Sitting down with large glass of red now, pondering a) what could be wrong? b) who can fix it?
Just bought a Fryette Power Station today, plugged in my Phil X Friedman amp to the power station so that I could crank the X amp without killing my neighbours, and it turns out they are fine, the amp not so much.
After 5 mins of it sounding glorious, I heard a small crackle, and the amp died..
No sound, no glowing tubes I n the amp, no power light on.
Did the obvious, changed the fuse, changed the kettle lead, took out the fryette power station and nothing, no power light, nothing.
subsequently used the Fryette with a Cornell amp and no problems, so suspect its not that.
Any help much appreciated, including any recommendations to solid amp techs in SW London or Surrey.
hoping not the transformer...
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Unfortunately it does sound like the transformer has blown if there is no power at all, but it could be something else.
@jpfamps is in London.
thanks @olafgarten
had not considered that aspect, that said was not fully cranked on the X amp, but about 2/3 up.
off to the cellars (garage) to grab another bottle
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I'm not claiming to be an expert here, but I suspect that cranking the amp has caused a power valve (don't know if it's valve rectified?) to fail and that's taken the fuse with it and if you're lucky, nothing else
i guess I should check the amp over before replacing the fuse, otherwise it could just go again
Just your mother here! PLEASE peeps, don't go any further than external fuses when checking amps when pissed!
Dave.
My tool kit consists of a rusty spanner, one screw driver and a hammer. So definitely not the man for the job.
Any recommendations gratefully received.
If it's stable with the new fuse, popping in some new power valves would be a sensible next step, but it it fails after that, @jpfamps would be your nearest forum tech. Frank is in Denmark st
GuitarAid are in Putney - never used them myself and Amp Wizard is Horsham (Don't think he has any real magic though..)