never use a cap with a voltage rating that is less than the one you take out (unless you are putting them in series and you know what you're doing) Some quick rules of thumb with capacitors: If you can do some reading you might be able to figure out how to safely put two (less expensive) capacitors in series or in parallel, or how much variation is allowable in the rating and just find a cheap, really closely valued substitute. It is possible to substitute caps of different values in place of that one, but I am extremely hesitant to discuss how.it's not rocket science, but fooling around inside a tube amp can kill you. He may have looked long and hard for the problem, found it, and decided to change out the inexpensive part at the same time since caps don't last forever anyway. These require almost nothing in parts to fix, but lots of workbench time for the tech to track down.again, a reason for the high price. Oh, for your specific problem, it could be a cap, but I would tend to think it is more like a cold solder joint or a broken solder joint. That said, if you want to learn how to service amps, look for some books, read lots, spend time really getting to know the topic well before you ever open your first amp. Even when it is unplugged the large caps inside can (and usually do) store a charge large enough to put you in the hospital or the grave if you don't know what you're doing.that's why the techs get paid so much. Amplifiers are not the sort of thing I would ever recommend that anyone open up or try to work on by yourself-you really can kill yourself, especially with a tube amp. The cap itself only cost him a dollar or two. I agree with bazzer, most of that price was probably labor. but I'm just wondering since you've built an amp you might have an idea. If it is the capacitor, is there any way to fix it ourselves? I'm thinking it's probably a break in the connection somewhere, causing everything else to re-route. The only thing we can get to work is the clean sound, and that's only when plugged into the wrong port :S. so, how would one determain the problem in general? but he also charged 200 bucks for a repair, so I'm beginning to doubt his credibility. we have a crate amp that is busted, a guitar luther told us it was the capacitor. So matthew, I need your input on something. I'd snap you a hi res picture of it, but i havent got a nice camera to hand (only the horrid phone i used to take the first page picture) The tone is nice, but i find it quite muddy if your using it for clean stuff (especially open chords).įeel free to ask any questions you have about it. Its a really nice guitar thou, its just not for me, only thing that has given me trouble was the strap button, which became loose, to i replace it with a bigger screw, which also came loose, but i've now had glued and is fine (hopefully.). I finally picked up a mexican tele at christmas and have found it to be a much better fit to me (i LOVE it), and am now considering selling the LP. I upgraded to an LP from my first electric (a cheap strat copy) but tbh i never really felt that comfortable with it, i find the neck a bit to thick, its also a bit 'heavy' (as in rock, not weight) for my liking. Hey Patrick, thats my epi les paul in the first page of the thread (and in the sig), u considering getting one?
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