Big Scare: I thought my amp was toast. heartbroken.

[zulu]

Last night I thought my T1RVT had failed. I was devastated. I powered everything up as usual, but just a thin, quiet, distorted signal. I tried everything, different pickups, pedal setting, went direct to amp. Switched cables. Powered off and re-seated the tubes. No luck. I'm really attached to this amp and it is my only amp right now.

I was sad, giving up, and I finally thought of trying a different guitar. Unplugged the Detonator and plugged in the Nightbird... the amp is fine!!!!! Yay!!!!! Oh the relief! The amp sounds wonderful and the Nightbird is fantastic!!!!!

So, does anybody know, off hand, what could be wrong with my Detonator? Maybe a bad ground or other connection, I guess.

 

[GAD]

Last night I thought my T1RVT had failed. I was devastated. I powered everything up as usual, but just a thin, quiet, distorted signal. I tried everything, different pickups, pedal setting, went direct to amp. Switched cables. Powered off and re-seated the tubes. No luck. I'm really attached to this amp and it is my only amp right now.

I was sad, giving up, and I finally thought of trying a different guitar. Unplugged the Detonator and plugged in the Nightbird... the amp is fine!!!!! Yay!!!!! Oh the relief! The amp sounds wonderful and the Nightbird is fantastic!!!!!

So, does anybody know, off hand, what could be wrong with my Detonator? Maybe a bad ground or other connection, I guess.

If it did this in every pickup position, and you used the same cable on both guitars, the first thing I'd check is the solder connection on the output jack then work back from there.