Amp/Guitar problem

bigstar

Hey, ive been having a problem with my amp or guitar recently. the amp makes some harsh sounds if i move the guitar even slightly. im not sure if its the guitar lead, or the jack on the guitar or what it is. also the amp echos if the lead moves or slaps onto the floor. its a fender tube amp and telecaster i have. im not sure how to describe the noise other than its a sort of bang or popping sound. has anyone experienced this type of problem, i cant play without some horrible noise coming from the amp. thanks

Feelgood

How long have you got the amp?. sounds like you may need to replace the tube??

Fingers Mcginty

Plug your axe straight into amp with a different lead ....does it still happen?

bigstar

have it about two years. ive tried it with two different leads, it happens with both. is this what happens when the tubes go, have you experienced this type of thing before

Paolo_M

If you want my two cents it sounds more like an interal grounding problem with the amp. You may have an intermittant dodgy/loose conection on the input side. The reason I think this is because the outer layer of your cable has the shield which is connected to circuit ground and onwards to earth inside the amp. It seems to only happen when you disturb the lead in some way.
Disturbing it would cause an audible snap, crackle or pop :pac:.

Must say I've never had a dodgy valve make a pop noise before and it seems unlikely that moving the cable could induce a problem even if it was them. They usually hum, crackle/hiss, splutter, squeel and/or glow brightly when they go bad.
After two years of regular use it would do no harm to replace them anyway.

I'd say get the new valves 'cos you need them anyway, let us know the model of your amp and we can help select the right valve types if you're not sure. If it solves the problem; yah!! If it doesn't (and I suspect it wont) time to go to a tech unless you know amps fairly well, and are handy with a soldering iron.

Eoin Madsen

Try a different guitar with the amp, and try your guitar with a different amp.

bigstar wrote: »

is this what happens when the tubes go

Not generally. It doesn't sound like a valve problem at all.

vox

bigstar wrote: »

Hey, ive been having a problem with my amp or guitar recently. the amp makes some harsh sounds if i move the guitar even slightly. im not sure if its the guitar lead, or the jack on the guitar or what it is. also the amp echos if the lead moves or slaps onto the floor. its a fender tube amp and telecaster i have. im not sure how to describe the noise other than its a sort of bang or popping sound. has anyone experienced this type of problem, i cant play without some horrible noise coming from the amp. thanks

Is it a static sound that builds up to a loud pop every now and again?

spoonbadger

Eoin Madsen wrote: »

Try a different guitar with the amp, and try your guitar with a different amp.



Not generally. It doesn't sound like a valve problem at all.

Agreed. The simplest solution sounds like a dodgy input jack on the amp,or a dodgy output jack on your guitar, plain and simple.

bigstar

cheers all, ill try different amps and guitars and see what happens, but i think it might the dodgy connection because paolo got it bang on when he said its a snap, crackle, pop sound, i couldnt think of a good way to describe it. would this be expensive to fix.