Ghost notes on my Deluxe

Gassage

i think my Deluxe is a bit creaky.

when I play with drive into it, especially from a tube driven pedal, I get a metallic ghost note.

its not a nice sound....is this a microphonic tube perhaps? They're 60 year old RCAs in it...

and Nd where can I get NOS RCA valves?

or is it summat else?

Gassage

Just checked tubes- not them

richardhomer

Gassage said:

Just checked tubes- not them

Have you considered that it may actually be haunted?

Gassage

Useless. Where's @icbm when you need him?

hotpickups

richardhomer said:

Gassage said:

Just checked tubes- not them

Have you considered that it may actually be haunted?

I had to lol that @richardhomer ;

ICBM

Sorry, I was busy dealing with some sort of giant marshmallow man in town. Back now.

If it's not valves, has it been recapped - cathode caps and bias filter as well as main filters?

kreggs

Throw holy water over  it!

tone1

Do I detect a Kemper/Helix on its way to Gass towers? 

Gassage

tone1 said:

Do I detect a Kemper/Helix on its way to Gass towers? 

Errrrr....no.

Sassafras

Part exchange it for a new reliable one.

pj310

On a serious note, Vintage Guitar Boutique have an incredible 59 Princeton if you can sort out a swap with them

Bucket

Might sound stupid, but have you tried just tightening up all the screws etc?

Sassafras

Get yourself a nice little Blackstar Fly or a THR5. They do everything some old Deluxe will do.

Ossyrocks

I had a similar thing in my Victoria 35210 recently. I had replaced all the oddball Chinese valves with old but good RCA's and put a pair of GE 6L6GC's in it. Whilst it sounded amazing whilst playing, some notes had odd notes appearing during the decay of notes and chords. It turned out to be the power valves. Once I had dropped in a set of new GT 6L6GE's it was all fine.

Rob. 

Gadget

Might sound daft, but are you sure it's not the guitar?

I have a guitar which gives me ghost notes when I play at the same resonant frequency as the (sealed) trem spring chamber.