I realize that you complained only of the sound when using the
Reverb, but caps last only 20-30 years normally, and this should
make your unit sound good for many years to come, unless something
else unusual is wrong. IOW, good preventive maintenance. Pay close
attention to variations in the filter cap design. If you get lost
in that respect, be sure to call Rick Prevallet.
On 2/22/2020 9:09 AM, john
alluneedtoknow via Groups.Io wrote:
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Thank you Scott,
The kit arrived
and I will perform the surgery later today, and report back.
Regards,
?John
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 0:30, Scott Hawthorn
Replace the caps with the kit from Tonewheel General
Hospital.
On 2/16/2020
9:20 PM, john alluneedtoknow via Groups.Io wrote:
Gentlemen,
I am hoping someone can shed some light on my issues,
the primary one being distortion and some "frying egg"
noise. The distortion is more pronounced on lower notes
especially with multiple notes played together. This
occurs only when reverb is on. All tubes are fine as
tested in another PR 40 and I replaced the RCA cable
from necklace to amp. Two other minor issues, the reverb
is switchable using the chorale/tremolo switch. The
console is outfitted with the Trek II SS1 preamp if I
remember the model correctly, the Trek folks asked me
some questions then said it was a very early model, and
lastly, the bass isn't as strong as on my other PR 40.
Tomorrow, with assistance I will try to confirm both
15"s are working. In summary the unit plays clean with
reverb off but gets ugly when the reverb is on.
Thank You one and all,
?John
