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Topic: Air vent on a Fender Steel King? |
Mark Theobald
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2024 10:33 am |
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Howdy All,
I grabbed this picture from a Fender Steel King posted on Reverb.com for sale in Germany.
It seems to show a (factory installed?) air vent on the top.
Has anyone seen one of these vents in the wild, or experienced overheating of their FSK without one?
Thanks for any insight.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 2 Sep 2024 7:30 am
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No Steel Kings I have seen in person and many images online have this vent. Most likely added on by a previous owner.
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Marco Schouten
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 4:37 am
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Wasn't the Fender Steelking a combo amp??
Looks like they sererated the amp head and put it in an enclosure.
I could be wrong though...
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 6:23 am
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| Marco Schouten wrote: |
Wasn't the Fender Steelking a combo amp??
Looks like they sererated the amp head and put it in an enclosure.
I could be wrong though... |
It is a combo amp. Here is the Reverb listing for the amp.
https://reverb.com/item/24329958-fender-steelking?bk=
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Danny Letz
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Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 2:29 pm
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| Is Germany's electricity 60 cycle, 110 volt? May have something to do with that???? |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Sep 2024 10:02 pm
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| Danny Letz wrote: |
| Is Germany's electricity 60 cycle, 110 volt? May have something to do with that???? |
230v 50hz
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 3:46 am
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This is a 230v version Steel King (per the ad). Maybe the vents were factory installed in the 230v amps.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Danny Letz
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Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 4:27 am
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| That’s what I was thinking was a possibility. |
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Mark Theobald
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2024 7:14 am
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OK, thanks everybody!
We'll leave this as a minor mystery, or as suggested, a user-installed modification.
The FSK schematic for the 220 volt export version shows only a transformer change to reflect the increased input voltage. All the rest of the circuits including power transistors are unchanged. |
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