Well, a number of reasons. It was an NVM build, so it was TOUGH to get it sounding good without overpowering the Matamp through its 2x15. What's more, is there was no effects loop to put a preamp on it.

Grabbed a brand new Hiwatt Super Leeds 150 with the money I had left over. Solid State, but have heard nothing but great things about the Crunch series, which this is an update of. Cool nerd thing - seems like there's only a handful of these in Canada, none in the states, guess Hiwatt only got one shipment over here since these just came out this month.

Hiwatt has an MV, on top of a direct out for recording. Fuck yeah.

Aight that's all.

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can play for about 45 minutes and the effects just die. It's a hybrid but I kinda think it's an old tube

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you have? Could be a bad/intermittent solder joint if it's a PCB build.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Marshall ATV150H definitely a PCB build

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh hey! That's the generation after my Valvestate. Totally different circuit, but the good news is that it's probably not the tube, since it's only really used in the preamp stage. If it's the onboard effects cutting out and not the whole loop, it could be a handful of possible issues, including a bad solder joint somewhere near the power amp transistors. Those get pretty warm and could cause an intermittent connection to separate.

Your best bet is probably to take it to an amp tech; best-case, it's something obvious and they can just re-flow a couple of solder joints and maybe re-cap it for you. Worst case gets into discussions of whether it's cheaper to cannibalize the onboard effects DSP chip from a non-working eBay amp versus trying to find vendors with new old stock... Good luck. Those third-gen Valvestates are good amps in the "this is what the MG series should have been" sense.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn dude thanks for the good advice I might open it up tomorrow with a multi meter and see if I can find the solder joint.

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at those electrolytic caps, too -- if they're the originals from 15-20 years ago, you probably have a couple that are getting iffy/sporting a bulge. Hell, it could even be a loose ribbon cable.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bro! I plugged a cable all the way in and it works now! Thanks for the hope!

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

mao-clap