I just finished restoring a 1962 Epiphone Pathfinder (Gibson Falcon) for a customer. Everything went well, but I had to deal with the hard-wired foot-switch, which had been cut off and is long gone. As is the reverb was on all the time, but no tremol
This almost 100% original 1962 Epiphone Pathfinder / Gibson Falcon is in for a massive overhaul. Filter caps are completely shot, hardwired foot switch has been hacked off, and the grounded AC cord was just spliced into the original 2-prong cord ungr
This 1990s Fender Pro Junior was leaking the goo…
This Fender Pro Junior is running HOT as they usually do.
You gotta love a trusty Princeton Reverb reissue.
My ample design skills at work.
Thanks, #Fender. I’ll never get that time back. But at least I leaned a lesson or five. #amprepair #amptech #fenderamps
Have you ever said a word, term, or phrase forever, but never really thought about what it meant? Twist-lock. Twist... to lock... 🤦‍♂️ #amprepair #amptech
A classic! Ampeg B-15 NF amp in for servicing. Hmm that one substituted filter cap…
Hello Mallory, my name is Joe.
Cascading gain stages, take me away! This insanely rare 1975 Mesa Boogie Mark I is in for servicing. Master Volume on 2? Turn it down, the neighbors are complaining! #amprepair #amptech #mesaboogie
Hmmmm look what I found…
Crispy.
When a vacuum tube has a frosty white film inside it has lost its vacuum. So, just a tube, no longer a vacuum tube. Into the dust bin!
Not necessary amp related, but I hear Echoplex is pretty cool and stuff and things.
Another Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve in for servicing. This one is nooooooooooooisyyyyyy!! At least it’s already been recapped so I can focus on other things? Nah, gotta recheck EVERYTHING especially someone else’s work. #amprepair #ampt
The Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve is widely criticized for having the worst reverb of all time. That is, if the reverb works at all. Which it usually doesn’t. Cracking open this reverb tank, which is “sealed“ with factory-installed du
Yikes! Everyone likes a good amp to jam with, but installing the grounded AC cord by just jamming the ground between the nearest hunks of metal ain’t a groovy time. #amprepair #amptech
This Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve head is in for a major overhaul. At least the extension cord isn’t orange? #amprepair #amptech #silvertone
Vintage film projector speaker cabinets are cool, too. @vintageampspodcast that RCA cab looks familiar 😉.