Hi,

I'm completely new to the board, and pretty new to working with amps as well.  I've got a little experience with electronics (note LITTLE) and I've got a problem that I haven't figured out yet (big surprise).

I'm hoping some of the highly knowledgeable minds in here might be able to peg the problem just from the explanation (which follows this long diatribe of an introduction)...

My little Marshall MG10CD Amp has died, but only partly.  The clean channel is practically dead.  Cranking it up to 10 will get you a small amount of sound and that's about it.  However, push the OverDrive button and adjust the volume to even 3 on Gain and 3 on Volume will get you some fairly clear sound with a bit of the cheap distortion that comes with this amp.  Turn them up higher and your ears will start to bleed.  Sound comes out loud and strong.

So basically, my clean channel (that I love on this tiny amp) is shot and my overdrive (that I hardly ever use) is working just fine.

So is there any place on the amp I can hit it with a hammer to swap the two around?   Failing that, can anyone give me some suggestions on what I should check for, what could be the main culprit, what my next step should be, etc?

Have multimeter, will zap myself.