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[rachett]

I have an Acetone Solid Ace-8 head. It's made by Ace Electronics, the company that Ikutaro Kakehashi started before he started Roland (Boss).

It has the cushiony covering like a Kustom Tuck N Roll. It has cool lights, and it has three tone choices - buttons colored beige, white, and tan, or something like that. But, it doesn't sound great. Very scratchy pots and the sound doesn't turn down when you turn the volume down.

I have no idea how or when I'll fix it, but I will some day. I was just wondering if anyone has any knowledge of Acetone amps. I can find next to nothing on them online.

Thanks!

[J M Fahey]

If thatīs all the problems it has, itīs easy.
Scratchy non responding pots (plus probably noisy jacks and unreliable switches) all scream of dirt, grime and oxidation, to be expected after 30/40 years.
Buy a can of DEOXIT, and use according to instructions.
Squirt a little inside pots and switches and move them end to end to clean, some more in jacks, and work plugs in/out to get the same effect.
Repeat until clean.
If some pot does not respond to treatment, replace it.
You do not even need a schematic for that.
Good luck.

[joecool85]

I've not heard of the amp myself, but like Juan said, you should be able to fix it no problem without a schematic if that's all that's wrong with it.

[kato]

Scratchy pots can also indicate the presence of DC in your audio which could point to a failed input coupling capacitor.