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Fender Hot Rod Deville

5/7/2012

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This one came in for a set of valves and a check over.  New JJs in the output and Tung Sols for the preamp, bias all OK and working fine except for random crackles.

PCB style amps are a pain when they start this, can be tracking on the boards from dust and/or moisture, dry joints or components that are noisy.  An almost impossible fix.

Resoldered a fair bit of the pcb that holds the valves and it quietened down dramatically, but only time will tell if it does the job..........................
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Acoustic M230

5/7/2012

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Well an unusual repair.  An old made in California Acoustic head that the muso wants to use as a bass amp.  Only problem is the equalizer isn't working on two of the "bands" both at the bass end of course.

When I opened it up it was clear someone had removed some of the parts from the equalizer pcb.  So rigged up some new coils and put them into servi
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