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drano81:
I’m sure there’s a bad one in there’s somewhere. Is it okay to fire up the amp with all tubes and headphones and poke around the whole amp with a chopstick? Is there anything I should avoid?

2wo:
I'd use a cheap set of headphones...John

drano81:
I’ve finally had some time to work on the amp. I’m going over every joint with a chopstick, and I can’t get it to relocate the problem. However, every time I tap on the chassis plate around the power switch and headphone jack, I get the pops. This has me thinking something is not grounding properly to the chassis?

Paul Birkeland:
That's more than likely a loose connection.  It could be that a wire going to or from the headphone jack isn't well connected. 

We only use the chassis plate as a shield/safety ground, so it's unlikely that you're going to get pops from something intermittently connected to the chassis plate.

drano81:
Thanks for all your replies Paul. I found that my manual strippers were nicking the wire (didn’t have the Ideal for 24 gauge). I’m going to do an extensive check and re-wire anything that looks off.

For these terminal strips, is it just best effort to get a good mechanical connection on the bottom row? There’s not a really good way to get a solid crimp, unless my technique is lacking.

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