[sdiy] Old Fender amps

[Scott Bernardi]

Speaking of old Fender amps - I have an old Bandmaster head, I think 
it's about a '67. It definitely is the AB763 circuit. I hadn't used it 
in years, and I tried powering it up and it blows fuses. So after a bit 
of research, I figure I need to replace all the electrolytic caps. I 
opened it up, and sure enough, one of the filter caps has goop coming 
out of it.
So I buy caps, replace them all - and it still blows fuses. 
I guess I'm one of those amateur guitarists who doesn't maintain his 
tube amps (I play through a Line 6 POD XT nowadays).  Mea culpa!

metasonix wrote:

>>...seems like I change out one or two mica caps in my
>>fender tonemaster once every other tube change.  But I
>>also run my amp really hot with Philips 7581As most of
>>the time.
>>    
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>
>I'm so happy you're properly maintaining your tube amp.
>And glad I don't have to. Keep it up.
>
>I really hate being brought an old Fender that is totally fried, 
>by an amateur guitarist whining "you're not gonna charge me more 
>than $40 to fix this, I hope...I ain't got no money..." 
>This happens to me about once a month now. And I'm not even
>running ads locally for service work, it's all word of mouth....
>
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>
>uncle eric
>metasonix.com
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Scott Bernardi
sbernardi at comcast.net

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