by Steve | May 22, 2013 | Amplifier Repair, Fender, Fender Amp, Pickups, Vintage Restoration
Last fall we received a donation to our Guitar Recycling program – benefitting Intonation Music Workshop – that blew us away. It will ultimately raise nearly $3000 for the kids learning to play music through IMW. It was this vintage 1974 Fender Strat with...
by Steve | Aug 13, 2012 | Amplifier Repair, Fender Amp, Marshall, Re-tube and bias, side smash, Uncategorized, vintage, Vintage Amp |
…or how Pat McKeever single-handedly saved Lollapalooza! Okay, maybe that’s overstating things a teeny bit… August 4th, we got a call from the guitar tech for Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer that they were in need of quick repairs to a pair...
by Steve | Jul 21, 2012 | Amplifier Repair, Fender Amp, Uncategorized, Vintage Amp |
Vintage guitar and amp collectors always want to see things in their most original condition. So what do you do when a vital component should be replaced? This is one of the classics, folks. It’s a vintage 1956 Fender Bassman. One of the earlier generations of...
by Steve | Apr 24, 2012 | Amplifier Repair, Bass Amp, electronics |
How do you know when a speaker is blown? The owner of this GK 1001 RB 210 combo, was getting a flabby, distorted output from his amp – particularly at loud volumes. He tried running the external speaker output to a separate speaker cabinet and found that it...
by Steve | Apr 11, 2012 | Ampeg, Amplifier Repair, electronics, Uncategorized |
This Ampeg bass amp needed to get back on the road quick. Here’s how we did it. We got a Friday morning phone call recently from a band that was passing through Chicago when the bass player’s Ampeg SVT Classic head started malfunctioning. There was all...
by Steve | Oct 21, 2011 | Amplifier Repair, Marshall, Re-tube and bias |
The Marshall JCM800 is a great rock amp, but this one didn’t work at all when it arrived. We’re lucky to have one of Chicago’s best amplifier repair techs here and Pat got it cleaned up, re-tubed, and roaring again. One of our customers was given...
