I have a marshall VS100 head that has never let me down for years now, until yesterday. Unfortunately, it seems that someone (whom I will deal with later) stepped on the cord right near the base of the amp. I went to plug in last night and found the cord on the floor and the jack slightly twisted...the cord (which was brand new) has a slight tear in it right by the plug...I would guess that when the cord was stepped on, it ripped out of the head and twisted the jack. I'm just hoping the head didn't fall off the cabinet onto the floor...i don't know...I'm going to find out though...someone has some explaining to do...Anyways, the head powers up no problem, and all the channel switches and volumes seem to work on it, but the footswitch is totally dead and I can't get ANY SOUND out of the head...when I plug into the input jack, I hear it making some contact, but can't get sound...maybe a bad ground? Are the jacks soldered right to the board on these? It seems that when I have it on with a patch cord plugged in, if I hold the other end of the cord with my left hand and touch the brass faceplate of the head with my right hand, I get some sort of buzzing (quiet, but noticable)...is this a sign of a grounding problem? If so, I would think the input jack is damaged, but they why is the footswitch completely dead? No power to the footswitch at all. Also, could it be a tube? Maybe a tube broke when it fell to the floor (if it did)...I'm just looking for some help...that thing is my baby! It's all I have...I can't believe this happened...I was so mad last night I was shaking! Someone's gunna get an earfull! I just hope to god that I can fix this thing...
Please Help! Thank You.
Please Help! Thank You.
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