"I think my wife is cheating on me."

[KennethB]

Tube amp lovers can relate:

(From gearslutz.com, I read it on Talkbass)

Dear Abby,

I think my wife is cheating on me. I am a working musician and, as you would expect, travel a lot. I have been noticing strange things happening when I get home. Her cell phone rings and she steps outside to answer it or she says, "I'll call you back later". When I ask her who called, she gets evasive. Sometimes she goes out with friends but comes home late, getting dropped off around the corner and walking the rest of the way. I once picked up the extension while she was on the phone and she got very angry.

A buddy of mine, who is also a guitar player, told me that my wife and some guy have been to his gigs. He wanted to borrow my guitar amp. That's when I got the idea to find out for myself what was really happening.

I said "Sure, you can use my amp but I want to hide behind it at the gig and see if she shows up, and who she shows up with."

He agreed. Saturday night came and I slipped behind my Marshall JCM800 half stack to get a good view. I could feel the heat coming off the back of the amp. It was at that moment, crouching down behind the amp, that I noticed that one of the tubes was not glowing as bright as the other three. Is this something I can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician?

Thanks,
Very Concerned


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[candid_x]

Originally Posted by KennetB

Is this something I can fix myself or do I need to take it to a technician?

Your wife or the amp?

[Bill Palmer]

Hah - that's a funny story but pretty sad at the same time. Infedilty is a horrible thing and I'd be gutted if my wife cheated on me but hey, if in the process you can diagnose your fave tube amp I guess it's not so bad hey?

Bill

[Colin]

wow that's a horrible feeling to have, hope it works out.

[Warg Master]

replace the tube!

[Dizzy]

Take the old tube out whilst still red hot, smash it in 1 billion sharp, hot pieces and feed it to your wife.

(I could have got a lot more crude & spiteful by NOT smashing it)

[ivanmihaljevic]

Lol

[Junior]

I laughed my a$$ off! I heard something like that but with a car tire or something similar...

[BigTony]

Hahahaha!! Nice one Ken!

[candid_x]

Originally Posted by Colin

wow that's a horrible feeling to have, hope it works out.

I know. It sucks when tubes go south.

[JSX]

I'm glad my tubes are still going strong.

[robelinda2]

gold

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Marvellous!

[Larry]

Thats a good one.

[lord lemons]

Haahahaah, awesome