a problem there it would blow a fuse.
Confirmed, this was just the hot lead came out of the plug. I need to get off my ass and wire a good cord in there.
Thanks!
The actual wall plug itself? If the cord is fine and just the plug is goofed you can just replace the plug with something like this:
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:54 am
by Garth
Yep that's identical to what was already on there. Looks like the screw holding the wire to the terminal came loose.
The cord itself is a little thin for the plug that was on there. I wanted to get a UL knot in there to help but the space is too cramped.
So eventually I'm going to get something a little heavier-gauge w/ molded plug on the end anyway. Or even putting an IEC or Powercon jack on there. Since the amp's been "stepped on" already anyway, I doubt this would decrease its value and would increase its utility.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:57 pm
by tommy
I personally like tone knobs, but I also like bright single coil pickups (Tele, JM, Jaguar, Strat) so I rarely have the tone knobs wide open. A humbucker that is wired series is the only case a 500k volume knob with no tone is sufficient for my needs. And I've pretty much given up on any humbucker that isn't a Travis Bean/WRHB clone. Though I do see having a Firebird bridge pickup in something in the future.
Glad your JMP fix was simple, Garth!
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:09 pm
by Garth
tommy wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 1:57 pm
Glad your JMP fix was simple, Garth!
Dude. Seriously.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:34 pm
by four_oclocker_2.2
Garth wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:54 am
Or even putting an IEC or Powercon jack on there. Since the amp's been "stepped on" already anyway, I doubt this would decrease its value and would increase its utility.
I was gonna suggest this in our text thread. With as much as this gets used as a backline deal, seems like something that would be a no-brainer!
My question for y'all -
Who do you go to for road cases for amp heads? I want to pick up something for the Balls head that can also be sturdy enough to double as a stand for a cabinet. I think the Balls is a little smaller than other heads, so I guess I'd have to go the custom route (unless I'm being a dummy about it.)
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:43 pm
by Frankie99
In those road cases, can you not retrofit something using wood that you wrap in that egg crate stuff? You could use plywood or building lumber pretty cheap, no?
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:05 pm
by tallchris
four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:34 pm
Who do you go to for road cases for amp heads? I want to pick up something for the Balls head that can also be sturdy enough to double as a stand for a cabinet. I think the Balls is a little smaller than other heads, so I guess I'd have to go the custom route (unless I'm being a dummy about it.)
I got a case for my Bassman from these folks as I wanted something different than I could find through the various EBay stores. Looks like it took ~2 months from order to ship, and they were super responsive when my address changed after I ordered it.
https://kentcustom.com/
Case is well built, but it's really just lived at home since I got it five years ago!
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:12 pm
by Garth
Frankie99 wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:43 pm
In those road cases, can you not retrofit something using wood that you wrap in that egg crate stuff? You could use plywood or building lumber pretty cheap, no?
This is certainly the easiest workaround. Get something that's the size you want as a platform and then if you want, I can help w/ the plywood parts for inserts easily enough. Either way, the key suggestion I'd make would be to make sure the amp is centered on the inside or the balance will be crap when you're toting it, so it would have two inserts instead of just one.
We could probably take an afternoon and build you one though too, although paying retail price for all the parts it might end up costing as much as having it custom built from a shop.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:17 pm
by LBx
Kniferide wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:16 am
biscuitdough wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 11:20 pm
Do you people of no tone knob also not use distortion, or use a very low powered amp? I can’t imagine the lack of a tone knob being listenable with even mild overdrive unless you’re also only using the neck pickup.
Hmmm. I usually use distortions that don't add a bunch of extra high, or I use the eq on the pedal to balance it. If I feel like my tone is too bright I reach for the amp eq. I've never found a guitars tone knob useful for anything but getting 90s big muff smashing pumpkins tone, which I hate.
But to each his own.
I'm jamming 1 watt thru a 1x15 at home. Often pretty clean and not that loud, but sometimes wide open, attenuated, with a SHO pushing it
. Almost exclusively on the neck pick-up. Both are WRHBs.
