HT Club 40 Combo weird behaviour

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klevieter
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Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:07 pm

Hi,
Maybe some of you can help me. I own a Blackstar HT Club 40W combo tube amplifier. Since a couple of days, a couple of minutes after turning it on, it makes a popping sound and then the volume turns very low all of a sudden. When I turn it off, wait an hour or so before turning it on again, the volume level is normal and the same thing happens.

Now I haven't got the faintest idea of what is going wrong here since I know very little of amps. I did, however, take a look at the tubes to see if I can spot some abnormality there, but I don't really know how they're supposed to look.

So... what can be wrong/should I do. I can post pictures on request ofcourse.
thanks!

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thephantum
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Tue Nov 03, 2015 9:36 pm

It sounds like a bad power tube. Do not continue to turn it on. You will do more damage. How old is the amp?

klevieter
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Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:41 am

only four years

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JohnBNY
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Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:50 am

If you have the original tubes in the amp, it's about time for a change and bias.

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thephantum
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Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:42 pm

Yea. Unless you rarely use it and only at low volume, four years is a long time for tubes in a guitar amp. Find an amp tech, have it retubed and checked out.

poisondrop
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Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:46 am

i had a similar problem like this one. I thought it was a bad effects loop and tubes but turns out i was using a faulty voltage regulator. After i stopped using the voltage regulator ( i now plug my amp on a surge proof outlet ) the problem disappeared. no popping sounds, no volume change, everything works perfect, and the amp sounds eargasmicly better than ever.

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