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Mesa boogie mk iv gone silent!!

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  • Mesa boogie mk iv gone silent!!

    Here is a problem that I have with my mesa mkiv bought second-hand through e-bay seven months back.
    I power it up, leave it on stanby for two-three minutes and then turn it on. For about four seconds the amp sounds as it should be. After that the sound reduses significally in volume, the gain on the rythm 2 and lead channels also decreases. The result is a shaggy, deflated sound. Sometimes it even goes complitely silent; espacially if I leave it on standby more time.
    In order to find out if there is a tube problem I replaced all four output tubes with a matched quad of tube amp doctor 6l6gc's (which I would've done anyway) and replaced the preamp tubes one at the time with one that I knew that worked for sure. Nothing seems to resolve the problem. Please HELP!
    I thought u should also know that the amp is an early model (I think it's a 1990 one) so it's well over any warranty. Finally there is NO authorized mesa technician or dealer in Greece where I live.

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    Here are all the schematics I could find of the mark iv:
    http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/936/mk41.gif
    http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/637/mk42.gif
    http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4723/mk43.gif
    http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/3046/mk44.gif
    http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/160/mk45.gif

    I hope this helps a bit...

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    • #3
      Look at the grids of your tubes. See if the simple act of probing with your meter wakes the circuit up.

      But also look for an accumulating DC voltage on one. Especially if it grows as the dsound fades.

      And the other elements of the tubes. Are cathode and plate voltage stable or does one drift off into neverland?

      I would be thinking about an open resistor somewhere, myself.
      Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.

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      • #4
        Mesa FX loop DIRTY

        Try cleaning the 1/4" FX loop jacks on the back of the amp. Allot of times these are seldom used and get dirty. All the signal goes through that portion of the amp with or without a pedal plugged in. Get some DeOxit or Funk Out or any good electrical contact cleaner; squirt em and run a plug in and out a few times (amp off and disconnected).

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