Help! My SFTR sounds thin and nasty.

Scott M · December 8th, 2003, 10:53 AM

It has a tonal quality that I associate with a bad solid state amp. You can hear it playing clean, but overdrive (an old OD 1) really brings it out. It has Peavey Special 130 distortion quality. My Yamaha digital amp actually sounds warmer. Something has changed over the last two weekends. Where do I start. Could it be tubes? Caps? any combination? I have bypassed all effects and played two different guitars to be sure it is the amp. As near as I can tell, It has to be the amp.

Thanks in advance.

-Scott

Caper · December 8th, 2003, 11:25 AM

The first thing I would check Scott are the tubes, if you have a spare preamp tube check those first.

Ringo · December 8th, 2003, 11:39 AM

If you have a good tech available, have him check it out, could be tubes, but my guess would be that it needs new filter caps, especially if you have never had them changed out.

December 8th, 2003, 10:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Scott M Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vincennes, IN Posts: 118	Help! My SFTR sounds thin and nasty. It has a tonal quality that I associate with a bad solid state amp. You can hear it playing clean, but overdrive (an old OD 1) really brings it out. It has Peavey Special 130 distortion quality. My Yamaha digital amp actually sounds warmer. Something has changed over the last two weekends. Where do I start. Could it be tubes? Caps? any combination? I have bypassed all effects and played two different guitars to be sure it is the amp. As near as I can tell, It has to be the amp. Thanks in advance. -Scott __________________ Scott M

December 8th, 2003, 11:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ringo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Memphis TN Posts: 1,913	tubes, then check filter caps If you have a good tech available, have him check it out, could be tubes, but my guess would be that it needs new filter caps, especially if you have never had them changed out.

December 8th, 2003, 11:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Caper Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,169 7 Photos	The first thing I would check Scott are the tubes, if you have a spare preamp tube check those first.