The peavey was a pain in the .... I replaced the transistors in it and a couple other things. I fired it up thinking I had it fixed and it worked for a little bit and then it popped the transistors again. I must have missed something. I was just doing it as a favor for someone so the only one that was out anything was me. I paid for the parts and spent time on it. When you're working on an amp do you actually have schematics for them or are you just working from experience? All the welding equipment I work on I have schematics for and depending on the brand the manuals might even have test point voltages.
peavey was one of the first companies to start running high voltage over ribbon cables if that tells you anything.i know some repair guys that looove working on them for some reason (must be the money
) but working on that type of stuff just seems futile to me. if you know something is gonna break repeatedly because of crap engineering,it seems silly to keep throwing money at it every couple of months.....
it really just depends on the amp - most of the old fender stuff i can do in my sleep but i do try to have schematics for everything for doublechecking voltages and whatnot ( i err on the side of caution when sending out completed repairs and don't have a scope so i have to be extra critical with operating voltage fluctuations) but, nowadays, the better companies don't have a problem emailing you whatever you need free of charge.
actually, the majority of my schematics are digitized now. it's nice not to have to go digging through the file cabinets anymore and being able to zoom in on them without putting on glasses
on the fender thing, this popped up in the newsfeed this morning and reminded me of our conversation as it perfectly illustrates their issues:
Fender's move to sell instruments directly to musicians upsets dealers - LA Times
