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gibson175 · 05-24-2010, 02:15 AM

My aplogies. Many thanks to Major and John of course.
I am pretty sure he put the right tubes in - but one of them may have been not working from the start causing the failure. I wasn't there when it happened, but unless he changed them, all the right type of tubes were in the correct spots. They were all brand new, so it may be a possibility that one was not right at the get go, causing the failure. I believe the amp was working fine, then he installed a new set of tubes, turned it on and smelled smoke..... I will be sure to use tubes that i know work for sure after replacing the burned resistors.
Point taken on the 5w resistors tho, i will get some 1 or 2watt resistors from another supplier.

05-24-2010, 02:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
gibson175 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Posts: 77	Re: Fender bassman 135 fix... My aplogies. Many thanks to Major and John of course. I am pretty sure he put the right tubes in - but one of them may have been not working from the start causing the failure. I wasn't there when it happened, but unless he changed them, all the right type of tubes were in the correct spots. They were all brand new, so it may be a possibility that one was not right at the get go, causing the failure. I believe the amp was working fine, then he installed a new set of tubes, turned it on and smelled smoke..... I will be sure to use tubes that i know work for sure after replacing the burned resistors. Point taken on the 5w resistors tho, i will get some 1 or 2watt resistors from another supplier.