How to Repair Music Gear
Guitar Amp Channel Switching Problem and How to Repair
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Ok campers, I get quite a few questions in emails asking me about how to repair channel switching problems on newer Fender and Peaveys and such. Most of the time the actual repair is simple to an experienced bench tech but to someone sitting at home wondering if they should fix it themselves to save [...]
How to use an Ohm Meter or Multimeter
Sunday, December 20th, 2009Since most musicians have to use electricity to perform in one way or another, learning how to use an ohm meter or these days a multimeter, you can save time and money.
And even more important you can understand your equipment better and get better use out of it.
Getting started is not that hard at all. [...]
Kendrick Humor
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Here’s a funny video by Kendrick. What he did was push the input jack apart so the amp would hum. And then hammed it up. I’ve seen techs do this with rookies and even some more harder to detect stunts like tie a 1 ohm carbon comp resistor across the outputs of a power [...]
Checking for Blown Diaphram
Monday, January 21st, 2008Here is a video I did in the shop to test an EV Eliminator High Frequency Driver. (Horn) Customer stated it didn’t work. This is how I determined it was defective before ordering. The important thing to remember is there are numerous situations where an ohm meter comes in handy with music [...]