Posted by Adrian [ 84.65.168.180 ] on April 18, 2007 at 12:19:41:

In Reply to: Marshall vs 65 has barely no sound even with new tube posted by Mike rocker on December 27, 2006 at 21:40:15:

Hi
May be too long ago you posted question for this to help. Just fixed a VS65R with exactly same problem. R19 1/2W 100K had gone open circuit, this is the resistor that the valve outputs across to drive the rest of the pre amp stage, so absolutely vital. The reason you get a bit of sound is the residual capacitance of the resistor allowing very small modulation of voltage. WARNING, this circuit has no bleed resistor across the 300v capacitors supplying the valve (C6 and C7) discharge these with a high value resitor prior to touching the back of the pcb or you wont be amused.
Hope it Helps!

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