whisky182 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 i used my apm for the first time in about a week yesterday for a band practice, half way through (turned up to vol 8) the back of the amp started smoking, i let it cool down for a while and played again, the amp way fine for the rest of the night. can anyone tell me what happened and if it will be okay?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Smoke usually means something was getting cooked. You have to take a close look inside for fried wires, maybe your transformer was about to melt down, who knows? Every part of the amp works fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted May 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 well it sounds fine, it still works okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 What kind of amp? tube? SS? combo? does it have reverb, tremolo? 2 channels? and if so, make sure all those features work ie. bass/middle/treble knobs, tremolo and reverb intensity/speed. If you can't find any burnt wires/connections I would still take it in for a checkup and describe what happened to the tech. Maybe a bug flew onto a tube and got fried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 umm it's a marshall MG30DFX, i'll check all the componants later, but it's a solid state amp so it has no tubes for a bug to fly in to!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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