I went out and ordered several cheap used amps from GC. Cheaper than Eb*y and cheaper shipping. Goal was to try out different brands of amps and their "tone".
One Crate came in missing half the screws that hold down the speaker with the rest not tightened down. The chassis was also loosely screwed on. Sigh. Waiting to hear what GC has to say before I decide what to do with it.
A Fender Frontman Reverb Amp aka 15R looked fine and tight but had this BUZZ on power up. More buzz when I turned on reverb. Otherwise, it worked fine, if a little loud.
Touching the "ground" points didn't help. Tomorrow, I'll follow one online suggestion to connect a wire between a signal ground (at one of the jacks) to the handle hold down. If that doesn't work, that's yet another fun project! Whoopee!
My Behringer GM108 had a similar problem until I resoldered some of the power supply components (caps etc).
Can't wait for the weekend to start digging in... :duh
One Crate came in missing half the screws that hold down the speaker with the rest not tightened down. The chassis was also loosely screwed on. Sigh. Waiting to hear what GC has to say before I decide what to do with it.
A Fender Frontman Reverb Amp aka 15R looked fine and tight but had this BUZZ on power up. More buzz when I turned on reverb. Otherwise, it worked fine, if a little loud.
Touching the "ground" points didn't help. Tomorrow, I'll follow one online suggestion to connect a wire between a signal ground (at one of the jacks) to the handle hold down. If that doesn't work, that's yet another fun project! Whoopee!
My Behringer GM108 had a similar problem until I resoldered some of the power supply components (caps etc).
Can't wait for the weekend to start digging in... :duh