Members psalt_phallow Posted March 10, 2006 Members Share Posted March 10, 2006 It just cost me $108.00 to replace the standby and power switch as well as clean some mysterious black gunk (that came from no where?) in my twin reverb, they didn't even check anything else at all... was I ripped off or is this a normal charge for amp repair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted March 10, 2006 Members Share Posted March 10, 2006 Reissue or original? Usually there is a fixed minimum bench charge, say $50, then parts. Not a great price, but I could see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dbx Posted March 10, 2006 Members Share Posted March 10, 2006 Originally posted by psalt_phallow It just cost me $108.00 to replace the standby and power switch as well as clean some mysterious black gunk (that came from no where?) in my twin reverb, they didn't even check anything else at all... was I ripped off or is this a normal charge for amp repair? What were you quoted for the labor rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El-Lardo Posted March 10, 2006 Members Share Posted March 10, 2006 Originally posted by dbx What were you quoted for the labor rate? That would equate to about two hours of labor in my shop. I would have charged you around $10 for the swithches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted March 10, 2006 Members Share Posted March 10, 2006 it really depends on how good their work is. black goop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dbx Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by RoboPimp it really depends on how good their work is. black goop? Could be spoogz from a blown capacitor at some point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred5 Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 I think it sounds decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitArtMan Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Sounds a tad high to me. I had my amp tech add a standby switch to my Carmen Ghia a few years back. I think the tab was only around $60 or $70 or there abouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bruce Bennett Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 in my shop that would have been about 48.00 plus 10.00 for the two switches. so yeah that would be high for Chattanooga Tn IMHO... But then again.. if it was in New York... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Klisk Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Considering the cheapest price I got around here (Here being the key word) to switch out a pot on a GUITAR was nearly 60 bucks, I have to say 100 for an amp repair won't kill you.Yeah... 30 dollars to replace the electronics (a pot, and some wires?) and then an additional 30 for labor.I'm not even going to go into what some OTHER places wanted... I mean hell, it was just a broken pot. Looking back on it, I should have fixed it myself. Live and learn, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sirhcathome Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 I was thinking if it was an amp where the switches were attached to a PCB that has everything else, it could be a real pain to pull it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psalt_phallow Posted March 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 12, 2006 It's an original, the switches were not mounted to the pcb, it also happens to be the only repair place in the city where both music stores in the area send off all their amp repairs to. no labor rate was quoted at all, they simply said call back in a week and that was about it. I was also thinking that the black goo must have been from a blown cap but they never mentioned fixing one and the last time I opened it up myself I saw no such things. They also didn't mention anything about it not being biased for the tubes i stuck into it before I brought it in. I had been trying out running it with only 2 power tubes and one speaker to see how that went but rehooked the speaker up and put the tubes back in for when I was taking it in. It seems all they did at all was replace the switches without really checking it out at all to me. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Caps usually spooge white goo not black. Black goo could be someone trying to quiet the amp down (microphonics) in the past, or something similar. Weird. Still price was high but not insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members psalt_phallow Posted March 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by Sir H C Caps usually spooge white goo not black. Black goo could be someone trying to quiet the amp down (microphonics) in the past, or something similar. Weird.Still price was high but not insane. That's good information to know, thanks! White goo well none of that was in there which is very good. As it turns out the amp ran more quietly since the repairs durring this weekends gigs which is a great thing since it was very bad once the switches broke. Who would have thought such a small part of a system could cause so much hummmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dbx Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by Sir H C Caps usually spooge white goo not black. Black goo could be someone trying to quiet the amp down (microphonics) in the past, or something similar. Weird. Still price was high but not insane. Ah...OK, my bro has a Peavey Classic 20 that has some brownish spooge on the inside of the chassis....it stopped working recently, I think his power cap(s) are gone, but I haven't actually seen this yet..."chassis undercoating" to kill microphonics... ....interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sir H C Posted March 13, 2006 Members Share Posted March 13, 2006 Originally posted by dbx Ah...OK, my bro has a Peavey Classic 20 that has some brownish spooge on the inside of the chassis....it stopped working recently, I think his power cap(s) are gone, but I haven't actually seen this yet..."chassis undercoating" to kill microphonics... ....interesting... I guess I should say that of all the power caps that I have seen go (dozens) all have had white goo. Could go brownish if it burns a bit, but the core is white. And you see where it comes out of the cap, there is a vent port on the rubber part with the terminals. If that is bulged or popped that is a dead cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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