Members schecterc1lh Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 I am having an issue lately with my gryphon. It started a few days ago, and i would hear a slight fuzz on the tails of notes. After a while, it will cut out and then back in, and it seems to be dependent on how hard i pick. If i pick lightly, it doesnt do it as much, but if i pick harder, its almost like it triggers it to cut out (or if it has already cut out, picking hard will make it come back in) Im thinking its just a tube going bad, but im not sure. Anyone know whats going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 Did you check all the tubes yet? Sounds like it could even be a bad solder joint somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members whataracket Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 This is a very common symptom of your power tubes reaching the end of their useful life. For the 6L6 tubes in my amps, it always starts on the lowest Ab, A, and Bb notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted December 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 I have not checked the tubes yet. I really dont know a ton about amps, and was making sure that it was plausible that it could be the tubes before i bought a new set and didnt need them. I intend to do that, but just wanted to see if anyone had ran across the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shask Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 That kind of sounds like something my Mesa did when I first got it. It was a preamp tube..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sinnerx96 Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 99% of the time, it's tubes causing the problem. You should always have an extra set or two. Tubes are tubes. They will fail. It should be standard procedure to change tubes when there's a problem before even asking. Especially since it's a Peters amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted December 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 James sent me a message and said it sounds like a preamp tube, so ill start there and see if that works. Talk about customer service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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