Hello all. I'm new here and am looking forward to learning as much as I can about amps. I have a Fender Performer 1000 which had been giving me problems for a while; it's practicaly unusable and one step away from going into the trash. Some of the amp's strange behaviors include:
* Intermittent sound.
* Loud crackling an popping noises.
* Momentary channel switching.
* Variable volume levels.
* Reduced output.
* Sudden, unexpected volume spikes.
* Touching any knobs (volume, EQ) will result in crackling.
I've read a few reviews of the Performer and its RocPro successor (well after I had gotten mine) and it seems that part of the problem may be the vaccum tube in the drive channel; it heats up and wrecks havoc on the solder connections. I have not attempted to do anything to it yet, but I 'd be more than willing to get rid of tube. I really like the amp's clean sound and prefer to use pedals for distoriton. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.
* Intermittent sound.
* Loud crackling an popping noises.
* Momentary channel switching.
* Variable volume levels.
* Reduced output.
* Sudden, unexpected volume spikes.
* Touching any knobs (volume, EQ) will result in crackling.
I've read a few reviews of the Performer and its RocPro successor (well after I had gotten mine) and it seems that part of the problem may be the vaccum tube in the drive channel; it heats up and wrecks havoc on the solder connections. I have not attempted to do anything to it yet, but I 'd be more than willing to get rid of tube. I really like the amp's clean sound and prefer to use pedals for distoriton. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks.