Posted: 26 Sep 2000 8:58 pm
Amen # 2 Bill
I don't think there is a "design flaw" in the Peavey amp because a dirty or bad pot causes noise or that the pot went bad is a design flaw. ANY amp can do exactly what the original guy's Peavey did. If you have the gain up high and move a bad or dirty pot that generates noise it can be loud - on any amp. Luckily the Peavey amp has a peak limiter so that it didn't blow the speaker or output transistors. On many amps, such as Fender, there is no peak limiter and a transient can blow a speaker in a second.
I agree the use of a Molex brand connector in that particular application was a bad choice, but it has nothing to do with the other industry standard parts used in the Peavey amp.
One other point, if the pot was that bad that it generated that amount of noise, the pot had to have been bad for quite a while and ignored. A pot doesn't get "that bad" all at once. It should have been repaired before it degenerated to that condition.