Working on a friend's 1972 Deluxe Reverb - vibrato question

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Re: Working on a friend's 1972 Deluxe Reverb - vibrato question

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mlp-mx6 wrote:OK, further exploration revealed that if I remove the 12AX7 for the trem the thumping still happens, but of course no flashing neon. This removes the trem osc. from the cause of the problem. Swapping power tubes didn't do anything either. Screen resistors still in place. This silverface also has the grid caps to ground, FYI.

Any suggestions?
Oh. Blackface it. Then there will be just one thump. (Unless the board is conductive).
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Re: Working on a friend's 1972 Deluxe Reverb - vibrato question

Post by BTF »

Perhaps your standby switch? It wouldn't be the first time a standby caused thumping.

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Re: Working on a friend's 1972 Deluxe Reverb - vibrato question

Post by mlp-mx6 »

Blackfacing done, I'll check the standby switch as soon as I can. Thanks again.
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