I feel your pain. There is nothing worse then going back and seeing something you put so much time and love into all fucked up by a hack. It’s sad and infuriating at the same time.
Absolutely. As a toolmaker when they’d let an idiot install ‘my’ tools after maybe a hundred hours work working to ridiculous tolerances and mash them up it was soul destroying. Same money again though so hey-ho.
I think this video contains my favorite line from all the Psionic videos I have watched..."Whoever decided to correct my work was an abject moron." Direct and correct.
I repaired my uncle's Silverface Twin Reverb when i was 15 or so. Found the mains switch as the culprit and ordered a new one after finding a similar switch in local part suppliers catalogue. I was surprised when i saw that this generic mains switch 40 years younger than the original was basically a 1:1 copy just with a different color and different switch arm (metal instead of plastic) so i decided to just swap the innards of the switches. The amp worked again and you couldn't see any differences other than the shinier solder joints. That repair made me very proud back then🥲
I've watched enough of your work to know you're an exceptional amp tech. Too bad some hack f'd it up. I'm glad it found it's way home to be repaired correctly!
Kudos to you and your ability to filter your thoughts looking at hack work. I repair guitars and when I see a butcher job, I get pretty wound up even though I shouldn’t. In the days of information overload, there are all sorts of people with misplaced confidence in their abilities to work on things.
I love it man as a rule I try to be optimistic and try to be positive but I can't help it when somebody is a jackass it's only right that they should be called out for it and you did good on you I watched a lot of your videos and I have kind of learned what kind of person you are my kind of guy have a blessed day sir
I really enjoy your presentations, even though I understand little more than fixing a guitar lead. However, even I would not have made the mistake of not recognising the buckled circuit board. Great stuff, thank you.
This was done by either: (1) A drunken baboon with a soldering iron in one hand and a crack pipe in the other. (2) Moe called in sick that day and Curly was in charge. Either way, this is the work of someone who regards his nose as a snack dispenser. I have to undo lots of atrocities like this all the time. Stay cool, you're the guy with the superior ability. You can handle it. It's just one of "those days"
The former leader of The tory party (UK) was caught on video using his nose as a snack dispenser. I cannot vouch for his skill with a soldering iron but suspect it would be close to your suggestion number one.
@@stevehead365 they're everywhere. Common sense has become so uncommon that it's now considered a super power. If you haven't already seen "Idiocracy", see it. I thought it was a comedy. Turns out, it's a documentary. Coming soon: a new comic book hero...... COMMON SENSE MAN !
Your pursuit of perfection probably offends more people than the use of "guys" as a general collective. Anyone who is offended by either is on the wrong channel. You do you. I know if frustrates you but this video had me laughing. Some of the comments are classics. Worthy of a Brad's Guitar Garage comedy award.
Im smart enough to know what i dont know. A good amp guy is hard to find. the last thing i wanna do is make his job harder ... Happy holidays yall . And treat your tech with respect
Good techs are a rare it seems. Here in Auckland Clarry was the go to guy. He is really old now and only works part time on certain types of amp these days, e.g., restoring old Vox amps etc. He does not like dealing with layers of PCB etc. I am trying to talk my nephew into getting the increasing hum in his Twin Reverb sorted out. I posted the video from this channel about the DRRI filter caps not being great. That got his attention. Hopefully Clarry will do the work. When i first moved here in the mid 80s NZ had a law that made imports really expensive. It was to encourage local manufacturing. Most things were made here, including amps. Most players had them. Jansen. Rockit, Fountain, and Holden etc. AC/DC had Holden amps for a while. Angus said his fav amp ever was a Kiwi made one called a Sonic. I looked it up and it turns out it was little solid state head that looked like those old slaves units, but it had a tone shaping clipping circuit, which is what he liked. I'd like to find one and send it to him, but I have never seen one for sale. Then they dropped the tariffs. Unemployment was very high for a few years because lots of factories closed. Brands like Fender, Marshall, Vox and Laney began showing up in shops. We were like tourists checking them all out and I got good at tire kicking (or thought I was, but they knew I was a broke teenager -- made redundant 3 years into my apprenticeship and I ended up working at sea in the end). It was the same in the UK where I was until I was 15, but it lasted longer in NZ. That's why they had Hofner guitars and brands like Vox and Marshall exist (because US amps people wanted were too expensive due to tariffs). Marshall survived the markets opening up, but none of the Kiwi amp companies did (Jansen survived as an importer and music supplier, but do not make amps now). Just saying, because the story explains how Marshall and Hiwatt et cetera came to be.
Okay you're going to need someone to annotate a moron counter in this video... 14...wait 15.... Wait 22... Haha 😆 love it I'm glad you're able to bring this back to life!
I do not have anywhere near your knowledge or experience, but I always take great care of whatever I am working on. What that bozo did is just unacceptable. I taught myself soldering and two very experienced techs in Orlando have told me that my soldering is as good as any ones. If I don't understand something I will ask on the forums or make a phone call. Lyle, what do you recommend for a signal generator? Keep the videos coming. Thanks
Hoping someday you film an AC10C1. I would love to see your recommended mods for reliability cuz I worry about using mine for gigs. Afraid it’ll overheat after a few sets. Thanks for another great video!
Got a deal on a new AC15C1 Blonde (Celestion Creamback) edition from GC a little while ago for 599. I would love to see Lyle go though a newer 15 C1. It is a little thin on the bottom end unless you blend the channel volumes but that introduces quite a bit of noise. My guess is that it due to how they are biased. I have no doubt that Lyle could sort it out though.
@@jbolt247 Nice! I have no doubt either. I’ve been thinking about an AC15 but I love how light my AC10 is. I’m older and tired of lugging my heavier amps around. I just gotta make sure this little gem won’t fail on me in a live situation.
That type of rectangular plug-in connector will often have poor connections to the header pins on the circuit board, especially if it was made with leadfree solder. I always resolder them; even if they aren't visibly broken when inspected, the solder joints might break when you plug the connector back together. Just reflow them automatically.
I know how upset you are. I admire your work and ethics and have learned a lot since I started watching your channel. All those horrible hacks made me angry, and really don't understand what was the purpose of them if the amp had some good sounding mods to it in the first place! Things should be said as they are, all those euphemisms and politically correct adjectives that one is suppose to follw really do not serve any constructive purpose.
Not sure it could be called a 'purpose', but hacks are a part of our daily existence. If a customer is insufficiently astute as to ask for credentials, references, etc. prior to the start of work, and simply goes with the lowest bid...something like this will likely be the result...wish it were otherwise, but...
"And there is a host, a vast army of uh ... I'm not gonna say what they are but Brad likes to say things like that on his channel." If Brad is in Australia, I'll make an educated guess that it rhymes with bankers?
Man, I can’t tell you how well I know your pain here! Hahaha So mad I’ve wanted to kick some kittens! Not fun to be around when I’m asked to fix something, I’ve made, that some jackass thought they knew how to fix. Hell, even if I didn’t make it, just working behind someone who obviously had no idea what they were doing.
This is honestly my biggest nightmare about modding and building for other people. To put my name on something then have some moron go in and trash things then the gear gets sold with my name still attached leaving people to believe it was I who trashed it. Seriously not even joking that's something I'd loose sleep over / : Sorry it came back to you in such a poor state, it's very unfortunate.
@@PsionicAudio I was attempting to remove the dress nuts on my newly acquired AC30CC2X last night (as the Top Boost channel is currently non-functional, but for $500 I thought I'd take the chance on it!) but I tried using my wife's "nail polish remover" which I'm sure is free of real acetone. It did not work, sadly. Suppose I'll have to get some of the real stuff!
I'd love to get some of the JMI circuit tweaks done on my CC2 - any techs in Ontario, Canada you might recommend who won't butcher my amp like this fine example?
@@PsionicAudio great, thank you! That’s not too far from me and there’s a lovely brewery I can visit on the way. I’ll shoot him a message. Thanks again!
One of the more unfortunate sides of any service work is dealing with shoddy and/or inexperienced workmanship, ugly code, POS parts, etc. It's mostly janitorial work, cleaning up other people's shit.
Anyone know of any techs in Michigan that are experienced with Vox's? Have 2 mid-60s Vox's and a 2002 reissue I need looked after (yes I have a problem lol)
Geez, I bet the tech who was responsible for the terrible wiring job, and the chewed-up front panel, probably charged the customer like a wounded bull.
Unfortunately I was the one that worked on your amp I have poor dexterity on my hands do to a forklift accident 😞 tried not to gauge the amp too bad! I am sorry Yiu think I am a pos i tried my best glad to see it went to a good home!!
That is pretty messed up. It wouldn't have made much of a difference this time, but generally if I've needed to make changes or mods to something will leave a note inside in an an envelope with please read before servicing.
That’s a good idea, staple a little card with the mods carried out inside the cabinet somewhere it’s not going to get cooked. Save the next guy having to reverse engineer or guess what’s been done.
It is rare to see you this pissed. That being said, I don't blame you whatsoever. The work done to that amp was not only shotty, but was amateurish, reckless, and lacking in basic solder technique of any kind. Whoever that "tech" was should have their ass removed, and reinstalled with visible lock washers, and pliers to tighten them. What a chode bucket! This episode pissed me off as well.
Excellent recovery. Too many morons in this world. My entire life I have had to clean up other peoples messes. I made a very nice living being able to correct mistakes. Infuriating to say the least.
IBM stated 60 years ago the connections where the primary cause of problem . Given that this fool proved that point in this amp . Soldering is about the connection it not glue . I can fell your pain at the shameful treatment of that amp . I would refuse to use the work technician ( a specialist in technical details of a subject or occupation ) in reference to the soldering iron slinger who besmirched that amp.
This is what happens when people put price before everything. I swear most people are SO FREAKIN' CHEAP! They want things and they and don't want to pay for them, and so this is the result, an amp hacked up so badly that it stops working. People will waste huge amounts of money on Starbucks and vaping... but not pay for a quality amp repair... or any repair frankly. And with your name on the amp, I am not at all surprised by your anger. I certainly hope the new owner didn't come at you with the blame.
Not even a single thought was given to take a straight edge to the POTS and SWITCHES to verify the level, as to not flex the PC Board. What a smooth brained surface dweller....
Also "ill-conceived and poorly executed" applies even to politics and PC nonsense today. My dad always said "It's a miracle. Somehow the man who doesn't do it right the first time gains the ability to compress time, and do it over properly."
Sir, with all due respect, IMHO you forget that the amp doesn't belong to you, re: moron comments. The owner can do whatever they want, full stop. Nobody is forcing you to fix that amp, simply charge more $$ or decline the job. I would think other's mistakes, i.e. morons = job security for you, smile. Your tech practices and standards are very high, borderline anal (sincere compliment). I've built amps and guitars for decades as a happy hobbyist. My amps (5-50W's) are super quiet, look and sound great based loosely on classic circuits, but the insides! Bloody hell! (Psionic guy faints, then rants); I figured nobody would ever see that part and I truthfully didn't care, star grounding spaghetti, shielded cables, uh huh. As a guitar player, I never really cared much about tidy innards and such in amps, just good tone and dependability. And, like most non-pro guitarists, I've never or rarely taken an amp to a tech; best of course but expensive, and usually slow, very slow. Not personal, purely economic in my case, and that's how I, and probably everyone else started learning about amps. [Moronic?] mistakes and corrections make one a little smarter and so on assuming you're safe. I think if you played one of my homemade amps at a gig you'd say "hell yea, legit amp builder here", then if you cracked it open you'd call me a moron. Lol, one man's moron is another man's ....
No one forced him to fix it but they asked him to. I really hope there aren't many of your favourite type of repair men/mechanics etc out there. "charge more $$$ or decline the job". What a shitty outlook.
I'm very sorry that your parents / role models / whatever never taught you the "if you don't know what the hell you are doing don't do it" idea. Have fun starting fires.
