How's life Chris
Op 11 Feb 97 09:42 you wrote something about *Hi, out there, I'm new... 
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CG>  I noticed that you had experience with amps and I was wondering if you
CG> could possibly help me out. I have A Marshall Valvestate 8100 that
CG> just recently started acting up.
Acting up ?...ehrm....what do you mean ? =x
CG> When I play through the amp (signal through the effects loop and the
CG> effects loop controll knob cranked all the way) the signal gets saturated
CG> (like theres too much low end) and the volume increases slightly.
I'm not surprised....after all...those effect loops can throw out far more 
signal than most of the effect modules can handle....
CG> It seems to play fine for the first 5 minutes or so, but after that, the
CG> signal starts to act up..
You really have to explain that, I'm afraid... :)
CG> I tried turning the effects knob hard left, and it the amp seems to be ok
CG> when set like this.. I'm guessing that it's a chip thats gone bad, but
CG> not really sure.. Any suggestions?
Yeah...take a look at the specs of the effect send output jack of your 
amp....signal level for instance...
Then take a look at the specs for the input jack of your effect gear...
Distortion on the input of a DSP can give you some mysterious and stunning 
results....you might even end up with a blown up input-stage on your effect 
module....
But then, this is just an educated guess....I really need some specs of the 
effect loop of the amp and the in- and outputs of your effect-box to give you 
more solid answers....
Greetingzetcetera, Thom
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