wagdog
Ack
I love old silverface fenders. I Picked up this well used Quad Reverb today. I believe it's an '74, but I'm not certain. Still working on the date.
The cab is pretty beat up, but salvageable. Not sure I really want a 4x12 Fender amp. I do have a Fender 2x12 cab with a twin reverb project amp in it that I could use, or I might have a head cabinet built... or I might restore the 4x12.
The amp worked but had pitiful volume and was pretty thin. No reverb heard. I haven't checked the tank yet, I suspect it's the cables. It had three diffreent 6L6s in it and various 12ax7s - all of the tubes were old.
The takedown was rough. The chassis screws are pretty well pooched. Once apart, the innards looked like I'd expected. Once the doghouse cover came off, the reason for the lack of volume out of the amp is apparent. I'll be ordering parts over the next few weeks and patching it up. I'm also going to remove the ground switch and install a real adjustable bias as opposed to the balance pot. I'll probably covert the PI and power amp to a blackface circuit as well.
Here's the pics....
The cab is pretty beat up, but salvageable. Not sure I really want a 4x12 Fender amp. I do have a Fender 2x12 cab with a twin reverb project amp in it that I could use, or I might have a head cabinet built... or I might restore the 4x12.
The amp worked but had pitiful volume and was pretty thin. No reverb heard. I haven't checked the tank yet, I suspect it's the cables. It had three diffreent 6L6s in it and various 12ax7s - all of the tubes were old.
The takedown was rough. The chassis screws are pretty well pooched. Once apart, the innards looked like I'd expected. Once the doghouse cover came off, the reason for the lack of volume out of the amp is apparent. I'll be ordering parts over the next few weeks and patching it up. I'm also going to remove the ground switch and install a real adjustable bias as opposed to the balance pot. I'll probably covert the PI and power amp to a blackface circuit as well.
Here's the pics....