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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] amplifier spitting out noise? (off topic?)

2008-03-21 by Roy J. Tellason

On Thursday 20 March 2008 20:58, cockandswan wrote:
> i noticed that if  i gave it a sharp nudge it'd go away for a second. same
> as if i turned it off and on.

That strongly suggests that whatever the problem is,  there's a mechanical 
cause to it.  If I had that amp to fix I'd start by going in there and 
re-heating a whole lot of the solder joints,  and seeing if that doesn't fix 
the problem,  for starters.

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