Minininjarob

So I was told that it had some “vintage” pickups in it when I bought it. Because I can’t stop spending money I bought some new pickups (Tonerider) but I started checking the current ones. Resistance is 11.1ohm and the markings and design I have now found come from Fender American Standard P, so they are actually quite good ones. 🙄 But the pads behind them looked like bits of car sponge so I got proper ones and some black screws so I can at least adjust them properly now!!

Ashdown Little Giant. it works ok but the fan doesn’t kick in, it’s supposed to on start up for a second to test it then it comes on when it gets pushed and warms up. It’s doing neither. So it’s either the fan relay that’s gone (which I can’t find an exact match of at the moment to replace) or the signal to it, or the temp sensing part of the circuitry. It’s a shame as it works ok apart from that and the person I am trying to fix it for can’t afford a new (even 2nd hand) amp so he’s amp less at the moment.

Yeah just measured the at 11.1 ohms for the pair. Don’t need the Tonerider pickups I bought then!!!

It was Dave Green who replied to me. Said the amp was a now obsolete model and he couldn’t really help. His only suggestion was to wire the fan it so it runs all the time. Which isn’t much good when it’s used for bedroom practise. I don’t want to start buying components and trying them out (I think it might be the fan relay but not sure yet) as it’s just a waste of money, and it’s a fiddly PCB as well. Going to do some more testing to see if I can narrow the problem down but if I can’t figure it out it’ll be going in the bin. Or selling spares and repairs. I’m not saying they are useless btw just that they aren’t always perfect, for whatever reason it might be in my case.

Took these pickups out of a bass I bought. Was told they were vintage style Fender pickups but not sure now looking at them. I’ve bought new ones but I need to identify these to see if they are worth keeping! 048614 is the number imprinted in them. Googling suggests they are later Fender standard pickups. Annoyingly my multimeter is broken so I can’t test them electrically at the moment until my new one arrives. Thanks all.

To present another view I have an Ashdown amp I’m trying to sort out for a friend who can’t afford a replacement and they don’t have the wiring diagrams and didn’t offer any help with the issue. I have maybe figured out what’s wrong but I’m not sure without the diagram and if it is what I’m thinking it is I can’t buy the replacement component anyway so the whole thing will go in the bin. Put me off getting one tbh.

Not in my experience. Trying to repair an Ashdown amp and they don’t have the schematics or can help in any way, they don’t seem interested at all.

Thanks!

Thanks!! I’m trying to start up a business one day doing setups and mods so doing lots of practice on my own and friends instruments. Pretty pleased with this one!

New pickguard arrived! From Earlpilanz on eBay. I sent the original in and he matched it. Great service and great quality product very much recommended. Glad I went for the parchment inbetween the black as it matches the body colour perfectly. I have to say this looks flipping brilliant and I am so chuffed.

Sanded the headstock back and aged it a little to stop it looking like new (it was a nice deeper colour due to its age). 2 coats of gloss lacquer and it’s ready to apply the decal.

Bought a new soldering stations which meant I could do the electronics. I think the black knobs look really good Oddly I had to drill out the control plate but only one hole - they were different sizes.

Not finished sanding there. ☺️

One last thing. I managed to sand the neck down so it’s nice and satin feeling - it was ok before but it had a long scratch and a dent near the head which you could feel quite easily. I used a damp cloth and an iron to lessen the dent depth and sanded it the rest of the way. I might sand all the finish off but it looks neat and feels great so will probably leave it cos I’m feeling lazy about it.

I know some people won’t like this but the Squire logo is gone and I have a Fender Telecaster Bass logo on the way to put on instead. It wasn’t so much to have Fender instead of Squire I just wanted Telecaster instead of Precision! I have no intention of ever passing it on as a Fender and have left the original serial number/origin country on the headstock.