Fender blackface Vibrolux

[laurie]

It has taken a big hit on the knobs. On the vibe controls. Front panel is bent.
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[laurie]

Easily fixed but annoying.

[laurie]

This is the knob that took the hit that bent the frame.
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[laurie]

Frame is straightened. I made a tool that let me pull the top lip back to the right position.
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[Pepe]

Great!

[laurie]

I noticed that some of the work done before I got the amp isn't up to standard. This is the quality of the solder joints on the recap of the bias capacitor.

Additionally, during the recap the wire was burned by poor workmanship, and then just left. This shoddiness pisses me off, and there is no need for it.

Bad joint:

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Burned wire:

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New Sprague capacitor and cleaned up joints and wiring:

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[laurie]

This is the knob that took the hit that bent the frame.
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A little bit of heat from the heatgun and some patience and I've been able to mostly restore this knob:
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[Pepe]

Wow! I hadn't thought that this could work. Great tip!

[laurie]

Another annoyance - one of the bypass caps was burned when the recap was done. Again, no excuse for this.
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[laurie]

Bypass caps all replaced with some very nice Sprague 25mfd caps that I was able to source.
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