I've been working slowly on the pedal steel, so I don't have much to post right now. I took some time to reorganize my work shop, and now I'm deciding how I want to do the rest of the work. In the mean time, this is the last project I worked on:
It's a Fender M80 Chorus amplifier, I believe from around 1989 or so. Originally this amp was covered by grey carper, so ugly that I didn't even take any pictures before I ripped it off. I bought this amp from a guy at work for $35. He said it didn't work. I'm still not sure what he thought was wrong with it, but I've since used it to play a full show at a bar without any problem. I refinished it with Western Tolex from Mojotone and I was really happy with it. Chrome corners to protect it from damage. The amp cabinet is made from some of the cheapest particle board I have ever seen. It was literally coming apart when I was working on it. I hope the corner pieces hold it together.
It still needs some work. The wiring isn't right. Someone replaced a bunch of the pots with different ones, which is why some knobs are missing or the wrong color. I'm not even sure if they are the correct values but it works right now and sounds great, so I'm not going to mess with it until I need to.
Good job on the recover! How did you get the old carpet off?
ReplyDeleteI would also like to know how you got the carpet/fur off.
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