WDC

Hello Myles, I have a curious thing happening with my Pro Reverb. The amp is about 7 months old and is run through a 8 Ohm THD HotPlate. For the past 7 months, I typically run with the clean volume at 4 and adjust volume with the HotPlate as the situation warrants. Lately when I play with 0 attenuation, I can hear a hum coming from my amp. The hum is there when nothing is plugged in and the volume is turned to zero. I can't tell if the sound is coming from my output tubes or from some sort of low-level feedback coming from the speaker. In addition, at ¼ power mode, the hum goes away. Here's another odd thing. I was poking my head behind the amp yesterday. The amp is on an old church pew so I needed to move the amp a little to fit my head behind. As I moved the amp forward in the pew, the front feet (not casters) slipped over the edge of the pew seat. The slip was not enough to crash the reverb tank, but enough to make the hum go away for a moment. This leads me to believe that my output tubes could be going. How far off base am I on this one? Ive been waiting to re-tube this amp for a while. Is it time? Best Regards, WDC

Miles, Great info. I've been geeking in this forum and on your site. One day I hope to acquire a thimbleful of your knowledge. Here is my question. I am the owner of a Soldano Supercharger G.T.O. and love the tone. The only thing disappointing about the pedal is the noise when engaged and not playing. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this? From what I've read, this symptom seems to be inherent with all the pedals. I've called Soldano and was told that because this is a tube pedal, the noise is inherited. I guess I'm just waiting for someone to mod this fine pedal to take away some of the noise. Any suggestions? Sorry that if I'm posting this in the wrong area, but as this pedal runs plate voltage and has 2 12ax7 tubes, I figured I would ask here. Can this pedal be blueprinted? Thanks in advance, World Driving Champion