fitz
Ambassador of DIY
My bargain Lead 12 was delivered today.
Popped up on Reverb a few days back and I threw a lowball offer at it expecting a counter, but the seller just accepted.
Here's a pic next to the Park bass cab I converted to a 1x12 I'm planning to use as an extension cab.
Same width and depth, but a bit taller than the Park.
A 12" speaker upgrade to the combo is the first thing on my to-do list.
And a pic stacked by the 3210 for a size comparison.
Described as having scratchy pots and a stiff middle tone pot.
Before I put any power to it, I pulled the chassis and gave it a visual once over, along with a dose of Deoxit in all the pots and jacks.
Everything looked ok, and the stiff pot loosened up nicely.
April 19, 1989 date.
I disconnected a shoddy switching jack mod in the back panel and repaired the speaker leads.
As expected, the stock G10D-25 is..., um..., underwhelming.
On a good note, nothing looks amiss, and the amp works fine.
Pots are not one bit scratchy as described, and the thing is almost dead quiet with the volume and gain cranked.
Noise floor is fantastic compared to my old Lead20, and the bacon frying noises the Lead 30 used to make.
I guess the Deoxit did the trick and I have no plans to pull the board and mess with solder joints unless a problem emerges.
Rigged up an extension speaker cable and ran the little fella through the VM cab of G12C's.
Also popped a Haze G12T-66 in the Park 112.
Both were a major improvement.
Got some old grill for the Park cab, and a few other cosmetic ideas bouncing around the noggin.
Popped up on Reverb a few days back and I threw a lowball offer at it expecting a counter, but the seller just accepted.
Here's a pic next to the Park bass cab I converted to a 1x12 I'm planning to use as an extension cab.
Same width and depth, but a bit taller than the Park.
A 12" speaker upgrade to the combo is the first thing on my to-do list.
And a pic stacked by the 3210 for a size comparison.
Described as having scratchy pots and a stiff middle tone pot.
Before I put any power to it, I pulled the chassis and gave it a visual once over, along with a dose of Deoxit in all the pots and jacks.
Everything looked ok, and the stiff pot loosened up nicely.
April 19, 1989 date.
I disconnected a shoddy switching jack mod in the back panel and repaired the speaker leads.
As expected, the stock G10D-25 is..., um..., underwhelming.
On a good note, nothing looks amiss, and the amp works fine.
Pots are not one bit scratchy as described, and the thing is almost dead quiet with the volume and gain cranked.
Noise floor is fantastic compared to my old Lead20, and the bacon frying noises the Lead 30 used to make.
I guess the Deoxit did the trick and I have no plans to pull the board and mess with solder joints unless a problem emerges.
Rigged up an extension speaker cable and ran the little fella through the VM cab of G12C's.
Also popped a Haze G12T-66 in the Park 112.
Both were a major improvement.
Got some old grill for the Park cab, and a few other cosmetic ideas bouncing around the noggin.
