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Those should all be pretty simple repairs - just some basic replacement parts.

Schematic on the Fender site says the volume control is a 100kB (linear). Jack should be a 1/4" insulated.

DIY, or take it to a tech. I would be shocked if there's more than $40 in repairs there.

Advice?

- This guy is a complete douche
- That amp needs sorting properly
- It isn't "vintage"

Skiptracer1981 wrote:a huge asshat

Skiptracer1981 wrote:he's in Toronto now

AT LEAST HE KNOWS WHERE HE BELONGS, OH NO! BADDUM PISHH

Skiptracer1981 wrote:I punched him in the face.

I generally disapprove of violence but I couldn't help thinking 'well played' when I got to that part.

Mike wrote:Advice?

- This guy is a complete douche
- That amp needs sorting properly
- It isn't "vintage"

-Yea, he totally is a complete douche. Who 'mods' borrowed gear without notice to owner??

-Indeed- I don't know much about amp construction, least of all solid-states, so a tech would be my best bet.

-I have no idea how old it is, I thought it was pre-80s, meaning vintage, however I can't find anything about them anywhere

James: I'm totally not violent and that was one of the few times in my life I struck someone. I was just so pissed how nonchalent he was about it, couldn't hold back.

Will wrote:Those should all be pretty simple repairs - just some basic replacement parts.

Schematic on the Fender site says the volume control is a 100kB (linear). Jack should be a 1/4" insulated.

DIY, or take it to a tech. I would be shocked if there's more than $40 in repairs there.

I checked out that schematic, but it's the schematic for the newer bassman 60s, I doubt it's the same as this one. Then again, like I stated before, I have no idea.


The speaker was swapped out for a 15" I don't know if that has any bearing on this, thought I'd mention it, as I hadn't already.

Skiptracer1981 wrote: pre-80s, meaning vintage

No.

This isn't your fault... I realize that's just something you've read (eBay?) but it's a misnomer getting worse as time goes on. It shouldn't bother me because I'm not into vintage gear (unless it's cheap and I luck into it, then I just won't shut up about the cool shit I gotz), I suppose I just see it as many people's way of validating major purchases for stuff that ain't really hot shit a lot of the time... Many definitions for vintage exist, so you could say "this amp is of '78 vintage" (if it was from 1978), but to call it "vintage gear" implies that it follows the classic "vintage guitar"/"vintage amp" definition of

representing the high quality of a past time; vintage cars, vintage cinema

It also implies that removing the pot, requiring it to be replaced, has reduced the resale value of this amp, when I imagine it's resale value is already pretty low because it's in bad physical shape and not a desirable vintage piece.

And I'll agree a lot of it is tonesniffing conjecture, but:

'62 strat is vintage
'73 strat is not

blackface twin reverb is vintage and being rented out of Hollywood Guitar Center's shop to the stars
silverface is sitting in a pawnshop for less than a re-issue sells for in perfect working order

There's a difference between vintage and being worn through heavy use/old age.

When I was first playing guitar you could get 70s strats for under a grand, because nobody wanted them. They were only interested in pre-CBS. Then the market for the pre-CBS stuff shot through the roof so they're like "well, these 70s guitars aren't THAT bad, they still have the fret radius and hardware I like, not all of them have sloppy neck pockets and they're all beat-up in that cool fashion at times..." Now the prices for those are through the roof as well, as a result of that sentiment. They are now ducking under the "vintage" proverbial umbrella, and now people are even slinging "vintage" Fender Lead IIs or Bullets... It's going to be a monocle massacre on my bedroom floor soon.

eBay partly to blame. They're using a blanket term "vintage" for any/all musical gear (which they specify as pre-80s) that is, as such, a bit useless. A Marshall or Orange could be vintage while a Twin from the exact same month/year of production is not.

[/massive 'i haven't had a cigarette today' post]

i'd say a '73 strat is vintage, likes. suppose it depends on your outlook.

Smash it Pete, they'll love it.

stewart wrote:i'd say a '73 strat is vintage, likes. suppose it depends on your outlook.

I didn't say I didn't like 'em, they're not vintage Fender though. 70s strats have my fave neck profile.

aye, i understand your point, it's just that people have different definitions of the word 'vintage'. i see where you're coming from.

my dad does a lot of vintage car stuff. the factor for a car being vintage is it has to be at least 25 years old. so any car from 1984 or earlier is considered vintage by enthusiasts. The Antique Automobile Club of America has a yearly swap meet in Hershey, PA. My dad goes every year. I went with him a year or two ago and at the car show portion there was an old 80s volvo there, haha. everyone was like huh?? it was nicely restored and everything but it just a little unusual for people to see it in that kind of environment.

Nar's a trout da once.

I brought it out to Corner Brook(a nearby town/city) so that my pal out there could give er a look. He's a techie and a elec. engineer. He'll get it figured out for me. Good stuff. If I cared half as much about amps as I do about guitars and basses, I would have done it myself.

Will: you were right, it barely needs anything. Just needs a volume pot and the input to the speaker repaired/rewired. I figured as much, and could've done it myself. I just don't like the idea of opening up an amp.

thanks guys.

-Also I found out that it's from the early 80s. Meaning it's not vintage at all, and it's also completely worthless. Which is cool I wouldn't sell it anyway.