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#278542 - 22/07/10 03:30 AM Advice on Fender amp please
pcoulson pcoulson Be Nice (I'm New!) Registered: 16/07/10 Posts: 11 Loc: Essex	Had been using,only for practice though,a Fender Deluxe 90 which I've had since new approx 7yrs.Couple of years ago kept cutting out.Electronics man repaired...Heat sink burnt out.Came back worked,broke again.Something about live circuit blown speaker??Replaced speaker,bob's your uncle...Cut out again...Solder joints....All resoldered..Perishing thing is doing a Norman Collier(mature members might remember this fellow whose act was a dodgy mike sketch)again.To replace it with somethig similarly loud enough will be dear....Can anyone point out what might be wrong? Am not without an amp as my other is a 250 Marshall....That does though rather burn the ears...Well so the rest of the village tell me!
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#278544 - 22/07/10 04:33 AM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: pcoulson]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	Couldn't say what's wrong, but you might consider trying a different repairer. I do wonder whether you might be better off cutting your losses though. For as dear as a new amp might be, your repair bills on your existing one will soon mount up... Loud enough for what?
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#278556 - 22/07/10 02:42 PM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: ]
DaveBass DaveBass Old Timer Registered: 30/10/02 Posts: 6424 Loc: The wilds of Surrey	Try Googling "fender deluxe 90 problem" -- there are several similar reports, including a YouTube video. It seems to be a hard-to-find intermittent on the circuit board or possibly inside one of the components. The best cure would be a new board. Good luck! Dave
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#278580 - 24/07/10 04:09 AM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: DaveBass]
pcoulson pcoulson Be Nice (I'm New!) Registered: 16/07/10 Posts: 11 Loc: Essex	Thank you DaveBass....You tube clip is interesting...Chap poking capacitors with fingers!! English Bob...Loud enough to match the exuberance of the bloke behind me with the sticks!..
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#278590 - 24/07/10 11:20 AM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: pcoulson]
english_bob english_bob Unregistered	Originally Posted By: pcoulson Thank you DaveBass....You tube clip is interesting...Chap poking capacitors with fingers!! There's an old adage about electronics that I heard... something about not putting your fingers anywhere you wouldn't happily put your...er... yeah.
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#278592 - 24/07/10 03:54 PM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: ]
Oldjono Oldjono Professional Forumite! Registered: 15/09/09 Posts: 842 Loc: Dorset	saw a bloke do a demo of a Marshall Haze 40 in Navada music in Portsmouth. It was brilliant and will allow your exuberant skin basher his outbursts too. I'm a laney sort myself, so would opt for the VC30 or LC30 for a more modern sound. As for your Fender amp, how much do you love it to keep getting it mended? I traded a Peavy Bandit in for a Laney TF50 11 years ago and it still sounds amazing. _________________________ My playing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiYSv38ZRok
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#278597 - 24/07/10 06:51 PM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: Oldjono]
Scrooge Scrooge Old Timer Registered: 30/11/02 Posts: 1259 Loc: Aberdeen	Oh dear, I've just seen the video... "My Fender amp 'was' making this sound. I believe it's the two big transistors (capacitors) you see me touch." "I wouldn't try this stuff in europe or where the ac current is 220volts. Using a wooden stick or something non conductive" "i touched a capicitor or something and i thought my friend next to me had actually tackled me full on. it was pretty powerful." sigh Steve. _________________________ I've always prefered natural sounds to the synthetic...and valves grow on trees, dammit!
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#278604 - 25/07/10 04:53 AM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: Scrooge]
The Tiggs The Tiggs Professional Forumite! Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 355 Loc: Derby	I'd like to see that burnt-out heatsink. It sounds like bovine excrement to me! It sounds like pc needs a recomendation for an good honest repair man. The Norman symptom should be fairly easy to find for a good electronic technician.
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#278606 - 25/07/10 11:47 AM Re: Advice on Fender amp please [Re: The Tiggs]
DaveBass DaveBass Old Timer Registered: 30/10/02 Posts: 6424 Loc: The wilds of Surrey	Originally Posted By: The Tiggs The Norman symptom should be fairly easy to find for a good electronic technician. Er, have you ever tried to track down an intermittent fault that refuses to disclose itself? It can take ages. Ages = lots of money when you're paying by the hour. This is why I suggested a new board. The intermittent fault that sticks in my memory was a dodgy connection inside a wirewound resistor. I eventually found it with freezer spray but it took me many hours as it only happened very rarely and never to order. Got the b*gger in the end though! Dave
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