Bass amplifiers take much more abuse than guitar amplifiers.
Bass Amplifier Repairs
Bass amplifiers tend to be higher rated than guitar amps and are often heavier due to bigger components used, there are obviously departures to this such as some of the new PJB and MarkBass amps. We service and repair both valve and solid state amps. Bass amplifier repairs are generally more involved than guitar amps due to their amplifier designs, bigger heatsinks or many more valves in the output stage such as the Ampeg SVT with it's sextant of glass. That being said bass amps are generally much higher rated than their design specification meaning we don't often see as many. Typically when a bass amp goes wrong, it does it in quite a big way. Common faults such as jack replacements, hums and crackles are a straight forward repair though.
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2016 - 2020
Chris Buck-Marshall
local amp repair coverage
Sickamps carries out repairs for all forms of guitar, bass and piano amplifiers as well as fixing synths and electronic pianos by such manufacturers as, Ashdown, Fender, Marshall, Vox, Carvin, Trace Elliot, Peavey, Korg, Roland, Randall, Blackstar, Supro, Victory amps with faults such as crackles, pops, loss of power, blown valves, general service and check over. The areas we cover include East Herts and Essex including local towns such as Harlow, Saffron Walden, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Newmarket, St Neots, Biggleswade, Letchworth, Haverhill, Sudbury, Bishop's Stortford, Braintree, Colchester, Witham, Chelmsford, Basildon, Brentwood, Romford, Ilford, Chigwell, Epping, Cheshunt, Hatfield, Watford, Broxbourne, Thundridge, Ware, Epping, Puckeridge, Standon, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Waltham Abbey, Woodford, Enfield, Barnet, Rainham, Dartford, Dagenham, Stratford, Hornchurch, Buntingford, Royston, Letchworth Garden City, Hitchin, St Neots, Hertford