Hi guys, I got an old Alesis Microverb a while ago and I've never really had it working properly.
The "signal"/peak light comes on a second after powering up and then stays on, regardless of settings or whether there is anything plugged in. It makes ugly, glitchy white noise, basically. The input control works fine and I can get a strong (almost) unaffected guitar tone with the mix set to zero. The mix and output controls just make the noise louder or quieter. The adjust knob works to some extent, for example when it's in the flange setting, you can hear the effect getting faster or slower but still just with noise.
Does anyone know what the problem might be? Or should I send it to someone to look at or just flog it for parts?
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
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I said maybe.....
I don't know what your skill level at electronic repair is so excuse me if I'm teaching you to suck eggs but I would first check input DC \ AC volts (AC or DC depending on unit ) then check every cable joint and any chip to socket joint ... then if still no good then check for bad joints on PCB ........ generally these things are fixable but can be time consuming to do so and in general they aren't worth a lot.
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