[sdiy] Old Fender amps

[harrybissell]

Hahhahhah....

send it to uncle eric. I 'hear' he fixes old Fender amps for $40 or
less...
don't let him try to 'rip you off' by charging you more...

hah hah hah hah   :^P

(now hiding from uncle eric who will probably KILL me when he sees me...
LOL :^)

H^) harry

Scott Bernardi wrote:

> 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.
>> >
>> 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....
>>
>>
>>
>> uncle eric
>> metasonix.com
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Scott Bernardi
> sbernardi at comcast.net
>