This went out, user complained knobs were scratchy. The roadie opened up the top and sprayed the knobs. Then there was nothing out of the left side. I figured something got disconnected but I'm rarely that lucky. Everything looked good so I downloaded a schematic. I can follow a fender schematic pretty well but this thing sucks.
Well this has got left and right outs so I start swapping out. On the power supply board there are left and right amp outs and left and right speaker outs. Then there are two separate power amp boards.
So first I swap speaker out cables : there is sound out of left, none on right.
Next I swap amp out cables: right amp out to left board, I get sound out of right side; left amp out to right board, nothing anywhere.
This suggests to me that either left amp out is bad or preamp signal doesn't get to left amp out.
Does the signal split in two at the preamp board or at the power supply board?
ps I find it strange signal seems to go from preamp to power supply board to the power amp board then back to the power supply board and out to a speaker output.
Well this has got left and right outs so I start swapping out. On the power supply board there are left and right amp outs and left and right speaker outs. Then there are two separate power amp boards.
So first I swap speaker out cables : there is sound out of left, none on right.
Next I swap amp out cables: right amp out to left board, I get sound out of right side; left amp out to right board, nothing anywhere.
This suggests to me that either left amp out is bad or preamp signal doesn't get to left amp out.
Does the signal split in two at the preamp board or at the power supply board?
ps I find it strange signal seems to go from preamp to power supply board to the power amp board then back to the power supply board and out to a speaker output.
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