1972 Fender Vibro Champ amp. It came to my shop not working. Screen resistor was burned in two, power tube had shorted out. Fixed it fairly quickly.
When testing it, I heard a loud crackle on bass notes. Look at pin 8 of that 12AX7 socket. It had never seen solder!
I asked the customer about it. His reply: Oh yeah, it's always done that. I fixed that, too.
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Topic - Odd discovery inside a 43 year old Fender amp - Alpha Al 13:30:34 06/04/15 (8)
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