Members Indiana Tones Posted March 26, 2009 Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 Tube failure at band rehearsal sucks {censored}ing dick. Started losing volume, thought I had a lose cable, switched channels.....what the...then the singer/vocalist in the band said, "Dude, your {censored}ing tubes are glowing like {censored}." Turned around and sure as {censored}, could see it through the vents. They were hot as hell.......then nothing, fuse blew. Looking at the back of the amp the 3 tubes on the left side of my Triple Rec. were hot as hell, by the looks of the white print on the Mesa Tubes that is now brown. Anybody had this problem? I've never had a tube fail on me in 10 years of owning tube amps. The power tubes have been in it for a little over 2 years,(since new), been going to buy some new tubes for the last year:facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members White_Van Posted March 26, 2009 Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 Tube failure at band rehearsal sucks {censored}ing dick. Started losing volume, thought I had a lose cable, switched channels.....what the...then the singer/vocalist in the band said, "Dude, your {censored}ing tubes are glowing like {censored}." Turned around and sure as {censored}, could see it through the vents. They were hot as hell.......then nothing, fuse blew. Looking at the back of the amp the 3 tubes on the left side of my Triple Rec. were hot as hell, by the looks of the white print on the Mesa Tubes that is now brown. Anybody had this problem? I've never had a tube fail on me in 10 years of owning tube amps. The power tubes have been in it for a little over 2 years,(since new), been going to buy some new tubes for the last year:facepalm: 2 years is a good long time if you play it at band volumes quite a lot. I usually replace my tubes every calendar year if they are getting cranked a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monoXstereo Posted March 26, 2009 Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like you just played the tubes to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Indiana Tones Posted March 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like you just played the tubes to death. Pretty much, twice a week at rehearsal and then shows. Too {censored}in' lazy to order tubes. Doug's gonna overnight me some Rubys in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Heatfromcold Posted March 26, 2009 Members Share Posted March 26, 2009 2 years is a good long time if you play it at band volumes quite a lot. I usually replace my tubes every calendar year if they are getting cranked a lot. ^ This ^ I go once a year with my RK. Replace them and you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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