See thats the thing, I bought it in a kind of a "ill never need another amp" sort of way, So the amp is brand new, tested in the shop....not a bother and sounds amazing.Almunia is a clown wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:14 amValve amps are old school technology so need be maintained, even the new ones, plus the modern valves made in China are often unreliable & noisy & don't sound as good. Compared to old school GB & USA or Euro ones which are rare & expensive.xgtdec wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 1:56 pm
listen to this...im one step away from sticking a fork into a socket and yer askin me to swap out valves
i mean i have a much much smaller vox amp that does a job, im just disappointment now that the spark amp could make my effects board redundant.......
If only i invested as much time into practice as i do into gear i'd be way way better at this stuff
You can use old soviet valves which are also decent but Ukraine - Russia war has made those prices go up.
If you're not doing regular gigs or recording, a amp like the AC15 is probably not needed for home playing. Maybe you should get it properly serviced so it's working 100% & then see how it sounds!
Back at my place switch the amp on with nothing plugged in and theres no problem.
Plug a guitar in and you get "the noise"
and DB's advice of shielding is of course valid, but ive 4 guitars, whats the odds of all 4 having a shielding issue.
Then brought it back to the shop and of course its perfect.
Its no big deal i mean its in the corner of a room at home doing nothing, its just a pity to have it and not be using it.
