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Dashawn Hickman
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:00 pm |
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I was recently given this amp, it is a Fender Showman with a 15' speaker. What's the problem it want work! I don't know much about it but was told the round disks in the picture may be the cause as to way it want work. What are they? Where could find them? Is this a good amp amp for steel guitar. And could any one recommend a good amp tech in NC or the surrounding area?
Thanks for any and all input.
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Carl Kilmer
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East Central, Illinois
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:08 pm
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the 2 round ones are capacitors and square one on the
right of them with a screw in center is a rectifier.
The big black square is a transformer. Any one may fail.
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Dashawn Hickman
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:16 pm
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Thank you Mr Kilmer,
Is there any way of checking to see which one is bad or is this a case of a complete overhaul? Are the parts readily available? |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:42 pm
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You need a very good Multi meter that measures capacitance, resistance,
and AC/DC voltage to start with. WARNING: there's enough voltage there
to electrocute you. You'd be better off to have a good tech repair it for you.
They have access to parts and can check the PC boards and connections too.
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aka "Lucky Kay"--Custom built Rittenberry SD10 3X5, Walker S/S, NV-112, and Hilton Pedal |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:50 pm
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| Your questions indicate that there is nothing that you have the know how to do. Anything under discussion here requires some firm basic understandings of amp electronics and safety. Do not touch anything in there. |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 3:58 pm
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| Do not touch anything in there. |
Yeah. Apart from checking fuses, it should be left to someone who knows his/her way around in such circuits. All too easy to damage the circuit, or yourself. |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 4:46 pm
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Is that a solid state amp? I know Fender made some starting in about the 80s. If it is, I doubt it sounds much like a tube Showman. But it might sound good. I really don't know.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 5:07 pm
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With those heatsinks, I'd bet my last dollar that's a solid state amp..
Any guitar store will know a decent amp tech. If an amp doesn't work at all, those are easiest to fix.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Dashawn Hickman
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 5:07 pm
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Wow thank you guys a lot! That's the type of stuff i need to hear. I can work my way around a steel guitar but never with the amps. And from what you guys are saying i should step back slowly, and let the professionals deal with this!!! I'll call the local Guru...
Thanks guys, God Bless! |
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Dashawn Hickman
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 5:10 pm
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| Mr. Sutherland and Gray, yes its a solid state amp |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 Dec 2016 5:27 pm
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Good call Dashawn. I'm glad you took that in the spirit intended. I don't know a lot. For a while I did some of my own tech work on some tube amps. I learned from books and videos. The first thing I learned was the safety rules involving discharging capacitors. The next thing I learned was to recognize what I was qualified to mess with (a few specific things)and what was over my head (pretty much everything else, it turned out.)
Understanding the dangers is everything and leaving this to the experts is the right call. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Dec 2016 6:02 pm
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Buncha IC's, big caps, and four T-03 power transistor lead layouts on the top board.
Yep, that's solid state, alright! 
The guys are right. If you can't identify parts, you shouldn't be noodlin' around inside. |
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