Bass amps - repair or discard?

[Smooth_groover]

After almost 6 years of heavy use, my bass amp packed in last night. I have/had a Laney HCM60B amp and last night, it simpy stopped working! I tried my guitar through my mates amp just to make sure it wasnt the guitar at fault. So, my question is - repair or replace?

I'm not exactly sure what the fault is, I'm just not getting any sound whatsoever (and yes the volume is up). Is there a standard repair charge for amplifiers, or does it depend on parts needed? Also, does anyone know roughly what I can expect to pay for this?

If I decide to go down the replacement route, can anyone recommend another amp? I would have a budget of about 400-450. It doesn't have to be another Laney amp - I would consider other brands.

So, any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Craig.

[soundian]

After almost 6 years of heavy use' date=' my bass amp packed in last night. I have/had a Laney HCM60B amp and last night, it simpy stopped working! I tried my guitar through my mates amp just to make sure it wasnt the guitar at fault. So, my question is - repair or replace?

I'm not exactly sure what the fault is, I'm just not getting any sound whatsoever (and yes the volume is up). Is there a standard repair charge for amplifiers, or does it depend on parts needed? Also, does anyone know roughly what I can expect to pay for this?

If I decide to go down the replacement route, can anyone recommend another amp? I would have a budget of about 400-450. It doesn't have to be another Laney amp - I would consider other brands.

So, any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Craig.

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Have you tested the speaker?

[Smooth_groover]

Have you tested the speaker?

To be quite honest, I'm not that technically minded

[soundian]

Disconnect the speaker from the amp and use a 9V battery to "pop" it i.e. connect the two terminals of the battery to the two terminals on the speaker momentarily . If you get a popping sound from the speaker it's coil is still intact, so it'smost likely your amp.

[Smooth_groover]

Ah right cool, I'll give that a try.

Thanks.

[David]

how did it go south? was it just bust when you tried switching it on, or did it suddenly do silent, or smoke or pop loudly or anything before dieing?

if it was bust when you tried switching on something could have been shaken loose carting it about or something, or if it went out with a bang it is more likely something has popped

have you checked all fuses and whatnot? it could only be a case of replacing a fuse and it will be back working perfectly again.

David

[Smooth_groover]

There was no popping or smoke etc. Whats happening now is, I'll be playing and all of a sudden the sound cuts off for about 10 seconds then comes back on again. And it keeps doing this every 15 minutes or so!

[sonhenry]

So it's working on and off, yes? Sound isjust cutting out? It's 'probably' nothing too serious, I'd get it fixed. Or at least looked at.

[Guest DustyDeviada]

Yep. Just don't take it to Bruce Millers.