BenTunnicliffe Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Hi all, I've been using my Aguilar AG500 SC more than happily for years now and suddenly it decided to stop working and rendered its self completely useless in a pretty odd way. Connected to mains the amp head switches on, its blue light below 'status' lights up as normal, I can then mute to set the channel live and the first issue is that no matter how much gain used the 'clip' light does not light up to indicate an overload of signal. Activating/deactivating the -10db pad makes no difference. The amp is actually not sending any signal from its speaker outputs to my cab or any other cab I've tried neither via the speakon connectors or the jack connectors. I can however get the DI to send a normal signal but only when the post/pre EQ button is depressed which is really weird. Even when the DI is sending signal the 'clip' light is still impossible to illuminate. I have rang two repair guys who on account of never having heard of Aguilar (facepalm) are unhappy to look at the amp. That said the second technician said it could be an issue with the FX loop being a bit faulty and even though I have no means of knowing if that's the case the amp did give up the ghost a day or two after I had experimented with using the FX loop. I can confirm the leads, bass, bass' battery etc are all in perfect working order; just to rule them out as the issue. Anyone know what the problem is or know anyone near Bristol who could help? Cheers, B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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molan Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 There's a great tech near me in Reading who's more than happy to work with Aguilar. Bit of a trek from Bristol though The oops official Aguilar tech is up in the North East somewhere. I'll have details if you can't get it sorted. He's an expert on these and super fast and efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgmh315 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 SMP Artizan on face book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Try running a cable from effects send to return... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tenths Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Mike Devine @ Amploft. Might be useful to someone that comes across this thread via the search function. Edited March 25, 2015 by 7tenths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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