Recent content by Tarin

Back from the dead again (for now)... Wow... that seems to be too much work... for me. Before a read the last post, i went ahead and opened the amph again searching for obvious signs of... something. And what i noticed is that it might have been my fault: excess solder in one of te IC's pins...

Update on my 15R Thanks for the advice JimP... i did'nt have a chance to open the amph up untill today BUT, before i started the surgery, i plugged everything back up and gave it a try... ya'know, just in case. As soon as it powered on it began to HUM... turned it off! Checked everything...

Well, after almost a week of almost no use... my IC blew up again? no suspicous cable this time. What could be wrong? Since i succesfully placed a new IC a few days ago, the amp was used for about 5 hours at the most on the following days, then, me and the wife went to Vegas for the weekend...

Yep, cost me 30 pesos (about 2.50 dollars).

I agree with all the posts concerning more on the "technique" issue other than the "necessary gear" to obtain a tone i like. With me, the story went like this... i started playing guitar at 32 (will be 36 this April), i bought my mandatory Squier guitar to start off. The hunt began with a below...

I was wrong about my country carrying those IC's! Went to my local mom-pop electronic store just in case, wadd'ya know, they had them in stock, lots of'em 2030's 2040's and others... i went with the original TAD2030, i've always liked my 15R for what it is. They also had small amp building kits...

Yeah, all tracings are still good, i got the broken IC out with no problems. Now for thestupid question: are IC's easy to find? i mean, does a regular electronic store carry them? Thing is i live in Mexico, right on the border to California so, i could do a google-search of any electronics store...

OK... i whas in the middle of pulling tha chasis out when i noticed the IC is actually broken in half. Thanks Jim P for addressing this as a possibility. Is it normal for IC's to break in half? i wonder.

Ok, hands on the project right now. I just checked the fuse for continuity... it does have, so no problem there.

I just double-checked everything: No phones out No line out No speaker out.

Proven... it's my paranoia.

mmmm, made another reply but i guessed it got lost in space... here goaes again: Thanks Jim P: i'll do all the checking once i have my amp at hand (i'm at work right now), also i'll have to double-check on the "no line out either" cause i'm really not sure i tested it correctly (due to me...

Another thing i noticed... and please, other 15R owners can help out on this one. When i turn the power switch off, the red light seems to dim out little by little now and i'm almost sure that did'nt happened before the "accident" 15R user: please verify (maybe it's just me going paranoid).

Woah! just checked my avatar pic... the only remaining toys are the Gretsch Corvette and the Vox Pathfinder 15R... yep, the same one.

It's been nearly a year since i last posted something here... sorry (i know you did'nt miss me anyway). Here's what happened with my beloved Vox 15R... rookie mistake: just yesterday i found out that using an instrument cable for a speaker cab ain't a good idea. I read lots of threads on the...