"What exactly are you doing to make your empeg crash?"
Same thing as DiGNAN17... it's nothing a little pull and push doesn't fix, although I had to do it twice in a row last week.

I don't want to make it sound like my empeg is a problematic device. It's not, it's the best damn thing I have ever bought... my family still like to tease me about my "man-bag," but they all shut up when I ask them how many cd's they can fit in their purses...

But to continue my good luck streak, my empeg knob went all spinny on me last week and I think I've just realized I need that diode thing. I've just been too busy to ask...