Valve rattle - what is it exactly

mattacjones

Hi, I notice what I can only describe as valve rattle. It's in a tweed deluxe which suffers a lot of cab vibration, but is it a valve that can be replaced or is it just unavoidable. All fairly new valves. Cheers

ICBM

Some valves rattle, some don’t... although most power valves and some rectifiers do at least a bit. They often get worse over time, especially in combos.

If you can definitely identify which one(s) it is, you could just change those. Hold the valve with a cloth while it’s rattling and you should be able to tell.

mattacjones

Cheers, I'll give it a go using my little ditto Looper. If you don't hear back, I've been electrocuted!