hi all
My 20:20 ( old silver version ) is not amplifiyng but making raw distorsion : if I plug my active guitar in its inputs, all I get is a really distorted but really low volume sound . I may like heavy distorsion but I'd need a couple of watts from my power amp !!!
Long story short : I had bought it roughly twelve years ago as a nice complement to my beloved triaxis, but after a few months of moderate use ( few hours per week at low volume ) I had to abandon any possibility of playing loud and with a amp and cab, so the 20:20 sat on a shelf since then. It's sad, but it may have been turned on a handful of times in years ...
A few weeks ago I resurrected amp and cab ( a Cicognani box ), and tested the setup :
the cab works nicely ( tested OK with old Randall RRM power amp ), but the 20:20 behaves like described.
I was wandering :
Should I change tubes even though they have been used very little ?
( in this case, any advice on affordable and reliable non mesa-branded kit ? AP tube sets ? Eurotubes ? )
Should take it to the nearest Mesa technician ( 200km from here - Genova Italy ) for testing capacitors ?
Is there anythig else I should verify ?
thanks for any help
My 20:20 ( old silver version ) is not amplifiyng but making raw distorsion : if I plug my active guitar in its inputs, all I get is a really distorted but really low volume sound . I may like heavy distorsion but I'd need a couple of watts from my power amp !!!
Long story short : I had bought it roughly twelve years ago as a nice complement to my beloved triaxis, but after a few months of moderate use ( few hours per week at low volume ) I had to abandon any possibility of playing loud and with a amp and cab, so the 20:20 sat on a shelf since then. It's sad, but it may have been turned on a handful of times in years ...
A few weeks ago I resurrected amp and cab ( a Cicognani box ), and tested the setup :
the cab works nicely ( tested OK with old Randall RRM power amp ), but the 20:20 behaves like described.
I was wandering :
Should I change tubes even though they have been used very little ?
( in this case, any advice on affordable and reliable non mesa-branded kit ? AP tube sets ? Eurotubes ? )
Should take it to the nearest Mesa technician ( 200km from here - Genova Italy ) for testing capacitors ?
Is there anythig else I should verify ?
thanks for any help