Vintage Synth Repair

thanks for all the help on this so far guys,

i found out that it's one of the tube sockets!

i have tried cleaning it with straight alcohol, and it fixes the
problem (and makes my amp sound better overal all) for about an hour
or so.

i think next i'll try resoldering the pins on that tube socket.

any other thoughts?
thanks guys,
johnny

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "cockandswan"
<cockandswan@...> wrote:
>
> hey guys...
> 
> i come to you with a slightly off topic problem. i'm guessing it
> involves capacitors or something like that, and it might be a problem
> someone could have with a synth, plus you guys are a wealth of
> knowledge  sooo....
> 
> i'm having a problem with my fender bassman tube amp. it's spitting
> out noise randomly. sometimes it doesn't do it at all and other time
> it gurgles and spits out random volumes of static noise. 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. a friend of mine had the same thing happen
> with his off brand tube amp. i'm guessing all the components are
> original so there are probably some components that are 40 years old.
> 
> am i right about needing to replace caps? if so, should i just do them
> all, or can i test for good and bad caps?
> 
> thanks again for all your past help guys,
> johnny
>