God help me... I'm such a dope.

[ShortyMedlock]

Last summer I bought my Music Master Bass amp and really liked it.

But it had a bad volume/ on/ off pot and a little hum. All OEM pots and capacitors.

I bought some new caps and a pot and went to work.

Then I went back to work and all my projects ( two amp repairs and two offset projects) went dormant.

Now, with two newer acquisitions ready to play(a neat Hondo Lead II copy and a Squire 51) I want to play thru a real tube amp again.

Kinda bored with my Dano Nifty 30 and a modeler.

So I go to work on the MMB and I find I am half finished wiring in the new pot. Not a huge deal but I wish I had saved a photo of the old wiring so my repair doesn't cause a city wide electrical blackout!!!!

Damn I'm old....

[hulakatt]

Ooh, yeah. Been there, done that, caused a minor blackout...

[ShortyMedlock]

I also have one unsoldered lead that goes to

Back to work...

[GilmourD]

https://web.archive.org/web/20080913095 ... s.com/ffg/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080908233 ... _bass.html

[ShortyMedlock]

Thanks Gilmour....that is a good photo reference.

I have most of it figured out... but of the 20/20 x 300 v filter capacitor replacements I have in stock I can really only use one.

The bigger F&T I have will work fine but I need two...for some reason I ordered a smaller radial cap ( of the same 22mf) for one leg of the old Mallory thinking it would fit "better"....I was wrong.

I dicked around with it for an hour then took a nap. This morning one look at the amp and I the light bulb went off!

Amazing how a nap can help clear the mind...

While I am at this deal I am going to order some grill cloth. It looks like some tomcat used the amp for a scratching post....the tolex is good for a '73. The grille cloth not so much.

I really like this amp...has the classic clean chime. Never really knew much about these until I found this last summer. This has a nice Jupiter 12" speaker in it...

More later.

[ShortyMedlock]

Thanks Gilmour....that is a good photo reference.

I have most of it figured out... but of the 20/20 x 300 v filter capacitor replacements I have in stock I can really only use one.

The bigger F&T I have will work fine but I need two...for some reason I ordered a smaller radial cap ( of the same 22mf) for one leg of the old Mallory two legged cap thinking it would fit "better"....I was wrong.

I dicked around with it for an hour late last night then took a break. This morning one look at the amp and I the light bulb went off!

Amazing how a nap can help clear the mind...

While I am at this deal I am going to order some grill cloth. It looks like some tomcat used the amp for a scratching post....the tolex is good for a '73. The grille cloth not so much.

I think I need the fabric with the turquoise stripe?

I really like this amp...has the classic clean chime. Never really knew much about these until I found this last summer. This has a nice Jupiter 12" speaker in it...

More later.

[Dr Tony Balls]

Amazing how a nap can help clear the mind...

Bike rides and showers, too!

[ShortyMedlock]

Well I got the new cap I ordered....off to Florida tomorrow. I might drag this amp along and work on it at my brother's place.

[Jaguar018]

I might drag this amp along and work on it at my brother's place.

Most people just bring their dog.

[ShortyMedlock]

I might drag this amp along and work on it at my brother's place.

Most people just bring their dog.

Heard that!