Well firstly - Hello All My frist post, and I hope not my last.
I have a couple of Japanese SS amps - ELK 103 Viking (Head), ELK 75 Bass Head and Cab and as from yesterday a Univox 65. And I love em!
The last one is my query of today which perhaps experienced minds can help me with
It has a slightly higher than normal (what I consider to be normal) background hum when in use, but in particular the Reverb is rendered almost unusable when turned on, even a 1/4 of the the dial leads to a pretty loud hiss/white noise.
I just took the whole shebang apart. Pretty clean and tidy inside, no loose cables or dodgy connections when poking as far as I can see. The reverb unit (which I believe to be spring reverb) is housed in a rubber/foam sealed housing for isolation.
So where should I perhaps start. Cap replacement? Or some amateur shielding?
Here's a YouTube video highlighting the problem:
http://youtu.be/I3oOaOWc3JI
Many thanks!
I have a couple of Japanese SS amps - ELK 103 Viking (Head), ELK 75 Bass Head and Cab and as from yesterday a Univox 65. And I love em!
The last one is my query of today which perhaps experienced minds can help me with
It has a slightly higher than normal (what I consider to be normal) background hum when in use, but in particular the Reverb is rendered almost unusable when turned on, even a 1/4 of the the dial leads to a pretty loud hiss/white noise.
I just took the whole shebang apart. Pretty clean and tidy inside, no loose cables or dodgy connections when poking as far as I can see. The reverb unit (which I believe to be spring reverb) is housed in a rubber/foam sealed housing for isolation.
So where should I perhaps start. Cap replacement? Or some amateur shielding?
Here's a YouTube video highlighting the problem:
http://youtu.be/I3oOaOWc3JI
Many thanks!