UPDATE Faulty(SEMI WORKING !!) Fender Frontman 212 Free To a Good Home

DrBob

That, I think you would agree is a cracking bit of alliteration right there ?

Okay so here's the scoop. My mate Matt is down in Sidcup clearing the debris of his eldest sons stuff now that he has flown the nest. Amongst the chattels of said offspring is a Fender Frontman 212 Combo. Guitarist son says it has developed a fault, you dont get any output out of it when you plug a guitar in, just a "crackling noise" Son has moved beyond it and has instructed Matt to ditch it. Seems a shame, feels like a waste to skip it,might be an easy fix, if not could be repurposed as a 2x12 cab ? Failing that scavenge for parts ?

Anyway, anyone wants it as is ? Free of charge, all I ask is that If I put you in touch with Matt that you turn up at his house to collect it  and reinforce the impression that I've given him that us FretBoard lot are nice, well mannered, and grateful bunch

jebroad

Where abouts is it located?

DrBob

jebroad said:

Where abouts is it located?

Sidcup fella 

DrBob

Hot news, my friend just tried plugging a guitar into it. Input 1, crackly and strumming the guitar made the crackle change, plugged the guitar into input 2, works fine ! 

Sooo it sounds like the input 1 fault could be a dry solder joint and input 2 works fine so this is a working (ish) 2x12 100w amp fo free, gratis, nada nothing ....

DrBob

Bump for a big loud box of free noise 

guitargeek62

Hmm, that’s just down the road from me but I absolutely don’t need it...  

ICBM

DrBob said:

Hot news, my friend just tried plugging a guitar into it. Input 1, crackly and strumming the guitar made the crackle change, plugged the guitar into input 2, works fine ! 

Sooo it sounds like the input 1 fault could be a dry solder joint and input 2 works fine so this is a working (ish) 2x12 100w amp fo free, gratis, nada nothing ....

Yes, definitely a fault with the input 1 jack. The common ones are either a broken solder joint under the PCB, or the jack pin itself - harder to spot, they can break between the jack and the board if it gets flexed hard, eg if the lead gets trodden on. Worst case is it needs a new jack.

Kebabkid

Their occasional issues aside, these are actually decent solid state amps with nice, very Fender-inspired cleans and they're excellent pedal platforms. Even the OD Channel is usable and they're loud

DrBob

guitargeek62 said:

Hmm, that’s just down the road from me but I absolutely don’t need it...  

Mate I don’t need it either but if weren’t so far away I think I’d have taken it any way ! 

midlifecrisis

years ago i had one of those gigged it for about a year , really good cleans and reverb. kept reading how rubbish they were so i sold mine. then i kept reading how great they are, if i was nearer id grab that.

Teyeplayer

If he doesn’t mind having it for an extra week (it’s my daughters birthday this weekend) so unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to collect until the following weekend (9th/10th) then I’ll happily take this off his hands. I’ve been looking for something cheap and SS, so wouldn’t mind having a go at fixing this.

DrBob

Teyeplayer said:

If he doesn’t mind having it for an extra week (it’s my daughters birthday this weekend) so unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to collect until the following weekend (9th/10th) then I’ll happily take this off his hands. I’ve been looking for something cheap and SS, so wouldn’t mind having a go at fixing this.

Hey mate, I’ll check but I imagine that would probably be fine. I think he would rather it didn’t go to waste