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Topic: distortion from Matchbox 4A |
Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 27 Feb 2019 6:38 am |
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My Goodrich Matchbox 4 A is distorting. When I first plug it in, it's clean, but within just a minute or two, it starts distorting. Batteries are new - I've tried multiple new pairs of batteries. I've tried rolling off the gain. Still distorted. I'm not running much for practice - matchbox-volume-verb-amp. When I remove the matchbox from the chain the distortion is gone.
Any thoughts on what could be wrong? Worth fixing an old unit? |
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Willie Sims
From:
PADUCAH, KY, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2019 2:38 pm
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| chris check all wires for loose connection, on the battery's and the circuit board.maybe a tranister going bad.clean input and output and cables. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 6 Mar 2019 8:25 am
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| Willie Sims wrote: |
| chris check all wires for loose connection, on the battery's and the circuit board.maybe a tranister going bad.clean input and output and cables. |
Thanks. Will give it a shot. |
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GaryL
From:
Medina, OH USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2019 4:53 pm Matchbox distorting
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Is your volume pedal active or passive (pot) ?
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 8 Mar 2019 7:05 am
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passive.
well, I have both, but when running the passive, I used the matchbox. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 11 Mar 2019 7:13 am
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| Wires/connections look solid, but I noticed some corrosion on one of the battery terminals. Cleaned that off, will try plugging it in this afternoon, find out how it works. |
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