Members In Search of Tone Posted March 13, 2009 Members Share Posted March 13, 2009 A co-worker of mine is moving this week and while going through his stuff he had a Fender M-80 combo amp that he did not use any more. Pic is not mine but the M-80 looks just like this one. He knew I played guitar and offered it to me for free. He warned me that when he would plug in his guitar and it would crackle a lot. I thought sure...it's free, maybe the crackling wasn't the amp... I got it home and turned it on and instantly at Full Volume SQUEEEEEEEEAL!! A high pitch sqeal came out of the amp. I turned it off to stop it. This is without anything plugged into it! I turned down all of the knobs and turned it on again. And again the SQUEEEEL!!! I laughed and thought oh well, it was free. Does anyone know what this could possibly be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unstrung Posted March 13, 2009 Members Share Posted March 13, 2009 .Does anyone know what this could possibly be? It's probably broken... :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cap'n Ahole Posted March 13, 2009 Members Share Posted March 13, 2009 Reverb circuit perhaps. You could try bypassing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted March 13, 2009 Members Share Posted March 13, 2009 If memory serves, that squeel is what passes for tone on those amps. :poke: I kid, but the M-80 is not a good sounding amp even when it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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