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Fix Mezzio's Carvin
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:47 am
by LimpDickCheney
Start it off chief.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:49 am
by Ninja Mike 808
COW BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYS!
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:52 am
by Wilbur
??????????
(I hate being the new-ish guy....)
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:54 am
by Will
Apparently his channel switching is screwed up.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:10 am
by mezzio13
Ok, here's what I have:
Carvin X60B head. It's been over a year since I used it, when I fired it up the volume and tone would change randomly, and it would get all tinny and microphonic. I can't remember if there were chanel switching problems or not, and I would fire it up to test it but the kids are in bed.
So, I asked amp expert LDC if he'd tag team a repair via intrawebz and we could make a thread out of it and maybe learn a little.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:15 am
by Wilbur
not cool...was it like that from the factory or did it start acting up?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:23 am
by JamesSmann
there was this dude on the old socal rock board called brian dixon that we all called carvin man. he knew everything there was to know about carvin and their gear. he should've fucking worked for them because he was their best spokesman. great dude. his kid died in a fucked up car crash a couple years ago and we slowly lost touch with him...
maybe dots knows how to get a hold of him...he could prolly help some too.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:27 am
by mezzio13
Wilbur wrote:not cool...was it like that from the factory or did it start acting up?
No way, I've had this amp since 1985. It's been gone through three times before this, mainly because it saw a lot of rough duty in the 80's and 90's.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:33 am
by Will
Sounds like preamp tubes or filter caps.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:45 am
by Sloan
Apply beer.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:30 am
by Mike
He's already tried tubes.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:42 am
by euan
But has he tried beer?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:19 pm
by mezzio13
It's had its share of beer on it to be sure.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:23 pm
by More Cowbell
My Ampeg was doing the same thing, and I took it to an amp repairman, he found a leaking cap. Look at all your caps and see if one is leaking shit out of it.
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:44 pm
by robroe
IF IT LEAKS BEER YOU NEED TO PATENT IT
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:15 pm
by LimpDickCheney
Pics?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:27 pm
by Sloan
robroe wrote:IF IT LEAKS BEER YOU NEED TO PATENT IT
YEAS!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:25 am
by mezzio13
LimpDickCheney wrote:Pics?
Weekend from hell, I'm tearing it down Sunday night when I get back from the finger lakes errand I have to run tomorrow.