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Re: Blues Deluxe Fried It's PT

10/3/2005 7:04 PM
paulh
Re: Blues Deluxe Fried It's PT
Connections on the bias filter caps. I've seen more than one of these do this. It causes the bias voltage to dip to about -20 volts slowly cooking the tubes and pwr tranny. The main fuse will usually not blow and the amp will work but will sound a little under pwr'ed.

 
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