Hello All,

Serious problem: After four trips to the amp tech (out of warranty), the lead singer in our band has a problem with an excessive rattle in his 100w twin. Anyone have any experience here?

I had the same problem in my Boogie Maverick, which has ceramic tube sockets. The unused pin receptacles in the tube socket for the rectifier were rattling at gig volume, and the rattle was passed on to the tube, which would fail rather quickly. I removed the unused pins, and the problem immediately stopped. The failed tubes rattled like castanets when you shook them, much the same with my friends power tubes.

Has anyone tried doing this with a Fender amp?

Thanks
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