Amps

[pinchharmonic25]

I just bought this amp. I got it for $50 dollars because it was broken. I fixed the inputs and it sounds a little better. Im still getting this static sound when i play. Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be?

Also, when I turn the amp on and off, the amp makes a really loud pop even when the volume is turned all the way down.

[charveldan]

I have one, had it since 97', it makes a loud pop when i turn it off too.

If your static is when you turn the knobs, you have dirty pots, other than that you said it was broke, could be alot of things???:snax::idk::idk::idk::idk:

[pinchharmonic25]

first we thought it was the inputs, but when i put in new inputs, it sounded a little better. when i got it, you could barely hear anything. now its when ever i play on it. i think it might have to do something with the capacitors????? help????!!!!!

[charveldan]

It would probably be cheaper in the long run to get a small tube amp, than to put any $$$ into this one IMHO.oke:oke:oke:oke:oke:oke:

I sometimes run an amp modeler thru mine but i only use the clean channel, i also have 6 other amps, so for me it doesn't matter.

If this is your only amp i'd say shop around you could do better, they stopped making the UC along time ago.

[pinchharmonic25]

yeah, i just picked it up for fun i have other amps, im just trying to fix it and make profit

[turnitto11]

What do you mean changed the inputs?

[pinchharmonic25]

I took out the actual inputs because they were broken Then I put new ones in and it sounds a ton better

[cap'n'crunch]

What do you mean changed the inputs?

I think he means he replace the input "jacks".:confused:

[cap'n'crunch]

I took out the actual inputs because they were broken
Then I put new ones in and it sounds a ton better

Does the static change at all when you turn any of the knobs. Just as a routine maintainance, spray some contact cleaner into the openings on the backs of all the pots and then turn them back and forth a few times and then spray some into the effects loop jacks and insert and remove a cable a few times. May not be your problem but, you should eliminate all possible simple fixes first.

[pinchharmonic25]

I hear static all the time, its pretty much if i play anything. When I'm on the clean channel, its loudest in the bass, quietest when trebles all the way. So, I'm just really confused

[Harvest]

The pop is the reverb tank I think. My bro has a princeton chorus from the same era and it does the same thing.