Fender Showman 1965 - Full restoration

 

Replaced

1K5 Resistor on last Tube dry joint below power chord

12AU7 instead of AT7

220K Resistor open ended

Bias supply dodgy soldering

Broken standby switch

Brown and Orange dip capacitor incorrect values

Burnt resistor

Cathode biasing not too happy

Cathodes to chassis soldering? WTF!

Chassis to chassis earth strap. Innovative:)

The eagle has landed from Jeffreys Bay
Thanks to John from ToneTubes for excellent service

Not nice

Filament wiring needs attention

ESKOM is not helping

Rectifier soldering doubling up as slowblow fuses.
Not OK.

Free floating wiring hiding

Start checking 1

Checking 2

Checking 3

Tag board - before

Almost done

First start-up after restore

I got the standby switch wrong way round
When the toggle points to "Standby"
it means, not standby.

Rule 1 - Check the power plug first (I did actually).

Better.

Client quality assurance.