Members Bluescout Posted January 21, 2006 Members Posted January 21, 2006 After cleaning a lot of broken tube glass out and replacing the tubes, the head ran great. I cleaned the hell out of the amp, the chassis, the grills, the chrome and everything because I'm OCD that way. I ordered parts from Peavey and they arrived promptly. I straightened the front and rear grills and set to replacing the broken pots: Before the surgery Removed the tubes and flipped it over on the bench. I removed the pot nuts (said nuts) and got the faceplate off The power and standby switches. These LEDs were a pain to get indone Here's the controls board where I've labeled and yanked all the plugs off it. Here's the controls board out with a broken pot on it. Here's a new pot installed next to an old one. If I'd known they would supply metal shaft pots (said shaft) I'd have replaced them all. Here it is almost back to original glory And...... we're done!!! The all new knobs look much better and stay on the shafts (shafts again) much better. I may make a metal cover for the delicate end of the amp to protect the controls during transport. I re-biased the tubes just before re-assembly. I used automotive clips on the front grille to use the original screws, the grille is just set back 3/4 of an inch. I may go with the original cooling design by adding a thin piece of plexiglass behind the front grille because I feel that fan blowing out the front and not by the tubes. Do I officially qualify for Tube Amp club or anything yet?
Members HORSE Posted January 21, 2006 Members Posted January 21, 2006 Very impressive. Do you have a background in electronics to do all this? Or were you using a lot of common sense?
Members Thornton Davis Posted January 22, 2006 Members Posted January 22, 2006 Well Rob, I think we would all agree when I say, welcome to the Classic 400 Club ! TD
Members Bluescout Posted January 22, 2006 Author Members Posted January 22, 2006 Originally posted by HORSE Very impressive. Do you have a background in electronics to do all this? Or were you using a lot of common sense? Thanks, I've always been talented like that. I was a mechanic for a long time and now I'm a computer geek. I disassemble a lot of laptops. The trick I figured out was to disassemble them UPSIDE DOWN. Everything slides nicely that way.
Members el_duderino676 Posted January 22, 2006 Members Posted January 22, 2006 Looks great. Now you should recover it in tweed and paint the grill a brownish tweed color.
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