DSL Head static?

jake.blake · 08-28-2008, 06:55 PM

So I have a Marshall DSL 2000 2 channel head with a 1960 marshall cab. I bought her about 6 years ago and have loved it. I have been having a weird problem though, sometimes at random my amp will start sounding like static which gets louder until it pops and goes quite again. I have noticed that by unplugging my guitar from it and plugging it back in with a bit of force that the static sound will go away.

I always thought that it was my room because I picked up static a few other times on other amps but it has happened in completely different locations lately. I really have no idea what to do.

Is this common? Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything I can do? Any help would be awesome guys, thanks.

stryker59 · 08-28-2008, 10:52 PM

spray contact cleaner(TV tuner spray) on the cable jack and push it in and out of the amp input to clean...do the same w/ your effects loop jacks....take the chassis out and spray inside the pots while turning them back and forth...if the problem still persists then its probably a tube issue...

steelhorse · 08-29-2008, 02:51 AM

That sounds exactly like what my jsx head did when apparently in transport from the club one of the pre-amp tubes popped out of the socket slightly.

It would make this static sound like a radio that's not grounded (at times it almost sounded like it was revving up and going to take off) then it would hiss and pop and it would be alright for little while then off it would go again.

You might as well clean the tube sockets while you're at it and re-seat all the tubes and see what happens in addition to stryker's suggestion.

08-28-2008, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
jake.blake Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	DSL Head static? So I have a Marshall DSL 2000 2 channel head with a 1960 marshall cab. I bought her about 6 years ago and have loved it. I have been having a weird problem though, sometimes at random my amp will start sounding like static which gets louder until it pops and goes quite again. I have noticed that by unplugging my guitar from it and plugging it back in with a bit of force that the static sound will go away. I always thought that it was my room because I picked up static a few other times on other amps but it has happened in completely different locations lately. I really have no idea what to do. Is this common? Has anyone else had this problem? Is there anything I can do? Any help would be awesome guys, thanks.

08-28-2008, 10:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
stryker59 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: staunton, va Posts: 624	Re: DSL Head static? spray contact cleaner(TV tuner spray) on the cable jack and push it in and out of the amp input to clean...do the same w/ your effects loop jacks....take the chassis out and spray inside the pots while turning them back and forth...if the problem still persists then its probably a tube issue... __________________ *you've been weighed, measured, and found wanting!*

08-29-2008, 02:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,512	Re: DSL Head static? That sounds exactly like what my jsx head did when apparently in transport from the club one of the pre-amp tubes popped out of the socket slightly. It would make this static sound like a radio that's not grounded (at times it almost sounded like it was revving up and going to take off) then it would hiss and pop and it would be alright for little while then off it would go again. You might as well clean the tube sockets while you're at it and re-seat all the tubes and see what happens in addition to stryker's suggestion.

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