How to Repair Music Gear
Troubleshooting Audio Mixing Boards and other Clues…
Troubleshooting audio mixers has come up twice now so I thought I would post my thoughts and maybe it will help someone that is experiencing the problem. Sometimes there are clues to where the problem could be and all you have to do is think logical about it. An example is you have a mixing [...]
Guitar Amp Channel Switching Problem and How to Repair
Ok campers, I get quite a few questions in emails asking me about how to repair channel switching problems on newer Fender and Peaveys and such. Most of the time the actual repair is simple to an experienced bench tech but to someone sitting at home wondering if they should fix it themselves to save [...]
How to use an Ohm Meter or Multimeter
Since most musicians have to use electricity to perform in one way or another, learning how to use an ohm meter or these days a multimeter, you can save time and money. And even more important you can understand your equipment better and get better use out of it. Getting started is not that hard [...]
Kendrick Humor
Here’s a funny video by Kendrick. What he did was push the input jack apart so the amp would hum. And then hammed it up. I’ve seen techs do this with rookies and even some more harder to detect stunts like tie a 1 ohm carbon comp resistor across the outputs of a power amp. [...]
Checking for Blown Diaphram
Here is a video I did in the shop to test an EV Eliminator High Frequency Driver. (Horn) Customer stated it didn’t work. This is how I determined it was defective before ordering. The important thing to remember is there are numerous situations where an ohm meter comes in handy with music gear. Learning how [...]