Every once in a blue moon, one inadvertently turns off the amp Power switch opposed to the Standby switch. Usually this does nothing, but sometimes the quick loss of power and the sudden return of power can cause your amp fuse to blow rendering your amp lifeless. In fact, a blown fuse is the number one reason an amp won’t power on and this is obviously detrimental at a gig, especially if you don’t have a spare or (even if you do have a spare) know where the fuse on your amp is located.
HEED this! have spare fuses and KNOW where your fuse is located on your amp! replacement takes just about 3 minutes or less.
This, unfortunately happened to me several weeks ago at crash. I was investigating a hum on my pedal board, which required me to unplug a few cables. Not wanting to pop the amp out, I was turning the Standby switch on and off, but one of those times I accidentally turned the power off, and I turned it right back on…my bad. No power to the amp. Fail!
I have a love/hate relationship with my Visual Sound amps. On one hand they are built to take any playing situation into account, offering a myriad of configurations to meet almost any live playing needs. On the other hand, as with most boutique type amps, they suffer fundamental issues that often need to be repaired on a yearly basis.
This time, my amp company redeemed itself. The fuse drawer was located in the back, easily accessible and when I opened it up, I found a spare, replacement fuse inside.
