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I played a hotel gig Saturday (yuk), 21st floor no less, in downtown San Antonio. Our roady pulled my amp out of the belly of the bus, which was stacked on the very top of the pile, speaker up. When he did, water poured out of my speaker basket like a salad bowl. The air conditioner or the shower above leaked. I did not even bother to power up the amp, so I do not know what damage has been done. I want it to dry totally for a week. What similar experiences have you guys had? OK, I know, a road case would have prevented this. I personally don't like road cases because it adds weight and takes an extra trip and two men to handle one. A $20.00 cover would have been nice too, shame on me. I took my anger out on the roady for stacking it on it's back. I felt better after that.

May I suggest pulling the chassis and taking a hair dryer to it? It's not the kind of thing you want dampness to linger on. Although the harm may already be done.
Jeez, that's an expensive salad bowl.

I had 2 speakers full of rain once, and they worked fine after they dried out.

So yank the amp and speakers out of the box and let them dry for a couple of days.

Been there done that...
I'd suggest putting the amp in the bin on the other side of the bus.

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I have a silver face Fender Super Reverb amp that has amazing tone. A few years ago, Hurricane Fran came through and the resulting rains flooded a rehearsal space where my amp rode out the storm. Upon finally getting to the room when the flood waters subsided, I unlocked the door only to find that it wouldn't open into the room because the drum kit and some 15" monitors had floated over and were obstructing it. When I did get in, I found the Super standing upright in enough water to cover the bottom two 10" speakers. I took out the reverb pan (replaced it later), cleaned the mud out of the cabinet, then let everything dry. Fortunately the chassis wasn't wet. Well...the amp is still a killer! There is a faint water mark on the grill cloth, but otherwise no problems.

Cat

If you allow the amp to dry out COMPLETELY, there won't be any harm...except maybe to the speaker. Sometimes, when a speaker cone gets wet, they warp, and then when they dry out, you have a problem with the voice coil rubbing the magnet. Hopefully, you won't have that problem! But, as far as the electronics, no permanent harm will be done. The pots may be noisy, but a spray of control cleaner and lube will fix that.

Where I used to work, they would take $2,000 oscilloscopes out in the parking lot, and wash them out with a hose and paintbrush! When I asked the calibration tech about the procedure, he said that the dust and dirt do more harm than the brief spray of water. Just remember to take the chassis OUT of the cabinet and let it dry completely. That may well take a week, though!

Call the tour bus insurance company and get a new amp!

Cool Chris; now maybe that's a sign for you to go ahead and plug into that Fender Amp if you still have it
Ricky

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Very funny Ricky. Actually, my luck has been bad since I bought that thing. The first song I played through it, is when the stage light tree blew over on me, hit me in the head, spilled a beer in Kenny Grimes amp, blew it up, the other night (same night the amp got soaked), I stepped off the stage with steel in hand, slipped on a f***ing rose pedal on the dance floor from the wedding party, and busted my ass and luckily saved my steel from damage.
Maybe you on to something there pal.

Hello Chris,
I regret hearing about your misfortunes. I do want to extend my services here at Peavey if they are needed, ie; parts, repair, etc..

I can be reached here at Peavey by calling our toll free number at 1-877-732-8391.


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Thanks Mike
I bet when I flip the switch tonight at Cowboys, she will fire right up like all my Peaveys have done through the years of my abuse and clumsiness. I have my N-400 in my truck just in case. I'll post here the results tomorrow.

Have you considered WD-40? I understand that WD-40 was developed to displace water in electronic circuits that had been submerged or otherwise heavily doused with water. Call the company (phone # on WD-40 can?) and ask them about it.

John Paul Jones

I'll be interested to hear the outcome, but BE CAREFUL!

forget about fixing that peavy,get an amp with some real tone!an evans amp would be a good start!

OK, just a follow up. Last weekend I fired up the amp,(after a complete visual inspection because the amp was on the bus all week) and she worked like a champ. Clear as a bell tone and didn't break up at all. So the Black Widow speaker passed the soak test with flying colors.

Ooooooh Kirk....careful, man!

I've had a Peavey Deuce for a few years, you guys know the one, 100W tube power amp, transistor preamp, I replaced the 2x12's with a JBL 15, sounds great for steel. Well, before I replaced the 12's (I think they're the cast-frame Scorpions, but I cna't remember) the amp used to get thrown in the back of a van 3 nights a week for a year, more or less. When I finally replaced the 12's (stopped using the amp for standard guitar) I noticed that one of them had a HUGE (4") tear towards the edge of the cone, who knows how long it was like that? Sounded great the whole time, though!

As far as Kirk goes, he's a good guy with a good ear. But opinions are like @$$holes, everybody's got one. People used to laugh at my Peavey but it was ALWAYS the loudest amp onstage.

Matt Farrow

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