Fixed and upgraded Fender Blues Jr. guitar amp

I did this last week before finding this group, so no pictures of my soldering. I take it that the purpose is intended to be general electronics?

I bought a used tube amp for $400 (great price, I think), but it was noisy and smelled of smoke. I took it apart to wipe down the insides with isopropynol. I discovered the filter caps were leaking–no surprise really.

$50 of parts later, I replaced the larger capacitors and made a few tweaks to the tone stack. Sounds good for $450.

Maybe I’ll post some more stuff later. I’m working on a custom mechanical keyboard with an interesting design. Still working out the kinks.

SAFETY NOTICE: don’t open a tube amp without knowing what you’re doing! Those big capacitors can carry enough voltage to kill.