So my bass players amp started to make noise whenever he played certain notes or when it was bumped.
I took the cover off and performed chopstick tests on the components and eventually found that the lead was broken off at the board on one of the driver transistors on the power output board.
So Mesa's are kinda hard to work on and there is always something that makes it difficult to get full access so I managed to glob some solder on the broken lead from the top and weld it to the top of the hole in the board. And... viola it works now.
Do you think it would work long enough for Saturday's gig and maybe the following Saturday also? I don't really expect this to be a permanent fix.
The transistor in question is a MJE 15034 and is available from Mouser but might take a while to get here.
Also if anyone has a schematic that would be nice also.
I took the cover off and performed chopstick tests on the components and eventually found that the lead was broken off at the board on one of the driver transistors on the power output board.
So Mesa's are kinda hard to work on and there is always something that makes it difficult to get full access so I managed to glob some solder on the broken lead from the top and weld it to the top of the hole in the board. And... viola it works now.
Do you think it would work long enough for Saturday's gig and maybe the following Saturday also? I don't really expect this to be a permanent fix.
The transistor in question is a MJE 15034 and is available from Mouser but might take a while to get here.
Also if anyone has a schematic that would be nice also.
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