Peavey Special 130 problem.. light is on but no sound....

[69Tele Bob]

Hi, I have had this amp for many years and the speaker cone was bad when I got it. It worked fine anytime I ever turned it on except for the blown speaker. Now I am wanting to use it and I just put a new speaker cone in it and when I turned it on, the red light comes on, but otherwise it is as dead as a hammer. I am no electronics wiz and I have no idea where to begin so any help would be appreciated. I may just need to take it to a repairman if it is going to involve breaking it all down. So what I am asking is; is there any possibility this could be something simple? I changed the cone and put everything back like it was. This amp always worked great, but it has been sitting up for about 15 years. I'm sure I should have, but I did not try it right before I changed the speaker. Thanks!!

[Jazz P Bass]

Do you have access to an ohm meter?
Check the voice coil resistance of the speaker.
It may be open circuit.

[Enzo]

And ther is also the plug and wires from the speaker up to the amp chassis.

Pull the speaker plug out of the jack, and touch a 9-volt battery terminal to the plug tip. Maintain contact with the tip while you lower the shaft of the plug to touch the other batery terminal. A working speaker will thump or pop each time you touch.


Other than that, plug the amp into some other speaker cab. Do you hear a thump each time the power is turned on?

[69Tele Bob]

Thanks for the suggestion. I was going to borrow one tomorrow and try this if nothing else worked, but check my reply to the next suggestion. Thanks!!

[69Tele Bob]

Well, I get the Darwin Award for today. when I went to try your suggestion, I noticed that the speaker wasn't even plugged in. :-O Then it all came back to me. I used this amp with my Marshall cabinet a few years ago and didn't plug the speaker back in since it didn't work. It works perfect now. What a screaming little amp! I love this thing!!
Thanks for all your help everybody. I really appreciate the wake up call, even though I feel like an idiot to admit what the real problem was...me...