Craig's 1966 Bandmaster In Progress Page
11/20/03

Initial Condition

Original caps covered in what seems to be black soot.

Check out the use of black cloth wire! Most failed solder connection in a Fender Black or Silverface Amp.

Slightly rusty power tranny and original power supply caps.

Restoration Progress

Cleaned chassis, transformers and rear faceplate.

New power supply caps and cathode caps.

New grid/screen resistors, on/off and standby switches, tubes and power cord.

New signal path coupling caps. In test.

Completed Restoration

Craig sent me this feedback after receiving his amp:
I've never played through a Fender amp that sounded as great as the Bandmaster sounds now.  Ever, ever. Thank you so much!  It was like cleaning my glasses after 20 years of squinting through funk and smear.

What's left to do:

• completely clean chassis and power tranny

• remove and clean front and back faceplates

• perform a complete cap job

• install new on/off and standby switches

• install new grid and screen resistors

• install new power cord

• perform switch-able tremolo mod

• clean and tighten tube sockets

• install new tubes, dc/ac test 

• replace signal path coupling caps

• burn in

• final test

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