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Thrift Store Fender Frontman Guitar Amplifier: Repairing the Jack, Recovering & Modifying the Grill

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Another little thrift store amp - I can never seem to pass up a $20 amplifier. This Fender Frontman PR241 is a 15W amp, made in Mexico in the 1990s. This one was obviously filthy and needed a ton of cleanup. While inspecting it, I found that it also needed a new input jack, and I decided to remove the fixed baffle and create a new baffle covered with new grill cloth. After everything is cleaned and assembled, I give the amp a brief test.
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@RonnyGuittar Месяц назад

Fender Mexico always sounds like Fender Mexico - I Love it. Nice work man. This pushes the value of this nice bedroom amp up widely.

@hacksguitarhobby Месяц назад

Thanks a lot!

@kneebitten1 8 месяцев назад

This guy does amazing work I’ve been a carpenter over 50 years he’s a fine craftsman and real attention to detail

@hacksguitarhobby 8 месяцев назад

Appreciate it!

@thewasteoid2684 Год назад

Great job, new life for that little amp.

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

Yes indeed, thanks!

@walterhalliii6846 Месяц назад

Great video!! I need to replace the input jack on my 25R.

@hacksguitarhobby Месяц назад

Go for it!

@kneebitten1 8 месяцев назад

That was an incredible amount of effort for an amplifier that will be hard to get paid for all of your efforts I hope whoever buys it knows what went into the restoration process it’s built better than Fender built it!

@hacksguitarhobby 8 месяцев назад

I did ok when I sold it. :)

@danthegeetarman 5 месяцев назад

Just in time before I change out the broken effects return jack on my solid state fender stage 185 amp. Not looking forward to opening it up but it has to be done

@hacksguitarhobby 5 месяцев назад

Good luck with the repair!

@danthegeetarman 5 месяцев назад

@@hacksguitarhobby thanks!! 🤞🤞

@s.h.guitarworks3309 Год назад

Great video

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ranman58635 Год назад

I tried getting into these. Once I learned about the troubles they can have, I gave up. Fixed one amp. Good fpr me. Lol

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

They certainly are not worth a lot of trouble

@ranman58635 Год назад

@@hacksguitarhobby, yeah, and they love to give broken amps.

@chargert9 Год назад

Great Video 👍 Thanks Would you be able to show a video of how to replace the channel selector switch with a 1/4" input jack for a footswitch? It would really be appreciated if it's possible. Thank You

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

I’ll sure think about it if I get another one. This one already belongs to a new owner.

@chargert9 Год назад

Great that would be Awesome! I've had one if these since they came out new Great little practice amp been thinking about upgrading the speaker but if I could wire in a footswitch this little amp would be Perfect! Thank you 👍

@loupascarelli 11 месяцев назад

"EXCELLENT ! "

@hacksguitarhobby 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@dapeep6704 Год назад

Nice!

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

Thanks!

@JohnSmith-ki2eq Год назад

Nice restoration. The achilles heel on these solid state practice amps are the speakers, one of the best mods you can do is fit a "speaker out" socket, and turn them into a head unit, they sound a whole lot better when you put the signal through a cabinet. I've run these things through a 2X12, 4X8 and a 4X12, and the improvement was impressive, and as a bonus the mod is very cheap and easy to do.

@hacksguitarhobby Год назад

This amp actually has an 8-Ohm output jack right on the front.

@JohnSmith-ki2eq Год назад

@@hacksguitarhobby That's a nice addition most practice amp makers seem to miss 👍

@Francisco_El_Primo 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Would that input jack fix also work on a Fender Roc Pro head?

@hacksguitarhobby 6 месяцев назад

More than likely yes. Most input jacks are essentially just two connections. The Switchcraft 11 jacks were used in Fenders for decades before everything went to PCB.

@JohnOakwest 9 месяцев назад

i modded mine by clipping a couple caps ie c12 and put a jensen mod speaker. sounds good. want to add jack to use my fender mustang pedal to switch distortion in the pr241. the stock button has too many wires to only switch on/off with foot pedal. maybe some day i will investigate how to do it.

@hacksguitarhobby 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, sounds possible. Maybe that switch is DPST or something, but I suspect it’s not and there may be multiple grounds like there are on the input jack.

@jonny1251 6 месяцев назад

What do the clipping of the caps do to the overall sound?

@Coversdei 3 месяца назад

no está mal pero no queda tan lindo que se vean los 4 tornillos...no se para que se los puso igual si la madera está agarrada con pegamento...

@hacksguitarhobby 3 месяца назад

To hold the metal grate in place.

@str1kergaming773 10 месяцев назад

I tried that one in my fender frontman 15g replacing the input jack. But my amp slowly dieing after 10 seconds. What seems to be the problem?

@hacksguitarhobby 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like something in the power supply section, but it’s beyond me.

@yoheff988 7 месяцев назад

How to figure out the hot and ground on the board?

@hacksguitarhobby 7 месяцев назад

I typically test for continuity between each contact and a known ground using an Ohmmeter.

@AncientApparatus 9 месяцев назад

Pretty good but Really? All that work for what, a $50 amp? And the main reason I clicked on the video was to see how to remove all the electronic which you just FF though with no explanation. :( No matter it was the wrong amp anyway as I have a Frontman 15R. Why do you waste so much time on an amp that will give you such a small ROI??? And Dang, I thought I was obsessive compulsive but you take it to a whole new level.

@hacksguitarhobby 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching