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Weezer · August 11th, 2005, 11:58 PM

So I get to pratice tonight, warm up my amp, strum a chord and i get these wierd fuzz/static/poping sounds comming through under my guitar tone. When i tap my amp it makes these sounds too. So i turn it off, let it cool, turn it back on. Sounds great for about 10 seconds and then the popping sounds return. My thought is that the tubes need replacing, but i'm not sure. Any thoughts on what it could be?

maestrovert · August 12th, 2005, 05:29 AM

does it happen with various guitars ?
kinda sounds like pickguard static to me....
i hope i'm correct and your amp's a-ok....

Weezer · August 12th, 2005, 10:54 AM

unfortunatly it's not, it does it even with the guitar unplugged (when i tap on it).

Tim Swartz · August 12th, 2005, 11:09 AM

Could be a tube acting up, but not all of them. Try tapping on each tube to see if one makes the noise.

August 11th, 2005, 11:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Weezer Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2004 Location: DALLAS Posts: 276	Amp Problem! So I get to pratice tonight, warm up my amp, strum a chord and i get these wierd fuzz/static/poping sounds comming through under my guitar tone. When i tap my amp it makes these sounds too. So i turn it off, let it cool, turn it back on. Sounds great for about 10 seconds and then the popping sounds return. My thought is that the tubes need replacing, but i'm not sure. Any thoughts on what it could be?

August 12th, 2005, 05:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
maestrovert Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 8,024	does it happen with various guitars ? kinda sounds like pickguard static to me.... i hope i'm correct and your amp's a-ok....

August 12th, 2005, 10:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Weezer Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2004 Location: DALLAS Posts: 276	unfortunatly it's not, it does it even with the guitar unplugged (when i tap on it).

August 12th, 2005, 11:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tim Swartz Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan - Tweenst the Great Lakes Posts: 2,016	Could be a tube acting up, but not all of them. Try tapping on each tube to see if one makes the noise.

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