Turning my amp on? Is it being damaged?

[mercilessdeath86]

Alright so I flick on the power switch (red) so it is facing upwards. Wait about 5-10 minutes and flick the standby switch (black) off so it is facing upwards as well. Despite how long I wait for the amp to warm up, it makes a crackling fuzzy popping noise for a few seconds. What am I doing wrong??!!?

 

[Eag]

Stop turning it on!!!!

Actually you're not doing anything wrong. It sounds like you might have a tube trying to die on you. When power tubes have gone out in my amps they sometimes begin by popping and hissing like bacon which gets worse until I change them.

 

[mercilessdeath86]

Oh ok. So it's normal then... When should I take it in to get re-tubed? Once it gets more annoying?

 

[Eag]

Oh ok. So it's normal then... When should I take it in to get re-tubed? Once it gets more annoying?

LOL you can wait, but I wouldn't. Get that dog retubed and rock on

 

[Adwex]

Like Eag said, you're doing it right.

 

[HOT TUBES 70]

hey !!!! are you running that 6100 marshall !!!! if so , get it retubed it will blow your mind ! after a retube !!

 

[mercilessdeath86]

Yeah! I am broke as a joke right now so I don't think I will be able to afford new tubes for awhile yet. I dunno, it still sounds great to me though soIm concerned it's not tube-related

 

[HOT TUBES 70]

thats the thing though..... i though that my 6100 sounded good , then i had it
retubed , WOW ! huge improvement.

 

[joshuaaewallen]

I too have experienced a bit op popping and hissing when initially coming off standby and starting to play. It does stop pretty quickly. Perhaps it is time for new tubes.

Here's a question... I have begun running a "split power section" in my TSL122 utilizing two THD Yellow Jacket adapters in conjunction with the remaining two EL34 power tubes. The EL34's in the Yellow Jackets are new literally only a few weeks old, so I'm not too worried about them, however the EL34's have been in there God knows how long (I did notice when I removed them for inspection that they do rattle ever so slightly). Do I need to re-bias in this split power section scenario?

 

[MartyStrat54]

Do I need to re-bias in this split power section scenario?

You would have to replace all four power tubes, do the bias setting, pull out the middle two and replace your YJ's.

I don't see you being able to do it with the YJ's and the 84's and a pair of 34's.

Marty

 

[mercilessdeath86]

If anybody cares... It does'nt make a noise if I switch it on while I'm on my clean channel. I switch it on while the clean channel is selected and the select the lead channel and theres no yucky noises.

 

[Adwex]

I would suspect the preamp tubes, try replacing V1, see if the problem goes away.