bad hum from vs65

bigglesjets · 08-15-2009, 04:44 PM

Hi All
A newbie here, must say a brilliant forum, hope you guys can help with this one.
I have a VS65R that's recently started humming very loud just on the clean channel ,even with guitar unplugged and volume down, it's perfect on channel 2
it's never been gigged always been a bedroom amp, it's just had a new valve fitted but it did it before that and I was hoping that was the fault but its still the same .
Is it doomed or can it be sort,Any help would be appreciated
thanks

Al

minatour87 · 09-05-2009, 04:29 PM

i just fixed my vs65s, it was the reverb tank, i didn't have it hooked up and that amp buzzed really bad, i hooked the reverb tank back up and it plays just fine..i hope that helps... any other issues let me know, i am an electronic tech with over 20 years experience, plus i have one right in front of me...
peace
minatour87

rockinr0ll · 09-05-2009, 04:46 PM

What sides do the white and red plug go in?

rockinr0ll · 09-05-2009, 05:09 PM

Well, whatever way it is, I tried it and I'm telling you that reverb tank is better off, it steals too much tone!

minatour87 · 09-05-2009, 06:59 PM

i don't like the effect, i usually have it turned to zero.

it shouldn't 'suck the sound', you may have a bad reverb tank or cables they are just RCA audio connectors...

may just tap it with a hammer to get it back to normal....my friend just dropped the amp from a little height to get it back working....

i was thinking of jumpering R59 (a 220k resistor) to bypass the reverb effect

peace
minatour87

rockinr0ll · 09-05-2009, 07:18 PM

On my AVT50HX with the reverb tank unplugged it makes the knob act as just a depth switch which I really like. Even though it is in working order I just think that it really doesn't effectively work with the amp.

08-15-2009, 04:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigglesjets Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1	bad hum from vs65 Hi All A newbie here, must say a brilliant forum, hope you guys can help with this one. I have a VS65R that's recently started humming very loud just on the clean channel ,even with guitar unplugged and volume down, it's perfect on channel 2 it's never been gigged always been a bedroom amp, it's just had a new valve fitted but it did it before that and I was hoping that was the fault but its still the same . Is it doomed or can it be sort,Any help would be appreciated thanks Al

09-05-2009, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
minatour87 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3	Re: bad hum from vs65 i just fixed my vs65s, it was the reverb tank, i didn't have it hooked up and that amp buzzed really bad, i hooked the reverb tank back up and it plays just fine..i hope that helps... any other issues let me know, i am an electronic tech with over 20 years experience, plus i have one right in front of me... peace minatour87

09-05-2009, 04:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
rockinr0ll Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,340	Re: bad hum from vs65 What sides do the white and red plug go in?

09-05-2009, 05:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
rockinr0ll Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,340	Re: bad hum from vs65 Well, whatever way it is, I tried it and I'm telling you that reverb tank is better off, it steals too much tone!

09-05-2009, 06:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
minatour87 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3	Re: bad hum from vs65 i don't like the effect, i usually have it turned to zero. it shouldn't 'suck the sound', you may have a bad reverb tank or cables they are just RCA audio connectors... may just tap it with a hammer to get it back to normal....my friend just dropped the amp from a little height to get it back working.... i was thinking of jumpering R59 (a 220k resistor) to bypass the reverb effect peace minatour87

09-05-2009, 07:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
rockinr0ll Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,340	Re: bad hum from vs65 On my AVT50HX with the reverb tank unplugged it makes the knob act as just a depth switch which I really like. Even though it is in working order I just think that it really doesn't effectively work with the amp.

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