1975 Fender Champ | Restoration and Cabinet Upgrade | The Electric Lady 

You are a much-needed role model for young girls. No longer are electronics repair the domain of we elderly, gray-haired males. Love watching you work; I marvel at your knowledge of old amps.

I found this video very "soothing" as well as educational after a shitty day at work!

Smashing job on this amp. The best part about this is including a demo by the owner. No one does that. Brilliant! - Mike from Black Cat Amplification (Baltimore, MD)

Hello from Northern Cali!! After watching your “1/4” speaker jack replacement” and “Draining your filter caps” videos I decided to repair my 1978 Silverface Champ myself. I successfully replaced my fuse link, installed a new Jensen speaker, and retolexed the top and bottom of the cab with red sparkle vinyl. I had never heard the amp in the ten years since it was gifted to me! It sounds incredible! I’m sure it could stand to have those old worn caps and resistors replaced and I now have the confidence to attempt the job myself. Thank you for the comprehensive and encouraging videos! Keep up the excellent work, Colleen!!

Great restoration to stock! Thanks for including the before and after clips. It's a thing so rarely done, and yet so important to hear.

Nicely done! I think your videos fill a niche that others don't. You show clearly things like the layout, wiring (well explained) actual soldering work, component function/purpose, and more. This is super valuable for those just learning about amp work and what's often lacking in other amp tech videos. Showing the bias calculation steps (Rob's calculator! ) also great! Thanks and looking forward to future posts as well.

I learned basic DC and AC electronics when i was around 11 years old then learned RF and digital electronics. This was my hobby as a child. So I highly respect what you are doing. It amazes me that someone your age today has this knowledge. It's a very rare set of skills and knowledge you have today.

Thanks so much for the knowledge you're passing on... I feel you are demystifying tube amps and its awesome

I just wanted to say Thank you for sharing! It is so interesting how you diagnose and bring back to life vintage amps! When I watch you work, I understand more and more about electronics. You really inspire and encourage people! Thank You!!!

Oh snap! Look at this! Uncle Doug would be glad to see someone from the younger generation taking up this lost art. I know I am! Keep up the great work!

Ah, my first amp, and my favourite. Bought it 2nd hand in 1978, never forgot how good it sounds, as per your customer's demo! Thanks for the memories :)

Great amp restoration and love the clear explanations of the things you were doing! The resulting amp sounds fantastic!!!

Thanks for sharing! Long live Fender ☝🏻

Wow!!! What a huge difference!!!

I just stop by, to check out on the video and I was mesmerized by it. This young woman is really a pro on what she does. I become a subscriber in a heart beat. Thank you

It’s good to see your channel taking off. Your following growing every episode. Thanks for your hard work.

I have this exact amp. It's so addictive to play on. I'm always blown away how an old school bedroom amp has stood to amps far above it's price range, for decades. Love your channel. I've worked in low voltage for the last twenty years and really want to build my own amp. I've been building transformers and fly back coils for the last year, or. I need to get back to work. Channels like yours are inspiration. Thanks!

I could watch amp restoration videos all day long. Great job!

Thoroughly enjoyed this video and will now make my way through your other projects. What I particularly liked was the pace of delivery plus the on-screen notes about the function and impact of certain components (and the impact of changing the component value on the sound) on the circuit, and the way you highlight the section you’re speaking about on the schematic and layouts. I feel functionally dyslexic when it comes to understanding schematics etc, and this helps immensely. Thank you.

Great job. I tried for the first time the other day to change the electrolytics on my 66 deluxe reverb cct board, and found it quite difficult, you make it look so easy. I manged to do the single, but couldnt get the doubles in. lol Will try again when i get the time and have calmed down. Thanks for the tutorials.

My first amp was an early 70's Champ. It is great to have found your channel..

Excellent job at showing how to use the layout document and schematic to put a modified amp back to stock!

Absolutely IMPECCABLE WORK!!!

Thank you for all the nice videos. I gave my son a 1974 Champ. These amplifiers are amazing.

Nice clean Build. Love looking at schematics. Felt good to see it cleaned up and put back to stock. Thanks Fazio Electric! Much Love, "The Shire".

It's very satisfying to undo strange mods/poor repairs. Love the camerawork

Nice job, compliments on taking the time to remove the old solder with your solder vac. Makes a cleaner, more reliable connection.

Your videos are excellent. The work you do is so tidy and logical.

Great job, amp sounds killer! My first amp when I was 13 was a 1965 Blackface Vibro Champ. There was no distortion pedals back then so I use to put it in the closet with a bunch of pillows and crank it up. Then the 'Maestro Fuzz Tone' came out and I could take the amp out of the closet and play it without driving my parents nuts.

150 cable channels and nothing on so I watch amp rebuilds. And I love it! So glad I found Fabio Electric! You do such a great job! Dave Gries of Gries Amplifiers does an amazing job using the Blackface Champ as his base for building his Gries 5. It is my main gigging amp for low volume gigs. My favorite design along with the Deluxe Reverb.

I love the short explanation text that gives us a quick idea of what some of the lingo means and what the components are doing in the circuit, etc. That's really cool. I service my own vintage amps and gear, but I don't actually know what most of the stuff does. I just replace filter caps, replace way out of tolerance carbon comp resistors, rebuild negative bias supply, and clean stuff up while I'm in there. Your vids are rad

I learn a lot from all these videos. I am not a repair man by profession but I enjoy messing with things. Thank you for all the knowledge.

I really enjoy watching you restore these wonderful amps. You are an excellent Diagnostician and Technician. As a musician who's played for over 50 years, it's a pleasure watching you do your work. 😁 👍

I'm really impressed by your attention to detail! The future of valve (toob) amps is safe in your hands!

And this video got me to become a patron...looking forward to more. Glad to see a new generation doing this work. Keep it up and thanks!

I'm very impressed. I like your "slower pace" and relaxing delivery of your knowledge and explanation. Very meticulous and neat work. Thank you!

Enjoyed the video and appreciate your explanation of what the different parts are doing. The repaired amp sounds and looks great. Thanks

Thats what an amp should sound like. The clean tones are just whooaa! Great job as usual Fazio!

Huge improvement! Great job

This is the best thing I’ve found on YT in many moons. You are awesome!

Thanks for the calculator link. Very handy. Nice work on the amp. There is competency galore around your work.

Thank you for restauring this wonderfull lil' amp to its original state - I have one from the same year and it doesn't need any mod at all!

Hi found this by accident when could sleep tonight ... wow great stream and awesome job showing/telling changes you expect to do to restore back! Love it Good job young lady keep on preserving amps !

nice! - I'm just getting into amp work & restoring a champ, so this was a useful walkthrough!

I like how you explain the function of various components in the circuit......how nice it is to know those things.

You converted it from a Fender Cramp back to a Fender Champ! Nicely done love it.

Sounds great! Also, waiting for the same Gram tee to arrive - so cool!

Sounds amazing after restoring it, like a Champ should!!

Sounds just like a Champ now. Good Job!!!

I love that you are into this hobby and do it very well. Congrats to see someone young like you so knowledgable.... You go girl !!

Another great video from you. That Champ sounds great now!

Great worthwhile project- with an excellent presentation!!!!

Just what I needed to see at just the right time! Thank You!

Amp sounds great after repair. Great job and I love the videos.

Amazing watching you work! Beautiful job.

Great work and nice playing from Taylor.

Watching you flow solder is so satisfying.

Great job, well done! Just two wee tips from my side: Those late 70s cheapy Fenders often have one massive construction failure, that Fender probably came up with to lower production costs: Instead of running twisted leads to the filaments of the tubes and balancing the center either via grounding a centertap of this winding or by adding two resistors (usually 2x 100 ohms @ the pilot lamp), the changed to running one side of the filaments via the chassis - which was a VERY bad idea... This should be modded back to twisted wires, which will result in a significant noise reduction! I did this mod with my 79 Musicmaster Bass amp - and it was a MASSIVE improvement! Also, I would solder the filtercap directly to the chassis, to prevent it from starting to rattle in the future. Check out Mr Carlsons soldering tips - he uses a modded soldering-gun for this purpose - works great! For biasing cathode biased amps, a "Resistor decade" (don't know, if this is the proper word - we call it Widerstandsdekade here in Germany) can be very handy - so you can dial in the resistor values, until you'll find the perfect bias, then replace the item with a proper resistor, and you're done! Greets from Salossi's Ampschmiede :)

OMG, I can't believe my good fortune in stumbling onto this video. You are so thorough in your explanation and camera work that I subbed immediately. Thank you!

Nice job, lady! And the customer looks stoked...win-win!

I love soldering! I love the sound and the smell of the flux!

I enjoyed your work once again. A Vibro Champ was my First amp back in 1971 blew it out at the first band practice when my friend showed up with a new 1971 Bandmaster , which was funny because a TV show "My Three Sons" had an episode where the same thing happened to one of the sons fender amp. I replaced it with a Vox Pacemaker and then a used Fender Super Reverb.

Got to love the creak of those old eyelet boards.

Nicely done!

Wish I found this channel sooner! Good stuff!

Amazing work, love the explanations as well!

Colleen, Another great video with everything explained in detail you're the best in my humble opinion Ed

Stumbled across your channel by accident and it was a lucky get. Retired electronic/tech/engineer with 38 years experience. Also a guitarist. I still have the first amp my dad bought me. 64 Fender Princeton that I will be restoring. Excellent videos. I was watching this video and just wanted to comment on the part installing the multi cap in the chassis. The choice of not grounding to the chassis. That chassis is s huge heat sink. Lol. We had an iron we called the solder bat for things like that. This is great. I subscribed. Thanks!!!!!

Awesome video. Enjoyed the restoration and thank you for making the amp sound as it should. Subscribed.

You have the best amp tech explanation videos I've found keep it up!

I really appreciate the education about guitar amps. Thanks for making these vids.

These amps are SO GOOD cranked. A great example of a well-kept Champ was demoed by Ariel Posen for someone like Collings

Excellent job and a great sound!

soldering as it should be done.very fine, thanks .

Nice work! Amp sounded great - loving the channel.

I love this method of explanation. Dang!

Just an amazing video. So peaceful with educational content.

Great video - well presented, great use of the schematic and layout, great explanation. Just fun to watch - looking forward to many more. Greetings from Australia - hope your channel and business gets the support it deserves

way to bring back that Champ! Keep at it!

I just discovered you. I know nothing, zilch, nada about amps. You are mesmerizing. Just watching you work. I'm 72 and before I head to Jimi's abode, I'm going to build an amp! Thank you!❤

Super cool video - keep up the great work!

Excellent video, great to watch . Keep up the good work 👍

I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for the detailed explanations.

Nice work! You make amp repair look very simple and easy.

i like how the insides of old amps smell. Makes me think of the history of the amp and what they might have seen.

Thanks for lesson . Joel

Sounds really good

Love the playing! Taylor you are an awesome player!

Bless your kind heart for sharing your wisdom with us:)

This is how you do an instructional video! Great camera shots and lighting; clear, concise descriptions of what you are doing and why; and I really like the supplemental notes added in screen. Subbed!

Great work !

Super tech! Good job!

Great tone and excellent job!

Colleen, lassie, we need ye in Scotland ! Glasgow to be precise. Seriously, these videos are a joy to watch and ye are a bonnie lass indeed. Looking forward to many more. 🍀🌹🍀

Those Champs are the Best Buy for the money . I’m in awe of your knowledge .

Cool. Great job. Super informative. Nice tech approach to restoration. I wish you all of the good stuff in life.

Nice repair job!

Nice work!!

Girl you ARE a silver faced champ! :p Love your work and videos ! Thanks for sharing

I had my Champ stolen. It was a really good one from around 72. It was the best one I've heard outside of an old friend's Vibro Champ that turned out to be malfunctioning, in a spectacular way. When he got it "refurbished" it ruined the amp's magic. That was an exceedingly rare, freak occurrence, so everyone, don't hesitate to get your amps maintained.