i just typed all this out on a different message board, so i'll just copy/paste what i typed.
before that you'll need some reference: over the summer one of the output jacks on my amp (sovtek mig-50) was broken (i bumped it against something while i had a cable plugged in and it was bent because of it). since i had a non-working sovtek big muff, i figured i'd just take a jack out of it and put it in my amp. i did that with some success (the amp worked)-some metal ribboning that was on the board came off, but everything still worked.
now comes about twenty minutes ago (copy/paste time):
i found my big muff guts, and noticed that a wire had come loose from the switch. i figured that that was the reason it didn't work last time i tried it. therefore i figured i'd just take the jack i put in my amp out and back into the big muff. well, i did that, then noticed that my amp didn't work without that jack. i took it apart again and took a look, and noticed that the jack connected a path for some wires (there was some metal ribbon on the circuit board). for one thing, some of the metal ribbon had already come offwhich is obviously not good. however, since i'm apparently an innovative genius when it comes to amp repair, i figure that i just need to connect those paths with some wire. i connect the first one without problem, but the ribbon had come off of the second one, so i just decide to turn the amp on anyway. right as i do that, i hear a sizzle/popping sound and watch a few resistors light up. what the **** i was thinking i'll never know. all i know now is that i have one ruined amplifier, and no money to fix it. i really hope that when i do get the money to fix it, it won't cost very much. hopefully it'll just need replacement resistors and a new jack.
before that you'll need some reference: over the summer one of the output jacks on my amp (sovtek mig-50) was broken (i bumped it against something while i had a cable plugged in and it was bent because of it). since i had a non-working sovtek big muff, i figured i'd just take a jack out of it and put it in my amp. i did that with some success (the amp worked)-some metal ribboning that was on the board came off, but everything still worked.
now comes about twenty minutes ago (copy/paste time):
i found my big muff guts, and noticed that a wire had come loose from the switch. i figured that that was the reason it didn't work last time i tried it. therefore i figured i'd just take the jack i put in my amp out and back into the big muff. well, i did that, then noticed that my amp didn't work without that jack. i took it apart again and took a look, and noticed that the jack connected a path for some wires (there was some metal ribbon on the circuit board). for one thing, some of the metal ribbon had already come offwhich is obviously not good. however, since i'm apparently an innovative genius when it comes to amp repair, i figure that i just need to connect those paths with some wire. i connect the first one without problem, but the ribbon had come off of the second one, so i just decide to turn the amp on anyway. right as i do that, i hear a sizzle/popping sound and watch a few resistors light up. what the **** i was thinking i'll never know. all i know now is that i have one ruined amplifier, and no money to fix it. i really hope that when i do get the money to fix it, it won't cost very much. hopefully it'll just need replacement resistors and a new jack.
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