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Upcycled Audio Vintage guitar amp restoration and service, including vacuum tube & solid state, custom built designs

Closing ShopSorry to bring on some bad news but I have decided to stop repairing amplifiers. I enjoy working on the amps...
06/05/2024

Closing Shop

Sorry to bring on some bad news but I have decided to stop repairing amplifiers. I enjoy working on the amps but when it comes to the amount of time that I spend trying to chase folks to pay their repair bills or work around some crazy schedule, its no longer worth the frustration. As a one-man shop, I handle everything and time is valueable. Every second counts. I am getting back to what I really enjoy, designing and creating.

Sorry it’s been a little quiet on here. It’s been very busy around with repairs. Up on the bench today is a Mesa Studio ...
11/08/2023

Sorry it’s been a little quiet on here. It’s been very busy around with repairs. Up on the bench today is a Mesa Studio Preamp in for scratchy pots. Tested the unit, yup scratchy and making the unit sound really bad. However it's not dirty pots. Good amount of the 400v orange drop caps are leaking. The preamp runs right at 400v in some places which the caps eventually fail. Measured 3.5v on one pot and then 65v 😳 on another! Time for new caps.

Ampeg V4 in for service and look what all I found of someone's past "work" 😳 scary. Geez there is a lot to be cleaned up...
09/20/2023

Ampeg V4 in for service and look what all I found of someone's past "work" 😳 scary. Geez there is a lot to be cleaned up.

All original 1966 Fender Champ on the bench today. Going to update the amp with a new 3 prong plug, filter and bypass ca...
09/13/2023

All original 1966 Fender Champ on the bench today. Going to update the amp with a new 3 prong plug, filter and bypass caps, and replacing a few burned components. Can't wait to hear this amp once it's back up and running.

Don't see too many of these floating around! 1964 Fender Bassman 6G6B in the tuxedo finish. The tolex is all original, n...
08/16/2023

Don't see too many of these floating around! 1964 Fender Bassman 6G6B in the tuxedo finish. The tolex is all original, not be spray painted or recovered. Cant wait to get this thing cranked up.

1967 Fender Vibro Champ in for some service. Looks like someone has already been in here before. Needs a new power cord,...
08/02/2023

1967 Fender Vibro Champ in for some service. Looks like someone has already been in here before. Needs a new power cord, wrong value resistor in the power supply, a mess on replacing the cathode resistor and cap for the output tube, added extra cap in parallel with failing cap. Adding a cap in parallel with a failing cap will not fix the problem. Going to rework the filaments as well for quieter operation.







Marshall Master Lead combo up on the bench. Looks like some "tech" work has been done to it. Including a NeverBlow fuse ...
07/26/2023

Marshall Master Lead combo up on the bench. Looks like some "tech" work has been done to it. Including a NeverBlow fuse mod. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Caps are pretty much dead. 💀

Marshall Master Lead combo up on the bench. Looks like some "tech" work has been done to it. Including a NeverBlow fuse ...
07/26/2023

Marshall Master Lead combo up on the bench. Looks like some "tech" work has been done to it. Including a NeverBlow fuse mod. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Caps are pretty much dead. 💀

Up on the bench today is an early 1950s National 1215 built by Valco. There has been a little bit of work done on it bef...
07/12/2023

Up on the bench today is an early 1950s National 1215 built by Valco. There has been a little bit of work done on it before that will need to be cleaned up, including the ever so popular electrical tape on the high voltage lines. 🤦🏼‍♂️






Marshall JCM900 50W amp up on the bench today. This one has plenty of dirt on the chassis, turns out that same dirt mana...
06/14/2023

Marshall JCM900 50W amp up on the bench today. This one has plenty of dirt on the chassis, turns out that same dirt managed to make its way into the amp. Lots of cleaning out the pots and slider switches on the back to get this back operating like it should.

Up on the bench this morning is a Fisher 800C tube stereo in for restoration. Love seeing these pieces come through and ...
06/12/2023

Up on the bench this morning is a Fisher 800C tube stereo in for restoration. Love seeing these pieces come through and being able to breath new life back into them. Amp has all original Fisher branded tubes, never been serviced before. Got to love the fonts on the dial and the old logos from a simpler time. Even has RCA outs to send for reverb.

1972 Fender Silverface Twin Reverb just finished up after some major work. The original caps had failed leaving a mess i...
06/07/2023

1972 Fender Silverface Twin Reverb just finished up after some major work. The original caps had failed leaving a mess in the cap pan. Fresh F&T caps in the power supply and MOD bypass caps in the preamp. The cabinet had separated in a few places, so had to repair that as well. All in all a great sounding Twin.

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