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Valves are here (very quick service) shall deal with them after the gardening... The priorities of a family man.
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Sorry to piggy back on dezb1's thread but i've noticed my GVT15H becoming dull sounding on the lower wattage mode. Looking at the manual (http://www.ampeg.com/products/gvt/manuals/GVT15H_OM.pdf) it says that this could be due to power tubes needing replacing. It gives instructions on how to replace the power tubes, but there is no mention of re-biasing the amp. I thought that amps always needed re-biasing when power amp tubes are replaced, is this correct?
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Sorted... But slightly confused, pulled valve 1 no change, pulled valve 2 no change, pulled valve 3 sorted?!?. Happy that it's fixed but don't understand what the problem was...

cheers once again for all the advice, saved me a fortune as I'd have had to take it to get repaired.
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Well, glad it's sorted but it doesn't make sense.... Valve 3 should be the phase inverter and the FX return is before that so why it was louder in the FX return.... :?
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NickS wrote:Well, glad it's sorted but it doesn't make sense.... Valve 3 should be the phase inverter and the FX return is before that so why it was louder in the FX return.... :?
exactly... Thought I was beginning to understand how it all worked now I'm back to thinking is all black magic... Or incorrect wiring.

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third valve from the right... T'is valve 3 no?
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That's what it says in the user manual...
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NickS wrote:That's what it says in the user manual...
started working when i swapped it for the new one???
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johnnyseven wrote:I thought that amps always needed re-biasing when power amp tubes are replaced, is this correct?
Depends on the design of amp. Self-biasing output stages (typically used in lower power amps) don't need or have bias adjustment.
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PI valve was haunted

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