blown bass amp

[Enzo]

You may be right.

[nbtone]

Thank you. Always a good idea to make sure the rectifiers aren't half blown anyway, isn't it?

[olddawg]

Sorry about that!! I didn't realise they no longer sold transistor testers. I bought mine around 1983, yes. Someone must sell them. It realy makes simple repairs like blown output transistors very easy. I just went through the same thing with a Crate guitar amp.

Just use the diode scale on any digital multimeter. It's a good idea to learn to read transistor juctions anyway. Many of the newer meters also will measure hfe and will even read capacitance to some extent.