Tim wrote:
On Mar 22, 2:02 pm, wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:17 am, Tim wrote:





wrote:
Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...
Probably needs the pots cleaned and connections checked. It's kind of
hard to tear up an old peavey. i won't say their bullet proof, but
close to it. you might check the plug-in and see if it's properly
grounded to the outlet. does it have a reverse polarity switch?
probably not. It sounds to me like itls in the connections and
ground.
also you could have a torn speaker cone. Interesting that before
Richie Blackmore started playing with Deep Purple, he couldn't afford
a "Good amp" with effects, so he took a razor blade and cut slices in
the speaker so he could get that "fuzz" tone.
Evidently it worked for him.

I cleaned a
bunch of the connections and can get a relatively clean sound in solo,
but as soon as I hit a chord, it really roughs up. Any help would be
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Turn down the gain? I'm sure you also tried the low side imput . It's
possible that your pickup[s] are too high/close to the strings as
well, and getting a harsh or too tight of an electrical field. (just
a thought)

Well, not looking at the amp I can't say much. but...

Plug it in, and flip the polarity switch, and see if the hum is
reduced. If not, then scratch that idea.

your pickups shouldn't have anything to do with what you're
describing, Scott. the pots (volume, tone, effects etc.) should be
accessable and there would or I'll say " should" be like a pin hole
or some say a vent hole on them, and usually a slight squirt of
siliconized electric contact cleaner in them should take care of
cleaning and lubricating them.

Outside of any of that, I'[m pretty well clueles.

you might check the guys at alt.guitar, alt.guitar.amps or even
alt.audio.pro

I'm sure there's those a lot better than I that could help.


Get a Martin D28.

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