2016-09-14 10:00
So...The home-made bass project is slowly taking shape. FiL just needs to fix his router bench to the garage floor to stop it vibrating too much, then we can do the neck pocket, and pickup … Read More
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One man's quest to improve his guitar rebuilding skills with a view to some day making it a commercial venture. Project diaries plus general thoughts, rants and the occasional video.
2016-06-05 08:31
Finally got the £20 non-working TNT 150 on the bench.
Replaced the cap and rectifier (forgot to take photos), chassis back in, speaker reconnected, flick the switch... no loud pop fol… Read More
2016-05-21 14:10
New strings, bit of Servisol in the pots and pickup switch... and the bridge lifts like a really lifty thing.
Take the backplate off and find the claw holding the crappy, corroded springs h… Read More
2016-05-18 18:08
Yesterday I got this from my mum, who'd got it from a friend who was giving it
away.
It's a Marlin Sidewinder, mid-80s guitar aimed at wannabe shredders on a tight budget.The strings need… Read More
2015-03-26 13:29
Prototype dual output guitar made from that rubbish LP copy I got a while back. Testing tonight Read More
2015-03-17 10:49
Would have been happier if the innards didn't smell of wee Read More
2015-01-24 21:07
So, that Carlsbro PA 60 I took on from Mr. Foxen all that time ago is finally all fixed.
I got a big new resistor to replace the one that was smoking, wired everything up, put the valves… Read More
2014-09-02 12:11
I'm still around!
Got a bit demoralised with the whole amp tinkering thing after taking on a mid-90s Marshall to fix and I just totally couldn't. (note to self: no mid-90s Marshalls ever.)… Read More
2014-04-27 15:59
Got a Mullard ECC83 off Mr. Foxen to try in the Blackstar HT-DistX he traded me. It doesn't "completely open up the EQ" as I've seen claimed on the interwebz about replacing the valves in th… Read More
2014-03-04 10:21
The Carlsbro amp still isn't working. Having sorted the filter caps and the HT fuse (which it turns out needed to be slow-blow) the choke resistor (basically a great big resistor that sits b… Read More
2014-03-04 10:20
Well, it works perfectly! The sound is so much clearer and definitely a bit more Rick-like when I have the settings right.
Can't wait to test it at band volume.
I may do a recording at… Read More
2014-02-16 18:32
New resisistor and HT fuse in, powe cord into amp, plugged into circuit breaker (safety first).
Power on! Light! Wheeee!
Check HT fuse, just to be sure, and it's blown with no valves i… Read More
2014-02-02 20:13
Retrovive RV-4 in C# standard -> Nine of Swords Burial at Sea -> Blackstar HT-DistX -> Peavey Firebass power amp -> Orange OBC 115
Sub. Ter. Ran. Ean
That is all Read More
2014-02-02 20:05
As mentioned previously Mr. Foxen of Ampstack has given me a Carlsbro PA 60 to work on.
From what I can tell from info-mining the internet this is a early-mid 70s model, probably a late… Read More
2014-01-26 11:08
So, it appears to be all go here at Atomic Tangerine.
Not only am I soon to take on my second non-personal guitar upgrade, but I've taken on a project from Mr. Foxen.
The guitar upgrade is… Read More
2014-01-18 21:16
I have finally fixed my Peavey Road Master. Following the diagnosis a while back I have got the resistors that I needed, and replaced them (along with putting smaller LEDs in the front panel… Read More
2013-12-26 12:07
I got a Black & Decker Workmate and a hot air gun for Christmas, meaning I can finally strip the finish off those guitar bodies I have lying around.Also got a wee voltage tester, which'l… Read More
2013-10-20 21:05
So, that possible solution wasn't any sort of solution.
Which leads me to the bit I'd been putting off, getting out the multimeter and painstakingly testing all the resistors.
A long time… Read More
2013-10-20 08:11
Had the lid off the Roadmaster again yesterday. Cleaned the hell out of everything I thought needed cleaning. Refreshed all the solder joints. Lugged it back upstairs, plugged it in and... s… Read More
2013-03-24 19:22
Well... it's been a while.
Scored a cheapish bass neck on eBay and luckily was able to offset the cost against selling something else so do not have to actually spent any money on it. Going… Read More
2012-12-30 12:16
Ordered new machine heads, switch and nut for the Hondo II 'Faker. Was pleasantly surprised to discover that W. D. Music do enclosed bass machines of the right type and measurements so shoul… Read More
2012-12-29 18:19
Still trying to sell this, it's a pretty good instrument just not really 'me' any more. Email me if interested.
I'm after £250 or thereabouts for it. I will consider dropping the p… Read More
2012-12-16 20:39
Welp...
That was mostly successful.
The amp works, and sounds come out of it. The clean channel is nice and warm and clear, the reverb works but is a little noisy (not imagining this being… Read More
2012-12-15 22:50
Having sent my Peavey Road Master head off to Oli for general diagnosis, I now have him back along with some new capacitors.
After establishing that the big filter caps weren't going to ELE… Read More
2012-12-06 21:35
As you will have noticed I don't update this very often. The thing is that fixing up guitars is expensive and as I've not yet taken on any serious paid work for other people I don't have the… Read More
2012-11-29 13:02
Regular readers will be aware that I'm quite keen on the aesthetics of Rickenbacker 4000 series basses, but less keen on Rickenbacker as a company, so I compromise by being into so-called Ri… Read More
2012-11-06 21:48
I have been trying to sell this for bloody ages. I'm more into more classic/retro styles these days, so don't really play it much. This is the very guitar the scammer I blogged about claimed… Read More
2012-10-25 18:40
Said to a work colleague I'd check out and fix her daughter's bass which I think is a Harley Benton HBB200 (active small body P & J)... odd beastie in that it seems to have passive contr… Read More
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