DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping

plushpile · 10-28-2008, 08:44 AM

Hi guys,
I was at band practice tonight when my amp started hissing and popping and making other odd noises. I was switching all my pedals on/off and in and out of loops checking cables to make sure it wasn't them. It wasn't

it even was making funny noises without a lead plugged into the input.

Any idea whats happened, I think i'm gunna try and find a local tech to take it to get looked at.

Cheers.
Cal

zeusecho · 10-28-2008, 10:03 AM

Check teh tubes mang

steelhorse · 10-28-2008, 01:04 PM

check the tubes and the fuse(s) while you're at it.

Contact the guys at Eurotubes if you need info. They're great for support and will do you right for tubes etc.

plushpile · 10-28-2008, 09:05 PM

Sorry to be such a n00b, but what am I looking for when i check my tubes?

thegaindeli · 10-28-2008, 09:07 PM

Maybe some prankster stuck a bad of Orville Reddenbocker's inside your amp?

steelhorse · 10-28-2008, 09:10 PM

Get a few spares at a local shop, decent ones that you might wind up using, especially pre amp tubes and replace them 1 at a time. Of course turn the amp off, replace the tube, turn it back on, warm it up, test, if it makes no difference try the next one etc. until you find the culprit. Usually the pre amp tubes are the ones to cause us grief.

plushpile · 10-29-2008, 01:35 AM

ok, cool.

DragonSarc · 10-30-2008, 04:58 AM

yup happened to my TSL when i got it came with stock tubes, had it retube and its clear no hiss or pops

10-28-2008, 08:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
plushpile Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13	DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping Hi guys, I was at band practice tonight when my amp started hissing and popping and making other odd noises. I was switching all my pedals on/off and in and out of loops checking cables to make sure it wasn't them. It wasn't it even was making funny noises without a lead plugged into the input. Any idea whats happened, I think i'm gunna try and find a local tech to take it to get looked at. Cheers. Cal

10-28-2008, 10:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
zeusecho Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 170	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping Check teh tubes mang __________________ Marshall DSL50 H&K Switchblade 50W Combo Line6 4x12 (Hellatone 30s and 60s X pattern) Gibson LP Custom ESP MH-301 Merz Custom Acoustic Taylor 355ce 12 String

10-28-2008, 01:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,888	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping check the tubes and the fuse(s) while you're at it. Contact the guys at Eurotubes if you need info. They're great for support and will do you right for tubes etc. __________________ www.ricojronline.com 760-956-6619 Garmopat Pedal Mods "I wouldn't mind hearing your head smash through a glass door. That would be cool..." luekmeyer

10-28-2008, 09:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
plushpile Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping Sorry to be such a n00b, but what am I looking for when i check my tubes?

10-28-2008, 09:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
thegaindeli Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 83	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping Maybe some prankster stuck a bad of Orville Reddenbocker's inside your amp? __________________ Calling and illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"!

10-28-2008, 09:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,888	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping Get a few spares at a local shop, decent ones that you might wind up using, especially pre amp tubes and replace them 1 at a time. Of course turn the amp off, replace the tube, turn it back on, warm it up, test, if it makes no difference try the next one etc. until you find the culprit. Usually the pre amp tubes are the ones to cause us grief. __________________ www.ricojronline.com 760-956-6619 Garmopat Pedal Mods "I wouldn't mind hearing your head smash through a glass door. That would be cool..." luekmeyer

10-29-2008, 01:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
plushpile Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping ok, cool.

10-30-2008, 04:58 AM	#8 (permalink)
DragonSarc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Leandro, CA Posts: 495	Re: DSL 100 Head Hissing and Popping yup happened to my TSL when i got it came with stock tubes, had it retube and its clear no hiss or pops __________________ JVM410H w/ 1960 Vintage A & 1960 Lead B Valvestate 2000 AVT 100 W/ JJ tesla Hi-Gain Preamp Gibson LP studio faded mahagony w/ Burstbuckers Pro V MIJ ESP Edwards Les Paul w/ Duncan JB and 59's Fender American Strat w/ Noiseless Vintage pups LTD EC-500 Jackson Stealth Pro MIJ

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