A noise has been bugging me for the last few weeks, distortion on certain notes when playing. Ive traced it to the power valves (6v6GTs)
They are vibrating on certain notes, What I have done is roll up a leather guitar stap and have wedged it between them, this stops the vibration completely but could be dangerous as the get damn hot! It smells of hot leather:)
Thinking of making a rubber wedge out of heat resistent silicon.
OR I could just get my hand in my pocket and buy a pair of valves:) Anybody got any 6v6Gts????
I love the excelsior, a few amps have come and gone (Tiny Terror, HT5, Hot Rod Deluxe) but this has remained throughout. not like me at all.
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Comments
lots of amps do this, especially smaller lighter ones
Buy some silicone or Viton O rings, measure the valves and put them round the valves, 3 is best, one at each mounting point and one in the middle
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/141111118964?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&lpid=95&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=95&ff19=0
one of mine still vibrated a bit, and needed the extra rubber thing you can see in this photo
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz15/toneuk/RAT%20BH5/RATBH507.jpg
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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