Overdriven caps: the failure mode we've been missing!

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Sorry to link from another forum, but this is a classic Pick your tech carefully - The Gear Page
Yes, overdriven signal caps (he focuses on the phase splitter - power tube grids) cause a weak muffled tone and can be identified by visual inspection (that melted look).
Pete.

[52 Bill]

OK, that was good for a laugh. The guy is obviously not too technically trained, but it seems to me that most of his stupidity is in misspeaking the names of things. Things like when he says that he is going to remove the assembly from the guitar, when he means to remove the chassis from the amplifier case. And he calls all of the transformers output transformers.

I don't know if he's really that dumb or if it's a matter of stage fright, speaking on camera. You'd think that they would review the video for content before they posted it, so maybe he is that dumb.

[Gtr_tech]

What a joker. Typical internet "expert"....

[Steve Conner]

Yup, too much midrange torque will do that to your caps.

I liked Teemu's comment that most amp techs are like this and the Internet just made it public.

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I liked Teemu's comment that most amp techs are like this and the Internet just made it public.

It's not just amp techs. Weld techs aren't any better. I just smile and nod in between adjusting the setting on my bullshit filter.