savage8190
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Hey everyone. I just joined the Mesa club (finally) and picked up an Express 5:50 last week, but it's been problematic. I picked it up on Friday night, and right away when I started using it it started popping and getting static-ey, and then the power on it just died for a couple minutes. It came back on, but then continued to have these problems the rest of the night. I left it over night, and the next day I went back to it and checked it out, reseated all the tubes, made sure all the connections were good, tried a couple different guitars, with a couple different cables, and wound up with the same result. Only this time after the power went off and came back on it was working fine for the rest of the day. (I should define right now, that when I say the power went off, I mean that all sound cut out, but the lights were still on)
I tried using it again on Sunday, and again, same thing, static, pop, power off, then perfectly fine. Everyday the problems are getting less and shorter though. I decided then that I would bring it back to the store on Monday, but before I left Monday I figured I'd give it another go, and this time, worked perfectly!?! So I played it for awhile, had no problems, and figured this thing was out to make me look like a tool when I brought it back, so I decided I'd wait a bit. Fast forward to today, Wednesday, and I still have not had another problem with it.
So I guess my question is...a) what the hell?! and b)should I take this thing back and get something else while I can, or should I wait it out.
Love the amp by the way...when its working at least.
I tried using it again on Sunday, and again, same thing, static, pop, power off, then perfectly fine. Everyday the problems are getting less and shorter though. I decided then that I would bring it back to the store on Monday, but before I left Monday I figured I'd give it another go, and this time, worked perfectly!?! So I played it for awhile, had no problems, and figured this thing was out to make me look like a tool when I brought it back, so I decided I'd wait a bit. Fast forward to today, Wednesday, and I still have not had another problem with it.
So I guess my question is...a) what the hell?! and b)should I take this thing back and get something else while I can, or should I wait it out.
Love the amp by the way...when its working at least.