hi everyone, new here but so glad this forum exists!!
I love the Thunder 1 Reverb amp, but ever since i got it (about a year ago), the reverb has been relatively noisy. when i first bought the amp i had it generally serviced by an amp tech but that didn’t seem to clean up the reverb noise, so i lived with it. lately i’ve been wanting to mic up the amp and record and i simply can’t do it with that reverb hum, so now i’m interested in seeing if there’s any way to make that noise go away.
details:
when the reverb knob is turned completely to the left (off) or footswotch is turned off, the noise is gone. the noise gradually gets louder as reverb pot is turned up. footswitch seems to work normally when turning reverb on/off — not glitchy or scratchy and wiring in it looks good.
the reverb itself works normally (as far as i can tell), but of course this background noise is ever present.
all soldering, wiring and grounding in the amp looks good to me, and when the reverb is off, the amp is surprisingly quiet for a 1967-68 amp. i pulled out the reverb tank and checked it and wiring/grounding, moved it around in different orientations and none of this had any effect on the hum noise.
i’m really not much of an amp expert, and would appreciate any ideas/steps on how to troubleshoot this! best bet is probably to bring it to an amp tech, but let’s see if we can diy this thing.. i’m up for it if you guys are
if more information or pictures/audio clips are needed, please let me know...
I love the Thunder 1 Reverb amp, but ever since i got it (about a year ago), the reverb has been relatively noisy. when i first bought the amp i had it generally serviced by an amp tech but that didn’t seem to clean up the reverb noise, so i lived with it. lately i’ve been wanting to mic up the amp and record and i simply can’t do it with that reverb hum, so now i’m interested in seeing if there’s any way to make that noise go away.
details:
when the reverb knob is turned completely to the left (off) or footswotch is turned off, the noise is gone. the noise gradually gets louder as reverb pot is turned up. footswitch seems to work normally when turning reverb on/off — not glitchy or scratchy and wiring in it looks good.
the reverb itself works normally (as far as i can tell), but of course this background noise is ever present.
all soldering, wiring and grounding in the amp looks good to me, and when the reverb is off, the amp is surprisingly quiet for a 1967-68 amp. i pulled out the reverb tank and checked it and wiring/grounding, moved it around in different orientations and none of this had any effect on the hum noise.
i’m really not much of an amp expert, and would appreciate any ideas/steps on how to troubleshoot this! best bet is probably to bring it to an amp tech, but let’s see if we can diy this thing.. i’m up for it if you guys are
if more information or pictures/audio clips are needed, please let me know...