I believe it's a testament to how good Fender built these things 30 years ago. I reflowed the solder on the Capacitors, Cleaned out all the Pots, Replaced broken and cracked input jacks.
I fired her up, and WOW. Beautiful sound. Great Reverb! Just excellent overall.
I did learn one lesson though... this tear down I simply cut the reverb coax cables to get them out of the way. WRONG! .
It took me a good while to solder all the lines properly together and heat shrink them well. Sheesh. Lesson Learned.
I fired her up, and WOW. Beautiful sound. Great Reverb! Just excellent overall.
I did learn one lesson though... this tear down I simply cut the reverb coax cables to get them out of the way. WRONG! .
It took me a good while to solder all the lines properly together and heat shrink them well. Sheesh. Lesson Learned.