fleabag Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Just got one of my amps back from my local tech wizz kid, and he was so shocked at what he found inside he took a photo and printed it off for me It had obviously been to the local butcher, who managed to make the insides look worse than a chimp doing brain surgery with a pipe wrench He fixed all problems, but 8 hours of work @ £20 p.h. and 4 expensive switches (£10 each ) the bill was a bit sickening. Still - its working like a demon now Heyho, thats life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 PS and that wasn't all. Apparently, many tracks on one of the circuit boards had been cut or bypassed and made a difficult job even more so Its surprising that it actually worked at all before taking it to the tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 (grin) My ultimate classic was an old Watkins Dominator I bought. "new" style square black cabinet but with the electronics from the previous model, the triangular fronted one. It had been similarly butchered at some stage but in this case it was because whichever monkey built it originally had mounted the components on the WRONG SIDE of the paxolin board!!! Took a better set of eyes than mine to realise this was what had happened - I gave up after (unsurprisingly) not being able to find a circuit diagram and board layout that matched it! Pete Towers and The Amp Doctor to the rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 The amp tech refurbed all that pigeon poo and re-did the mauled tracks, sorted the 4 switches and did a full service and PAT test. Amp's now a beaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 When I bought my Warwick Fortress One (secondhand) the pan pot was acting weird and giving a big volume drop when it was in the middle position. I could tell by looking it had been, errrr, 'worked on' previously at some point. I took it to the local guitar shop tech and it turned out that someone had removed the circuit board from the back of the pan pot and refitted it upside down. I would never have worked that out in a million years, but then again I'm no tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 I fully admit some electronics baffle the knickers off me. I can wire up a simple jazz bass, where its vol vol tone, but after that, its over to the techs The joy of slapping in an East U-Retro deluxe, like wot i did in a previous bass ( now removed and fitted in my ESP fretless) is that you merely have to connect pup wires to screw terminals, and attach bridge earth. Thats my level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inthedoghouse Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 [quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1493584754' post='3289286'] I fully admit some electronics baffle the knickers off me. I can wire up a simple jazz bass, where its vol vol tone, but after that, its over to the techs The joy of slapping in an East U-Retro deluxe, like wot i did in a previous bass ( now removed and fitted in my ESP fretless) is that you merely have to connect pup wires to screw terminals, and attach bridge earth. Thats my level [/quote]Yep, that's about my level as well. I'm always proud of myself if I can wire a Strat from scratch (with the help of a clear diagram ha ha). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Oh, even with a simple Jazz Bass i still use a schematic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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