Channel Bleed on 5E3

Bassman2277 · 06-13-2009, 09:30 AM

Hi All, Sorry if I'm posting something that might be already covered.

I lent my Mission 5E3 to a friend who's amp was in the shop and when I got to his gig he had his multi-effects unit set so high that there was feedback coming through the amp before he even played a note!

After he returned the amp I've noticed that I'm getting a lot more channel bleed-through than normal. I mean, when I plug into the bright channel with the volume turned down and I turn up the normal channel I get a pretty substantial signal. Could my friend have fried a resistor or something in the am that I need to replace?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Aside from that I LOVE this amp. It's fantastic with my strat, tele and the PRS SE Custom.

-Dave

mbratch · 06-13-2009, 01:44 PM

Unless your friends multi-effects unit was defective and applied an inappropriate voltage level to the input, it's unlikely it did anything wrong. If you really are hearing a significant difference from before, then perhaps something else happened cooincidentally. It does seem that it needs a checkup if it is indeed different.

Outside of the bleed-through does it seem otherwise normal sounding?

06-13-2009, 09:30 AM	#1
Bassman2277 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Brattleboro, Vermont Posts: 15	Channel Bleed on 5E3 Hi All, Sorry if I'm posting something that might be already covered. I lent my Mission 5E3 to a friend who's amp was in the shop and when I got to his gig he had his multi-effects unit set so high that there was feedback coming through the amp before he even played a note! After he returned the amp I've noticed that I'm getting a lot more channel bleed-through than normal. I mean, when I plug into the bright channel with the volume turned down and I turn up the normal channel I get a pretty substantial signal. Could my friend have fried a resistor or something in the am that I need to replace? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Aside from that I LOVE this amp. It's fantastic with my strat, tele and the PRS SE Custom. -Dave

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06-13-2009, 01:44 PM	#2
mbratch Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Webster NY Posts: 158	Unless your friends multi-effects unit was defective and applied an inappropriate voltage level to the input, it's unlikely it did anything wrong. If you really are hearing a significant difference from before, then perhaps something else happened cooincidentally. It does seem that it needs a checkup if it is indeed different. Outside of the bleed-through does it seem otherwise normal sounding?

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