Hi, I am hoping someone can offer some advise, prior to having to take my BC80 off to some random guy to fix it here in the Philippines.
Here is the back story. I am an amateur bass player that uses playing as a means to relax and clear my head, while working from home. I find it more healthy than cigarettes, and less impactful on my work performance than vodka.
I have a BC80 amp I have had for about 5 years, that I generally use. I have a couple of other amps as well, but as I use a multi effects pedal, this one takes that more predicable than a valve amp. I usually leave amp turned on, and unplug the power from the effects pedal, so there is no outgoing signal, simply because it is up against a wall between my Marshall and the chair I generally sit in, which has my basses sitting on it, and the switch at the bottom of the back is hard to reach. The amp is usually set at around 2 to 3, because these buggers are quite loud, and there is a house directly behind me.
The other day, I noticed, as I walked into the room that there was a really bright red light showing on it, which is the Clipping Compressor light. Honestly, I had forgotten all about this as a feature, and never knew it was red. I read somewhere it goes orange with a overload signal, so I am thinking Red means bad.
I turned it of and on again, thinking the Windows cure all may help, but no joy. I unplugged everything, and it still red lighted me. other things to note is even when the power is switched off, it glows red, and slowly fades of. and is on at any volume with out anything plugged into either input.
Obviously the best answer is to take it to a service center, but from previous experience the Philippines is not known for the repair skills for electronic equipment, and advice would likely be throw it away and get a new one. Unfortunately I was raised with refillable pens and lighters not disposable items, and reluctant to do this. I have looked for a circuit diagram, but had no luck. With this and a multi meter, I believe I could at the very least determine where the fault is. I am assuming it is shorting in the input section, but would need further info to dial this in. I also don't see a lot of value in opening it up to look at stuff with out some sort of guide.
Can anyone offer me some clues as to having encountered similar issues (I searched the forum and could not find anything similar), any ideas as to what would cause it, any resources to aid in solving it, or the name of a reliable solid state amp guy (or girl) in Manila?
For further info, the effects unit is plugged into the passive input, not the send return, the volume was on 2, the aux volume was off, the EQ were all 12 oclock, the Effects unit was not powered up and if it had been was not on some ultra death metal distortion setting, it was a 70's rock bass setting emulating a warmish ampeg.
Here is the back story. I am an amateur bass player that uses playing as a means to relax and clear my head, while working from home. I find it more healthy than cigarettes, and less impactful on my work performance than vodka.
I have a BC80 amp I have had for about 5 years, that I generally use. I have a couple of other amps as well, but as I use a multi effects pedal, this one takes that more predicable than a valve amp. I usually leave amp turned on, and unplug the power from the effects pedal, so there is no outgoing signal, simply because it is up against a wall between my Marshall and the chair I generally sit in, which has my basses sitting on it, and the switch at the bottom of the back is hard to reach. The amp is usually set at around 2 to 3, because these buggers are quite loud, and there is a house directly behind me.
The other day, I noticed, as I walked into the room that there was a really bright red light showing on it, which is the Clipping Compressor light. Honestly, I had forgotten all about this as a feature, and never knew it was red. I read somewhere it goes orange with a overload signal, so I am thinking Red means bad.
I turned it of and on again, thinking the Windows cure all may help, but no joy. I unplugged everything, and it still red lighted me. other things to note is even when the power is switched off, it glows red, and slowly fades of. and is on at any volume with out anything plugged into either input.
Obviously the best answer is to take it to a service center, but from previous experience the Philippines is not known for the repair skills for electronic equipment, and advice would likely be throw it away and get a new one. Unfortunately I was raised with refillable pens and lighters not disposable items, and reluctant to do this. I have looked for a circuit diagram, but had no luck. With this and a multi meter, I believe I could at the very least determine where the fault is. I am assuming it is shorting in the input section, but would need further info to dial this in. I also don't see a lot of value in opening it up to look at stuff with out some sort of guide.
Can anyone offer me some clues as to having encountered similar issues (I searched the forum and could not find anything similar), any ideas as to what would cause it, any resources to aid in solving it, or the name of a reliable solid state amp guy (or girl) in Manila?
For further info, the effects unit is plugged into the passive input, not the send return, the volume was on 2, the aux volume was off, the EQ were all 12 oclock, the Effects unit was not powered up and if it had been was not on some ultra death metal distortion setting, it was a 70's rock bass setting emulating a warmish ampeg.
