I have a 1995 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, it's one of the first 500 ever produced (so I was told my an amp repair tech years ago). After years of it collecting dust, I have been gigging with it 1-2 times a month for the last 6 months. It has had a recurring issue that I find very odd, and even an experience amp tech does not seem to be able to diagnose is.
What happens is while I am playing, always at least 30-45 minutes into a performance, it will suddenly cut silent. This ONLY happens when it has a lot of gain going through it. For example, the second I hit my tubescreamer pedal the sound will cut out, or as soon as I hit a really high note with the amp's overdrive on. It generally will come back on after about 15-30 seconds, and this will happen maybe another 1-2 times throughout a performance. During my last performance, the sound did NOT end up coming back, even when I plugged in directly, however it once again worked fine when I got home.
What the hell could be causing this? I brought it in to an amp tech, he said he was not able to recreate the problem. Does this have something to do with my pedals? How/why would the pedals affect the amp like this? Any insight is appreciated as I am clueless and I am afraid it is going to crap out on me for many gigs to come.
What happens is while I am playing, always at least 30-45 minutes into a performance, it will suddenly cut silent. This ONLY happens when it has a lot of gain going through it. For example, the second I hit my tubescreamer pedal the sound will cut out, or as soon as I hit a really high note with the amp's overdrive on. It generally will come back on after about 15-30 seconds, and this will happen maybe another 1-2 times throughout a performance. During my last performance, the sound did NOT end up coming back, even when I plugged in directly, however it once again worked fine when I got home.
What the hell could be causing this? I brought it in to an amp tech, he said he was not able to recreate the problem. Does this have something to do with my pedals? How/why would the pedals affect the amp like this? Any insight is appreciated as I am clueless and I am afraid it is going to crap out on me for many gigs to come.