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    HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Hi, Im looking for a Solution to my Hot rod de ville.
    I have a strat with single coils.

    Im new to tube amps and guitars and got all this used in near MINT shape.

    Recently I experimented and turned up the amp and I get some kind of sound like some beer can or rattle or vibration anomaly.

    I tracked things around my room and found the windows were vibrating and found a loose screw in my rack gear. moved the amp to the other room and I think the vibration is coming from the amp. I tapped on the tubes, I pushed on the drivers and they both are ok.

    Im still getting this weird undesirable vibration almost a distortion.

    Am I running out of speaker cab? Blown or broken voice coil?
    Over driving the clean channel?

    Is my guitar possible fretting out?
    Will fretting out become loud on an amp and sound like blown speaker?

    I know this is near impossible to diagnosis over the net, but I am in the mountains and the local guitar store I was told will break my amp so I buy a new one, SO I must make home repairs and mods.
    Also, I don't know any one that knows anything about amps that I can trust.

    New tubes? Drivers? Im running totally stock!
    I will get a recording of this if I can get the sound to record.

    I just tested with my acoustic Godin and I get a buzz,
    Roommate said it sounds like a metal plate is loose and vibrating.

    Also the room is kind of shaking, windows and walls.

    Sorry Im so stupid.



    1991 Japan Strat
    Noiseless single coils.
    1999 Fender USA Deville x@12 60 watt Stock tubes, drivers.
    2002 Godin Multiac Steel acoustic.
    Guitar Cord.
    No Effects.
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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Loose speaker?

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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    I would start by re-tightening every screw, nut and bolt you can.
    If you have an extention cabinet you can isolate / narrow things very quickly.

    Hot Rod Devilles are rather loud amps and combos (by nature) have a tendancy to shake themselves apart
    do I look like I know what I'm doing?

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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Try taking it into a completely new environment.....

    outside, a friends house, just somewhere else....see what happens.

    This might be easier than trying to isolate a bunch of other things.........

    I agree though.....check obvious things......
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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Can I strip out the wood when I tighten the screws?

    I assume its fiber wood and not real wood?

    Mine is USA 1999.

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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Don't over tighten anyhting....snug it up.

    watch where you put your tool......(This can mean so many things...)
    meaning be careful not to short anything, or punch a hole in a speaker.

    Try the relocation and see what you get......
    I had problems with tube rattle in my practice room. I was using a Laney Solid state one day and noticed that "it" had tube rattle too......

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

    I tried my Hot rod and Laney elsewhere......no rattle.........

    it was my room.
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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    You can strip out screws in real wood if your not careful. But yes, tighten everything up snug. Check the ones on the speakers. Over time, I did need to tighten the ones on my HRDx.

    I have also 'thought' there were rattles at times when it was something else in the room. It can be quite an illusion sometimes.

    Heck, I've had to chase down rattles in about every amp I've owned one time or another. They are vibration machines.
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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    On both my RI Bassman and the BD amp I had, the metal name plate on the back would rattle. Could even be the PCB mounting screws are loose.

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    Re: HRDv Where is that Vibration rattle comming from?

    Maybe if you just turn it up louder, you won't hear the rattle.

    If it is still there, just turn it up a little bit more.

    If it is still there, try splitting your signal into another amp too and turn that one up. For sure you'll drown it out then.
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