I repaired one for a local shop! A lot of work but it turns out that a hot biased amp burned out a Power Tube and next cooked the pads next to the infamous Cement Power Resistors and the 2watt one on the footswitch causing all sorts of trouble. You can see the yellowing board on this pic! The replacements you have to put standing off the board at least a quarter inch! Its funny, but with a few replacement parts, this amp sounds as good as a boutique amp and can rival many expensive amps easily. The clean tone and tube squeal when pushed is phenomenal! I wouldn't have placed a Overdrive effect on this amp though. It really overloads it . Its better to just have one main volume and push the tubes with boost like effects!
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| You see those big caps! I am replacing those next! |
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| Circuit Boards replaced the old Point to Point Wiring, I don't know why! |
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| Cooked looking spot behind Cement Power Resistors |
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| Cooked Resistor connecting footswitch and various switching functions. |
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