u/adudenamedLemonjello

I bought the amp in roughly 96ish and have changed the power tubes once. Lately what I have been experiencing is the volume will cutout. Plus the amp breaks up at low volumes.

It has been maybe 15 or so years since I changed the power tubes.

So I ordered new power and preamp tubes. I replaced the tubes and it breaks up worse than before. Normally this has a great clean tone and I can set the volume to 5 and it stays fairly clean with a normal string attack.

I plan to put the original preamp tubes back in and see if there is a change in sound. The original and the replacement preamp tubes are 12ax7. The new tubes were purchased from the tube store. I bought JJ tubes.

Looking for advice on how to proceed in troubleshooting this issue.

I found this subreddit two days ago. I only found it because I googled "Feeling like a failure as a Dad". I'm going through some things right now. When I searched that phrase, all I could think of was my kids (9,6 and 4) seeing me as a disappointment. It's not great feeling this way. Just an FYI I do take meds and see both a therapist and psychiatrist.

So, bummer information aside, I had a huge moment in my kitchen. Last night around 8, I was giving my oldest his medication. While I'm looking for his medicine he says to me "what if I was like you?". I asked him what he meant. He told me "what if when I'm older I look like you?" Of my three sons he looks like me the most, so I told him yeah that is likely. He then said I want to be like you. This got me very emotional. He doesn't know what it triggered in me. I struggle with feeling unexceptional, just living in mediocrity. I often think no one would want to be like me, not even my sons. I responded to him saying "Really? Thanks". He then went on to say I was his favorite. Also told me he would rescue me from a fire. Between me and his Mom he said I'm saving Dad. At that moment I realized even when I don't believe in myself, someone sees the best in me. Though I didn't cry, I certainly welled up. Even now writing this out makes me emotional.

Being a Dad is hard, especially when you are prone to depression. In between the hard moments there are signs you've done something right.

I have a 26 trail sport and this morning on my commute the brake system light on. I plan to call the dealer about having it looked at. It has 2800 miles on it. Mostly I'm curious if others here have had this issue. If I can I'd like to avoid taking it in. Does anyone know of what the problem might be?

I'm an intermediate level guitar player and looking for a teacher. Specifically I am interested in country, chicken pickin kind not the poppy country guitar. I'm in university place.