TransTube was never trying to communicate it had tubes. Rather, it was Peavey's circuit design that built tube-like behavior from transistors ("TransTube"). It's surprisingly effective.
Hello! Im not 100% sure, but I believe it had something to do with using my relatively high signal generator as an input, as a guitar probably has at most 1/1000th of the power that usually goes to the input of an amp, that being said, a guitar pedal should boost that up to a similar level as my signal generator (50mV). I think that the above, compounded with a a load that had very little inductance, may have exacerbated this effect. Again, I am somewhat speculating, I haven't had this issue before, but it seems like the most likely cause.
@@mike-PlatinumAudio Thanks for the quick reply! so I will go for the usual suspects on my board (bad power transistors, faulty opams, bad solder joints ...). I've got a Silverstripe Bandit I want to revive; blown fuse for unknown reason and a faint hiss plus heat after I inserted a new fuse and powered on ... let's see ...
@@mike-PlatinumAudio Thanks for the link. My SP112 is a Red Stripe and that's what I have all over my face right now. It's innards have one power amp chip with 11 (!) leads on it that I had to replace once. That's why I was confused. Quick story -It smoked one day and blew the fuse. I opened it up, replaced the fuse and watched where the smoke came from. I sent a picture to the Peavey service and parts desk ("Hiya, Hon. What can I do for y'all"). They got back to me almost instantly. "It's the power amp chip but it's going to cost $7.00 to ship." I says, "OK, how much is the part?" "Oh! You want one? It $14. Plus shipping." I figured it was worth the money just to see if I could fix it myself and sure enough after some research it works perfect.
TransTube was never trying to communicate it had tubes. Rather, it was Peavey's circuit design that built tube-like behavior from transistors ("TransTube"). It's surprisingly effective.
Well, I loved the reverb :) The distortion sounded very typical solid state to my ear
It made me think off George Carlin, saying "no tubes" hehe
Thanks. I've been gifted one
I sold mine. I miss the reverb on it. It was better than on my Mesa Boogie Rectoverb :)
my used amp is very quiet when plugged into the high and low gain inputs, I can't find any fix and I don't know what to do
Im sorry, Im not sure if this is a question, or a comment?
If you have a question about fixing it, please describe the problem.
Thanks and best :)
Mike, what was eventually the reason for the overheating? It is not resolved in part 3 :-(
Hello!
Im not 100% sure, but I believe it had something to do with using my relatively high signal generator as an input, as a guitar probably has at most 1/1000th of the power that usually goes to the input of an amp, that being said, a guitar pedal should boost that up to a similar level as my signal generator (50mV).
I think that the above, compounded with a a load that had very little inductance, may have exacerbated this effect.
Again, I am somewhat speculating, I haven't had this issue before, but it seems like the most likely cause.
@@mike-PlatinumAudio Thanks for the quick reply! so I will go for the usual suspects on my board (bad power transistors, faulty opams, bad solder joints ...). I've got a Silverstripe Bandit I want to revive; blown fuse for unknown reason and a faint hiss plus heat after I inserted a new fuse and powered on ... let's see ...
That is not a StudioPro112.
Thats odd, what do you suggest it is?
This is what it looks like assembled
ua-cam.com/video/D6WSFFhPIv0/v-deo.html
It is!
@@mike-PlatinumAudio Thanks for the link. My SP112 is a Red Stripe and that's what I have all over my face right now. It's innards have one power amp chip with 11 (!) leads on it that I had to replace once. That's why I was confused. Quick story -It smoked one day and blew the fuse. I opened it up, replaced the fuse and watched where the smoke came from. I sent a picture to the Peavey service and parts desk ("Hiya, Hon. What can I do for y'all"). They got back to me almost instantly. "It's the power amp chip but it's going to cost $7.00 to ship." I says, "OK, how much is the part?" "Oh! You want one? It $14. Plus shipping."
I figured it was worth the money just to see if I could fix it myself and sure enough after some research it works perfect.