Hey! Guitar players, let's chat.

[tippiecup]

New to forum...(and Ubuntu), but I've strumming guitar for a couple years.
electric =Agile AL2500(an inexpensive but well built Les Paul, should show up as avatar);
acoustic =Bently thin-line cutaway (a very cheap and not well built guitar)
amp =Line 6 SpiderII 15w (small but super cool)
also =Behringer Vamp2 (also super cool)

[matthew]

Thought I'd give a quick hello before disappearing again.

Glad to see you checking in...that guitar looks interesting.

[happy-and-lost]

also =Behringer Vamp2 (also super cool)

The V Amp looks insanely cool. Is it plastic or metal?

[matthew]

New to forum...(and Ubuntu), but I've strumming guitar for a couple years.
electric =Agile AL2500(an inexpensive but well built Les Paul, should show up as avatar);
acoustic =Bently thin-line cutaway (a very cheap and not well built guitar)
amp =Line 6 SpiderII 15w (small but super cool)
also =Behringer Vamp2 (also super cool)

I missed your post earlier. Welcome!

I like the blue guitar.

[Patrick-Ruff]

hey matthew, I think I found a broken potentiometer . . . P1 (if you look on the schematic) could it possibly be causing all these issues? it's the potentiometer for Gain 1. it looks like it's directly in line with the input jack on the schematic, but I'm unsure.

anyways, I'd appreciate it if you could look at that through your more educated eyes .

[Patrick-Ruff]

ok well I'm almost 100% sure the broken potentiometer is the problem . . the problem is, I can't seem to find a replacement for it that looks like it . . . here's the writing on the back.

10k
70-103-61
0122

[multifaceted]

Wow, never knew there were so many guitarists...!

I have played for 13 years and many bands that "almost" made it.

I love all styles, and with a preference for Blues and Metal....(I know)

I play a hot rodded Gibson Les Paul with tapped 498T and a 490R.

What does everyone use to record tracks through in Linux. I used to use Line 6 hardware/software in WinXP.... but, don't miss it enough to dual boot them.

[Patrick-Ruff]

scratch that, we finally tested it while it was on. we're 80% certain the C37 is the culprit.

[matthew]

Sorry I missed you during the process...I was offline and sleeping. Keep us posted when you can, I'm looking forward to hearing a good success story.

[Patrick-Ruff]

hmm, perhaps you can see if C37 would cause all these issues alone, it's one weird cap, I have no idea what the voltage value is on it . . . the schematic says its it's a .0033µF cap, so it looks like it's merely there for transferring energy, and it was transferring none.

let me know if you need the schematic again, I doubt we'll be able to replace it within the next few days but I'd like to think we found the culprit here, if not there's probably more . . .