Aging tubes making the amp honky?

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Theobalt

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Hi!

In the last week, my amp is getting honkier. Could it be because of a dying tube?

I have a Blackstar HT40 MKII.

Thanks!
 
It's a possibility. Tubes don't last forever. Do you have good clean power going to your amp? If the voltage is off it can effect sound in a major way. For example, if your amp is set to run on 120 and your wall voltage is 128 that will cause some sound issues.
 
I had a tube go bad in my old X amp. I noticed a massive clean volume drop off, and if I really hit the strings, it would get louder but in a nasty distorted super midrangey way. I suppose that it sounded like a honk.

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I continued working on the case.

1) I gently hit on the tubes, no noise at all, so the tubes seem fine.
2) My "always on delay pedal" began to add some midrangy honk to my signal. Once turned off, all my guitars are back ok, except for my Aria Pro (strat copy).
3) I recently messed around with the pickups of my Aria Pro, so I guess it is pointing toward a wiring problem. And that's for another forum! ;)

Thanks for your inputs!
 
Theobalt said:
I continued working on the case.

1) I gently hit on the tubes, no noise at all, so the tubes seem fine.
2) My "always on delay pedal" began to add some midrangy honk to my signal. Once turned off, all my guitars are back ok, except for my Aria Pro (strat copy).
3) I recently messed around with the pickups of my Aria Pro, so I guess it is pointing toward a wiring problem. And that's for another forum! ;)

Thanks for your inputs!
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Did you change you bridge or middle pickup height also? that can also bring sizzle and honk unintendedly.
 
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