Idiot Award of the Day....

[ryman150]

I went to the club tonight that we're playing at this weekend. I looked at the amp, and I left it on ALL night since last night - with my slip foam cover on top! I stuck a fan on it and turned it off right away. It didn't' appear to have affected the amp at all, but I really freaked out. I really can't believe that I did such a stupid thing. I'm just worried that I may have damaged it...cause it was extremely hot.

Anybody have any input...?

[Suriel Zayas]

i'm not a techy, but it was running all night on static load (no input load) vs. the dynamic load it runs during a show. that amp was nice and primed (tubes nice & hot) ready to be played. it was a good idea to add the auxiliary fan, but there shouldn't be any secondary effects other than biting a bit into the life of the tubes.

[ryman150]

Ok thats what a friend of mine said. Just so long it didn't heat up to damage anything inside, but I don't think it did. I won't ever do that again. Made me aware atleast. Thanks Suriel.

[Mark Dunn]

Anybody have any input...?



Yup.....turn your amp off. :D

[dannopelli]

I have an uncle. Was a tech guy at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center from after WWII, till about 1990.

Anyway, you are not alone. I have done this too, although at home.

When I did it I called up the old Unc. Uncle says, "you know, not too many years ago all kinds of stuff ran on tubes and transsisters. All you did was wear a day off the tube life." Oh and he called me a dope cause all that heat could cause a fire.

You should be fine. Just don't call my Unc! :rolleyes:

[ryman150]

Haha thats great to know. Thanks man!

[tom]

we used to have a boogie mav here, and one day we found it turned on with the cover on. we couldn't remember when we had last palyed it, could have been weeks!

[tmihm]

Many years ago, I left a SF Super Reverb on by accident when I went away for several days. There were no problems, but I do everything in my power to turn it off when I'm done now :)

[olectric]

I was rehearsing for a small worship service a few years ago, and my amp was sitting on top of a closed grand piano (on a blanket so as not to scratch the surface). We didn't have enough mics to put one on my amp, so I just cranked it up and leaned it back on a pipe wrench (makeshift amp stand), too engrossed in the music to see the giant red light blinking in my mind, saying, "yeeeaaaah...you've just precariously balanced a 40-lb guitar amp three feet off the ground..." So, I hit a big, open E power chord at the end of this worship song, just to be kind of cheesy, and the laws of physics took over, promptly sending my amp to the ground, landing <i>on it's head</i> on the floor, with a bloody scream from the reverb tank. Everyone in the band looked at me and backed up a couple of feet in fear of what I would do ( I guess my red-faced embarassment looked like steaming fury). I picked the amp up (a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 112, if you must know), turned it off, and turned it back on. I grabbed a new cable, since the old one was ruined (top-mounted inputs), said a prayer, flipped the switch, and it came back to life, miraculously. It got me through the set that night, then immediately crapped out. I never liked that amp's tone much, but I must say it had heart.