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Topic: Steel King Problems ? |
Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 1:33 am |
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| Since I bought my new Fender Steel King , three years ago, it has been in the shop about four times.It was making gargly sounds and output was lowered. The first couple times they couldn't make it act up. Then I took it elsewhere and they went over it and it was OK for a while. Now sometimes the reverb is barely coming through and if you wack the top of it with your fist, it comes back. My confidence in this amp is shattered. Has anyone out there had similar experiences? Thanks ,Ron |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 8:23 am
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My experiences were quite similar to yours. I eventually had it completely gone over and rebuilt by Fender repair guys and sold it. There are some guys on the forum that swear by them. I mostly swore at mine !
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 11:14 am
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| Fender had reliability problems with that amp and others. The input jack was soldered yo the PCB and would work loose over time and become intermittent. Very poor design quality. Chinese. If they were made in America like they're supposed to be it would be a better amp. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 9:33 pm
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| Actually it says on the back, "Made in Mexico" I'll take this one more time to the shop and then ,Adios Amigo. |
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2011 3:47 pm re fender problems,steel king
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Ron, I have had a steel king nothing but trouble,
followed by three peavey nashille 112
worse yet,however bought a evens the problems
are gone.
hope you start haveing better luck after it comes
back from the shop this time. |
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Thom Ferman
From:
Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2011 4:12 pm
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Ron this is most likely the input jack. Forumite Bob Knetzger posted about this:
I had an problem with my FSK input jack-- went sloppy in the middle of a big concert gig and made a LOUD buzz/crackle as it "make-and-break"ed the connection with the plug.
My easy fix was to use one of those cords with the self-tensioning plugs. (small metal compression springs around the plugs's sleeve contacts--very positive connection.)
The cable Bob is talking about is the Planet Waves cable with the compression springs:
Currently being sold on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280590165722&category=47075&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619
Using this cable has allowed me to make peace with my FSK and use it without failure.
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Thom Ferman
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2011 1:42 am
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Thank you for all the comments. I'll give the plug a try also. Ron
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Emmons SKH Le Grande, '73 Fender P/J bass, Tick tack bass, Regal high strung, USA Nashville 112. |
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