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UPDATED:Please HELP! My RM80 has Failed!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jaded Faith" data-source="post: 108993" data-attributes="member: 1068"><p>This is good advice and your symptoms are very typical of this issue.</p><p></p><p>I just serviced a local guys 5150 with this exact same issue. He called me from a band practice a few weeks ago saying it had acted up during the first half of their practice and needed help. I suggested cleaning the jacks with a contact cleaner and guitar cable and it worked well for him for a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>He called again to say the problem was back and I told him to bring it in to the shop. When I opened the amp it was very obvious he had cleaned it a good bit with cleaner and a cable, but I noticed a gummy build up on the jacks. I didn't have any replacements on hand, but used a wire brush attachment with my Dremel to remove all the build up on all the loop jacks. It fired up flawlessly and actually sounded quite clearer. </p><p></p><p>That's a bit of an extreme case, but something I see a lot and worth checking out. Particularly because it happened after moving the amp and playing it louder than normal. Most of the customers I get these calls from are either at gigs or rehearsals and just transported their gear to an environment where they are playing louder than normal. Seems to jar the contacts a bit and cause the poor connection.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps,</p><p>Rob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaded Faith, post: 108993, member: 1068"] This is good advice and your symptoms are very typical of this issue. I just serviced a local guys 5150 with this exact same issue. He called me from a band practice a few weeks ago saying it had acted up during the first half of their practice and needed help. I suggested cleaning the jacks with a contact cleaner and guitar cable and it worked well for him for a few weeks. He called again to say the problem was back and I told him to bring it in to the shop. When I opened the amp it was very obvious he had cleaned it a good bit with cleaner and a cable, but I noticed a gummy build up on the jacks. I didn't have any replacements on hand, but used a wire brush attachment with my Dremel to remove all the build up on all the loop jacks. It fired up flawlessly and actually sounded quite clearer. That's a bit of an extreme case, but something I see a lot and worth checking out. Particularly because it happened after moving the amp and playing it louder than normal. Most of the customers I get these calls from are either at gigs or rehearsals and just transported their gear to an environment where they are playing louder than normal. Seems to jar the contacts a bit and cause the poor connection. Hope that helps, Rob [/QUOTE]
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UPDATED:Please HELP! My RM80 has Failed!
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