May 2, 2010

Fender Bassman Update

I was wrong. I wasn't a blown capacitor. It was two blown resistors. And a blown capacitor. The smoke was from the resistors though, not the capacitor. The good news is that these are cheap parts; two 100 ohm resistors and a 5uf capacitor. I have no idea why they blew, but if i had to guess I'd say it was due to age. It should be an easy fix.

Amp Guts Porn:

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Here you can see the two blown resistors

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Blown cap in the bottom of this picture. It's really hard to see.

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Another view of the blown cap.

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