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I bought a used line 6 flextone 3 guitar amp but need a manual to know how to preset the 32 different amps that it models after. can i download the manual? and if so where?
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Then you either have a blown amp or speaker. Turn the amp off and move the wires from the speaker on the working side to the other speaker. If the other speaker works, you have a dead amp channel. if it does not, move the wires from the speaker on the non-working side to the other speaker. If that works, you have a dead speaker. Dead amp channel means take it to the shop. Dead speaker means buy a new one from Line 6 and install.
if you're using a pedal. the cat 6 wire that connects the pedal to the amp. can be coming out of the "phone jacks" that line 6 uses, all it takes is for that wire to stretch and if one line breaks . it changes the protocol. sounds like yours is intermittent. put new connectors on each end (after checking continuity),
If it has 2 fuses, the second one might be blown. Try replacing the fuses, if its not that then there is a problem with the amp and you will probably need to take it for repairs.
There is probably a power supply failure or with the power on reset circuit. Likely low voltage to the logic electronics. This is NOT DIY unless you are familiar with electronics.
Test the amp by touching the tip of the cord you unplug from the guitar and preferably try it with a second cable as well. If at high gain you don't get a loud hum, best to take unit for service. If it hums, then check battery in your guitar. The battery in the guitar is enabled when a cable is plugged in and MANY forget to unplug the cable from the guitar and have a dead battery within a day and blame the amp. This applies to most guitars that have preamps in them... there are some that are "passive" that do not have a battery.
You have analyzed the problem... with the strings muted, the unit is quiet... that means the problem is with the guitar or cable picking up the noise. Move the guitar around near other things to search out the source which is probably magnetic fields... orient the guitar differently to sniff for the source. OFTEN lamp dimmers generate higher frequency components that can couple into the guitar pickups. The problem is fairly common.
You likely are in an area that has magnetic fields. Also you may have the settings on the amp that accentuates the noise. Eliminating this noise, especially at low levels, can be difficult if you have devices like flourescent lights that have magnetic ballasts.
You might also try running a different source into the amp such as a walkman player to verify the audio can be cleanly amplified. If that works, then the amp is OK.
Sounds like your master volume is turned up too much. The channel volume will make the squealing go away(caused by high gain and humbuckers). The best thing to do is dial in your favorite presets and change the channel volume to the correct level with the master volume where you usually keep it. I use my Spider Valve at master volume at about noon and the channel volume between nine o'clock and noon. Let me know if this does not solve the problem......
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