Sparky Mark

That's not a whole lot of use if you've arranged the day off work to receive the delivery though is it? Luckily, having retired, I'm free to hang around the house endlessly in anticipation.

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Did you receive any sort of refund from Andertons; I'm assuming the next day delivery cost you more?

What a fantastic place to live with a music culture second to none, I'm jealous! Personally, I'd still keep the pedal; you'll probably make new contacts in Ireland with the skills to diagnose/fix it, and it could still prove an asset at home.

A slightly more sensible option might be to just take one of the cabs to the gig, depending on which you prefer the sound of on its own? When and where are you emigrating to, and are you taking this rig? Keeping the pedal with the head could be a nice touch for a future owner to fix.

Good idea.

I reckon you'll need to pull them off. They may be very hard to pull off after all the years.

Yep, saw that and thought of this thread.

No problem; sometimes you just have to provoke a response. LOL. Yes, it's a Patrick Eggle New York bass. Took me a few years to find it on Ebay after a local bass player sold it on Reverb.

Artist series are just based upon specific models in Hofner' history. Google AI is your friend.

Cheers. Hopefully you won’t need to do too much disassembly to get to the underside of the PCB. Old solder joints and connectors can be rather fragile and crack when disturbed, causing more issues. Desoldering large caps can also be a bit of a PITA, due to needing a fair amount of energy from the soldering iron to melt the solder sufficiently to remove without lifting the PCB track/pad. You are very lucky to have a friend with the knowledge to help fix your amp.

That's good information; no disrespect intended towards your friend. I recently replaced some swollen but still working capacitors in a 1980s NAD amplifier because I could see they were damaged. The good news is that new capacitor technology has moved on and you should be able to find replacements in smaller packages.