I'm working on a Marshall JCM800 2205 with a hum problem. I plugged a guitar into the effects return jack - nice, quiet, sweet and clean tone. There is a loud hum in the reverb circuit - I'm pretty sure it's in the recovery side. I've swapped out preamp tubes - no difference. Turning down the Reverb control kills the hum.
Unplugging the tank makes no difference. I'm hearing two types of hum here - one a little higher pitched and slightly "buzzier", another lower-pitched and much quieter. Grounding the grid pins on the recovery tube socket makes no difference; however, grounding the "output" side of C29 does remove a great deal of the hum, and wipes out the higher-pitched "buzzy" hum. I'm also measuring about 9 mV of DC on the output side of C29. C29 is also somewhat microphonic, giving a noticeable clunk when I chopstick it. Before I yank out the circuit board and start shotgun replacement of components in the reverb circuit, I'm asking if there are any other tests I can make beforehand, comments, suggestions, etc.? Thanks in advance!
Unplugging the tank makes no difference. I'm hearing two types of hum here - one a little higher pitched and slightly "buzzier", another lower-pitched and much quieter. Grounding the grid pins on the recovery tube socket makes no difference; however, grounding the "output" side of C29 does remove a great deal of the hum, and wipes out the higher-pitched "buzzy" hum. I'm also measuring about 9 mV of DC on the output side of C29. C29 is also somewhat microphonic, giving a noticeable clunk when I chopstick it. Before I yank out the circuit board and start shotgun replacement of components in the reverb circuit, I'm asking if there are any other tests I can make beforehand, comments, suggestions, etc.? Thanks in advance!
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