Ibanez TBX150H got real quiet

[blickfang]

Hi all

I have Ibanez TBX150H and use it sparingly these days.  For those not familiar, it is a discontinued solid state head.  I thought I would play through it the other day and I mixed up my send and receive cables on the effects loop.  I usually power it off before I do that but I was in a hurry!  after doing that I lost all power it had.  I can hear guitar but only faintly.  I am waiting for Ibanez to offer me a viable solution. I think something happened to the power section.  Is there an easy way to tell?  If I did blow it up and it needs to be replaced, could I use a more powerful one?  It was a great sounding amp for a SS, but could not keep up in the volume department.

Thanks!

[J M Fahey]

Start by plugging a known good cable from send to return jacks.
Report results.

[blickfang]

Hi  J M Fahey

Just so I am clear:

plug one end of a good cable into the send jack and the other end into the receive jack.  Have my guitar in the guitar jack......correct?   

[gaioshin]

Yup! It's generally to eliminate the possibility that the effects loop sockets themselves may have oxidised/shorted.

[blickfang]

I got home and plugged in a cable as directed and it came back to life :dbtu:
Thanks!  Now how do I keep it that way?

[g1]

  Sometimes just giving those jacks some exercise will fix the problem.  Plug your cable in and out of those jacks a dozen times or so, see if that helps.
Usually you also need to spray some contact cleaner in them (something like deoxit or nu-trol) as well as exercising them to work the cleaner in.
  The other option is to just leave a short patch cable in there.

[blickfang]

Thank you guys for the quick responses.  I will try the Deoxit plan this evening  :cheesy:

[phatt]

There is great wisdom in leaving a short cord plugged in,,, I'd take G1's advice before wasting money on cleaning stuff. These sockets are cheap and nasty and will fail again in the future. xP
Phil.

[blickfang]

The deoxit plan was a success!  Thank you very much for your help and expertise  :dbtu:

[blickfang]

Hey Guys

Quick update.  Yes the amp works with nothing in the effects loop.  When I try to add effects it goes back to sounding like crap.  I will probably have to replace the jacks.  but not now.  Thank you again for your input

[blickfang]

Hi There

turns out the amp is still under warranty.  I am going to send it out.  Thanks again for the input  :dbtu: