Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Happy to find this forum! I was having my own problems with bad caps, but in guitar amps, when I stumbled across this site and read the owner's story. I liked it so much, I decided to sign up immediately!

That said... I started taking things apart at around 5 yrs old, and soldeing things by around the age of 10. Started programming a Commodore 64 at age 14, taught myself BASIC and Assembly Language, took a 3rd year computer programming course after being exempted from the first two years of classes and excelled...

Re: Guitar Amp Noise

Actually, I'm only replacing the electrolytic caps. I wasn't concerned about the ceramics or whatever other types might be in there.

Re: Guitar Amp Noise

Benni, I'm assuming you're aware of the "normal" noises that can occur even with good amps (e.g. from guitar cables that aren't connected to a guitar, and from single coil pick-ups that pick up 60 cycle magnetic fields from nearby electrical appliances) and that you've eliminated those as potential causes.

That said, I've done so (eliminated those) with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe III. Even without a cable plugged into the unit, it has white noise (hiss) and crackles and pops, at times. As it turns out, this is a common problem with these...