Dead Engl :(

[M.Bison]

I have an old Engl E625 that has bit the dust. It worked perfectly fine and the all of a sudden won't switch on, doesn't seem to be getting any power.



I've swapped internal fuses, tubes and tried a different power cable to no avail.



Upon closer inspection the output-transformer, or what I presume to be (big black box?), has a strange abnormality, almost like it has a burn mark and it looks warped.

My guess is that this part has died as it is the only physical issue I can see.



How easy would it be to replace this? Is it a matter of just finding out what voltage to use and replace? Will the amp experiance any tonal difference?

I'll most likely take it to a repair shop, but being where I live I suspect they will not have encountered many guitar amps (other than cheap shite) and fear they won't have a clue...

[Haunty]

:bigblackdolphin:

[Abzu]

[quote name="HbW"]:bigblackdolphin:[/quote]

[M.Bison]

haha... dickheads. I thought it was a legitimate response.

[Abzu]

I hope you get the problem solved. Engl amps are



Where Dead Engls Lie

[deckard]

get a tech to do it

[M.Bison]

so I got around to taking engl to electrician shop, he asked what it was and plonked it on a giant heap of crap saying he'd look at it sometime...

[Haunty]

[quote name=";,,;"]Where Dead Engls Lie [/quote]



My immediate reaction to the thread was this, but :bigblackdolphin: took precedent.

[deckard]

[quote name="M.Bison"]so I got around to taking engl to electrician shop, he asked what it was and plonked it on a giant heap of crap saying he'd look at it sometime...



[/quote]



why not an amp hard-on bearer? theres a few in the north east im sure.

[M.Bison]

[quote name="Toozey"]
[quote name="M.Bison"]so I got around to taking engl to electrician shop, he asked what it was and plonked it on a giant heap of crap saying he'd look at it sometime...



[/quote]



why not an amp hard-on bearer? theres a few in the north east im sure.[/quote]



The electrician shop got back in touch, it is indeed the transformer that's died. He said he can't find a replacement and he even "rang germany" (:lol:) and they couldn't help him.



I'm not prepared to just let this thing die, so I'll have to be looking at amp repair guys. Anybody had any experience?

[Devy]

Germany never picks up when I call it

[M.Bison]

YES!!! I emailed Engl a while back and got told that 'Music Force Distribution' was the people in the UK to talk about ordering replacement parts. Gave them a shout and they are gonna order me the part



Can't wait until it's fixed and I can put my poor man's rack of doom back together.

[deckard]