Members Eschatologist Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Ok pardon the potential 'noob-itude" of this, but its been quite a while since I've blown any tubes. I've have my Savage 120 for a couple years now, it was slightly used when I bought it and it has all original tubes in it. Started jamming regularly with a new band and one of the 6550s started to glow MUCH brighter than the other today, and I noticed a thinning of the tone. I immediately threw it on standby, let it sit, and turned it on again and it seemed to glow normally and play normally again. I was kind of afraid to bring it back up to jam levels to repeat the problem. Sound like a bad tube? The only experience I've had with blow tubes is when they stop working completely...can a tube be bad and still continue to function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Yep. Replace before they blow and take some other component out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eschatologist Posted February 1, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Thanks man, thought so. Engl is SUPPOSED to have fail-safes in case of toob failure, but I won't tempt fate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carryonplease Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 yea most amps have something like a HT fuse which protects other components when a tube blows. but yea dont tempt fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I traded all my tube amps for a first generation POD and never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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