nuno1959

Hi 3below if the repair job is too big or complicated ( measuring component values, etc...) i'm a bit stuck because where i live the electronic repair guys i know of are useless : the kind that gets stuff going just enough so.....you go back soon after to repair something else he MIGHT have screwed up, you know what i'm saying ? being totally ignorant on the subject one CAN'T state this much less prove it BUT when this happens to too many people !?... don't get me wrong i DO like the Peavey, a LOT actually : when i'm out jamming with my friends despite the guitar players run a Marshall 100W tube head & the other a 100W Valvestate pushed LOUD + the drummer is banging it away with some serious OOOMPH, i've never been found lacking, having trouble hearing myself or making myself be heard - quite on the contrary !! it IS a LOUD puppy w/ surprisingly decent tone & flexibility !...LOL... & that's one more reason why i've never gotten around selling it & other, theoretically better ''BRAND'' amps/cabs HAVE come & gone during the years ! ;-)

Hi guys 1st of all : thanks for your patience & input ! ;-) i have contacted the Peavey Service Centre in Lisbon & a couple of online suppliers for these caps or equivalent ... at this point either changing them works ( + maybe re-do all the soldering on this board, that would be easy for me.. ) or i'll just get a nice second hand, newer amp if fixing it becomes a big thing !? i've found an Ampeg B2R for 350€ right near me in VERY good nick which i might get for say...280€, 290€ ?.. & an Ashdown ABM500 Evo III from a fellow Forum member here for £330 + postage to Portugal ( postage costs MIGHT be a killer though..) if i went down this route & since this combo has a bulletproof 15'' BW speaker, i could modify it into a nice compact cab ( easy, peasy..) then later maybe get a 2X10'' ? & PRESTO : instant El Cheapo Mongrel bass rig w/ a decent sound/power for little $$ to be honest i'd rather fix the old boy, i've had from new, other bass rigs have come & gone but despite not being exceptional, since it was my first REAL BASS AMP, i always kept it - i just might have a soft spot for it after all ! ;-) + it looks like crap & kicks bass butt & i like that sort of thing !!...LOL... regardless, i'll certainly keep you posted on the developments - again MANY thanks to you all for your kind assistance ;-) cheers

OK, i FINALLY got it going - damn Flickr today was in reverse & just WOULDN'T budge, no matter what ! here are the photos i took of the insides of the beast + the video of the rattling sound : there shouldn't be any sound like this right ? [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13706825@N03/8546590875/in/photostream/lightbox/"]http://www.flickr.co...tream/lightbox/[/url] - to view all the pics, click on ''Older'' at the top centre of the window after viewing the video.. other than that sound every thing seems in order as far as solder joints, spigots broken or as far as any other visible physical damages of parts are concerned, what do you think ? if these big blue capacitors are not supposed to make this sound, then they are to be replaced - are these components i can get from most any electronics supplier ( as long as they are of the same ''standard''.. ) or should i get originals from Peavey themselves ? or could i even upgrade them ? thanks for taking your time with this , it really helps ! ;-)

ok, i took the amp section out of the combo & took some photos which i think are good enough to identify the components ! as i was taking the PCB out i noticed a very slight but discernible rattling sound coming from inside the large blue cylindrical things which i suppose ARE capacitors - the sound reminds me as when you shake a blown lightbulb kind of thing, slightly ''glassy'' as we speak, i'm uploading them to Flickr & i will get back to you as soon as it's done, OK ? i shot a short video too.... thanks

this amp has a ''Pre Gain'' pot & a ''Post Gain'' pot & regardless how you set them : yes absolutely !

Hi BassSwede & welcome to this forum ! beginner, intermediate, advanced, who cares ? as long as you're loving it.... one day every bass player all over the world will pluck a note simultaneously & the planet WILL rock like it never did before, then as we walk past, people will comment : ''oh, he's a bass player, you know !?...'' LOL have fun ;-)

Hi sexy666 liked those wicked sounds, keep them coming !! welcome to the forum & hope you enjoy yourself ! ;-)

OOOPS !!....sorry guys, my bad : i don't know what i did there w/ the 1st link i posted but thank goodness it had nothing to do with red buttons & ICBM's......LOL... Bert, i think this now IS the correct link : https://soundcloud.com/nuno1959-1/cracks-pops - but do lower the volume, it does sound toxic ! 3below - thanks for your input ! i think if you click on this new link it WILL get you there ( i also DON'T use fb.. ) now, the amp is in reality 30 years old & NEVER got any thing replaced/repaired, etc...so most definitely considering how hard it has worked most it's life, it might be time to do so.. when i brought it back to action i did open it & thoroughly sprayed it, rotate all pots to get rid of any gunk/oxydation, etc...didn't use Servisol but another a local electronic components shop owner recommended me - he's a nice guy, has ENDLESS patience for my ignorant questions & comes across as very knowledgeable about his thing so...i'm sure the spray was appropriate for the job now, if soldering for me is peanuts - i wouldn't be much of a silversmith if i couldn't pull THAT off.. - the problem is that although familiar with such words as capacitors, diodes, etc...& knowing VAGUELY each one's role, when i open the amp & look at it i feel as we say in my country : " like an ox looking at a palace" - CLUELESS !! what is what, you know ? but what if i posted a series of nice, sharp high res photos of the insides of the beast ? would you be so kind as to point out which components to go for ? THAT would be something on another forum i subscribe to, someone also suggested : ''...30 years old, it could be arcing in the power supply caps..." keep those suggestions coming cause it might not be the best amp in the world but i kind of have a soft spot for it , cheers !!

hi guys MANY thanks for the warm welcome KiOgon - glad you enjoyed reading it ! yes, down here it's DEFINITELY milder but hey, 2 years ago i was working a bit further north than you, up in Perth, for a full year & just my luck it was like...the coldest winter in the last gazillion years or something ? i froze my b***s to last me for 3 lifetimes !! Gjones - am glad you liked the music & i must say i LOVED Edinburgh being so close to Perth, had a ball there - just followed my friends wherever they took me, little wonder i don't remember a thing !! Perth is a lovely place but WAYYY too quiet man... BassTractor - if you enjoyed reading it, then it was my pleasure writing it X 2 ! The Greek - don't ever write the word "sorry" next to "Muttley" man !! it just doesn't add up !...LOL... he was a hero of mine growing up, definitely a role model !! ;-) discreet - many thanks man, most appreciated ! now if you'll excuse me i must go to my settings cause i didn't get notified people answered ! :-b must have to tick some box...DAMN, so many things to do & so little time to do them, ain't life grand when we're having fun ? right before i came here to answer i was going through all the adds here & if my Peavey's repair is beyond doable, i already have a couple of worthy replacements lined up, more about it later..... cheers guys

hi guys just thought i'd drop by to introduce myself : my name is Nuno, i'm a 53 years old silversmith/artist/designer from Portugal & some 20 years ago i decided to stop playing bass after the band i was in split - record company pulled the rug, long boring story, i'll spare you... playing in this band was a lot of fun & we lived for playing live every chance we had - what we lacked in chops we made up in energy & enthusiasm during live performances : EVERYBODY danced !! ;-) we were a six piece band & we mixed traditional portuguese folk instrument sounds ( accordeon & cavaquinho - a ''cousin''of the ukelele ?..) with a straightforward rock curious ? have a listen but PLEASE disregard the CD cover, we had absolutely no say in the matter : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQJZReY1pM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E4iPgfmQI[/media] anyway after we split, disgusted, i sold my bass & gave my rig away to a friend so it could be used & enjoyed instead of dying a slow agonising ''death by dust & oxidation'' : a sweet 1978 Fender Precision, a Seymour Duncan 4000 amp + a 2X15'' cab he still has it & it still sounds AWESOME, in a molten lava, warm & velvety smooth kind of way.... lately since i'm going through some sort of mid-life crisis ( thank goodness.. ) which among other things led me to buy a wicked enduro bike to ride as hard/as often as i possibly can &....you guessed it : a VERY cheap & merry Cort Action 4A & a Zoom B3 effects unit to start playing again, to be joined next week by a Cort GB35 just to have a go at a 5er WITHOUT breaking the bank... **** a little side note : when i tried the Cort 4A, i couldn't believe how good the fit & finish of it is, specially considering it's basically given away !! i mean, ''back in the day'' basses of that price & more, would literally shred your hands while playing or AT LEAST would feel like planks. glad to see things HAVE evolved !!**** so i dusted my old Peavey Combo300 inside & out & i'm back nagging people as much as i can ;-) luckily i live outside town ( Albufeira in the Algarve..) & all my neighbours are out all day at work so i can jack it up all i want, the only limiting factor being when the furniture starts moving around & re-arranging itself, a sure sign to back off a notch...LOL... this has been going on for a few months now & surprisingly, i even managed to get my half-assed chops back AND improved in a jiffy : thanks to so many talented players who graciously post their tutorials on YouTube !! meanwhile when out riding my dirt bike on the hills behind my house, i met a few fellow riders, we got talking & it turns out some of them get together to jam near my place ! they invited me to drop by & join in. needless to say i did & we're having a ball : twice a week we meet around 8 o'clock & jam until 2.30 or 3 AM....loud, viciously, WICKED !! of course a little drama was missing this otherwise VERY rosy picture - the salt & pepper of life, right ?.. - & i posted about it right here if you'd care to have a look : [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/201957-help-peavey-combo300-loud-cracks-pops/"]http://basschat.co.u...ud-cracks-pops/[/url] yup, the Peavey is giving up or so it seems, please take a look see if you've ever come across it's symptoms - or maybe it's just time to get something else ? we'll see ! anyway it feels great to be back, thanks a lot for reading cheers to all Nuno

Hi guys being new here, i just posted my introduction & left there a link to this post instead of posting it in there, it didn't feel right ! basically my problem is that after bringing back my old Peavey Combo300 into active duty ( opened it, dusted it all nicely, sprayed it all to clean it, checked every wire & plug to make sure all was nice, tight AND properly connected, no cracks on solder, PCB, etc.. ) & have been playing with it for a few months now WITHOUT any troubles, a couple of days ago when i switched it on it started making these obnoxiously loud crack & pop sounds as if some pop corn from hell being cooked on Mount Vesuvius !!??.. i immediately switched it off & tried turning it on again just to record the noises also hoping they'd be caused by some bad contact inside & that it would miraculously stop ? it didn't but i recorded it on my phone, check it out here : [url="https://soundcloud.com/stream"]https://soundcloud.com/stream[/url] again i opened it, re-checked everything best i could BUT...i have no clue when it comes to electronics & if it isn't down to something you can see like a loose plug/wire or so, i'm stuck ! :-b does anyone ever experienced this, or any idea what could be causing it ? being a 30 year old amp i'd like to get a feel of how much it could cost to repair BEFORE shipping it to the Peavey Service Centre a gazillion miles away & spend a fortune doing so given it's weight - this thing wieghs a TON !! specially since these days one can get a nice enough 200 to 300W combo for reasonable money any help/suggestions would be VERY appreciated, thanks for reading Nuno