Peavey Transtube EFX 212 Lost Balls, static distortion

[soulbind4]

Hello, I have a Peavey Transtube EFX 212. The amp is in very good condition with very limited playing time. I used this amp a few times during practice and such, then it basically sat in the room for a week or 2. Now the amp has a really ugly distortion, almost like static, and it seems as if the volume knobs and everything else really has no control anymore. Everything works on the amp, even the effects knobs when i switch works. Just the amp has totally lost its output power or something. I do know this amp has at least 2 Fuses inside, but being that it is a TRANSTUBE it doesnt actually run off of a tube, trust me i would have tried to replace it. I'm not sure what the problem could be, but if anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated!

- I was planning to sell this due to the fact that I just bought a Marshall AVT150H for 125 bucks that needed repaired, brought it home, bought a 13$ tube and wham! a 500$ amp for 138$ =) Anyways I'm looking to get this transtube back to shape so I can sell it for 300-OBO comes with the footswitch pedal for clean distortion and Effects and amp is in very very good condition and real clean!

[Enzo]

Isolate the problem.

You have, on the rear panel, not only an FX loop, but also two more jacks that form a loop, the preamp out and popwer amp in jacks.

First, plug a spare cord from send to return on the FX loop jacks. Any help? If not, then plug the cord from preamp out to power amp in. ANy help? Both those tests were really just making an external bypass for those jacks.

If either one helped, then the return juack in either case needed service. Clean, resolder, or replace.

If not, then plug your guitar into the power amp in jack. IS the sound clear or still distorted and low? If that works OK, then plug your guitar into the FX return. How does that come out the speaker?

And you can also test the preamp. Plug a cord from that preamp out jack over to the input of some other amp. Does it sound OK coming out that amp, or does it have the same weak condition?