columbusrobbie Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Does the collective wisdom have any suggestions or advice for a broken amp? Apparently Mesa won’t release schematics for these and there are no approved repairers in the UK at present. The head has been looked at by a former authorised repairer as once listed on the Mesa website. Broken treble and master volume controls have been diagnosed but spares unavailable to him. When it first happened, and prior to getting it looked at here, I contacted Mesa who were helpful up to a point but were effectively only offering a factory diagnosis and possible repair. Is this really my only option? Has anyone had similar and found an easier route to resolution? Cheers in advance. Quote
Beedster Posted March 15 Posted March 15 18 minutes ago, columbusrobbie said: Does the collective wisdom have any suggestions or advice for a broken amp? Apparently Mesa won’t release schematics for these and there are no approved repairers in the UK at present. The head has been looked at by a former authorised repairer as once listed on the Mesa website. Broken treble and master volume controls have been diagnosed but spares unavailable to him. When it first happened, and prior to getting it looked at here, I contacted Mesa who were helpful up to a point but were effectively only offering a factory diagnosis and possible repair. Is this really my only option? Has anyone had similar and found an easier route to resolution? Cheers in advance. I'm very surprised there are no UK authorised service engineers, but am sure Andy @agedhorse will be along to help and advise 👍 1 Quote
columbusrobbie Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 Cheers @Beedster 👍 In fairness to Mesa, that was the position 4-5 months ago when my saga started and it may well have changed in the meantime. Certainly hope so. I will contact them again and hope Andy does drop by too. I’ve only just retrieved the (unrepaired) amp back so I am effectively starting over. For now though, I have an expensive paperweight sat in the corner of the room. At least it isn’t taking up any space to really speak of. 1 Quote
Steve Browning Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Paperweight? Tissueweight, given the weight of these things!! Keep us posted on here. I am in the process of arranging a trip to the Gibson Garage to meet my artist rep, so I make enquiries if you've not had any other success. I expect Andy will have an answer though. 2 Quote
agedhorse Posted March 16 Posted March 16 12 hours ago, Steve Browning said: Paperweight? Tissueweight, given the weight of these things!! Keep us posted on here. I am in the process of arranging a trip to the Gibson Garage to meet my artist rep, so I make enquiries if you've not had any other success. I expect Andy will have an answer though. My suggestion is to contact Surrey Amps, this is pro level service and Stan Lawrence is a highly qualified and experienced service engineer who is fully capable of taking care of Subway amps. I can support him at the factory level too. https://surreyamps.co.uk/contact-us 3 1 Quote
columbusrobbie Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 Sincere thanks to Chris @Beedster, Steve @Steve Browning and Andy @agedhorse for your input on this. Amp now booked in for diagnosis and repair (hopefully) with Stan/Surrey Amps. Will come back and update in due course. Best regards. 1 2 Quote
Steve Browning Posted March 19 Posted March 19 4 hours ago, columbusrobbie said: Sincere thanks to Chris @Beedster, Steve @Steve Browning and Andy @agedhorse for your input on this. Amp now booked in for diagnosis and repair (hopefully) with Stan/Surrey Amps. Will come back and update in due course. Best regards. Excellent news. Thanks for the update. 1 Quote
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