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“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice.” Einstein
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It's the black component in this (out of focus) pic at the far right-hand end, directly to the right of where the two twisted orange wires connect to the board.
The bad news is that the whole board has to come out to change it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Presuming the "bad news" is bad because it means more time therefore more money?!
Can I reasonably assume the good news in as far as there is any is this amp is not dead in the water nor desperately expensive a fix? Any idea of an estimate, and would you take it on? Assuming replacing valves is a pointless exercise for now & save money for the repair? It sounded bloody great for the 5 minutes it worked just as I'd hoped and very Voxy AC15 chimey in the bright position...
Not too bad. A decent tech will probably charge about £40 possibly including the new rectifier (if it doesn't just need resoldering) - they're pretty cheap - that's about the minimum charge via any kind of shop or professional business these days.
I could do it, but you're probably best to save the double courier fee and find someone local.
Yes. There's no point in changing the valves since it won't fix it and there's almost certainly nothing wrong with them.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Perhaps ironically he just got back to me and seems reasonably open to footing the repairs on the condition that I send him the initial fault report with cost to complete the repair before actually proceeding with the repair, which seems fair and reasonable.. he also wants a video clip of me playing the amp as the fault happens which incredibly I’ve managed to record but now have a dilemma on how to get it to him as it’s too big for email!
Any idea on turnaround period with you @ICBM ?
A couple of weeks should be enough I think - although I’m not in the shop this week, so a little longer if it’s soon.
Try to find someone local first though, it will save time and money.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I realised my google drive should do it..
re: local techs, seems I’m in the wrong part of the country for decent access to good techs and the few that are in range like Roland Lumby are consequently booked out for weeks.. unless anyone knows better!