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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:54 am
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There are several on-line shops that specialize in discontinued parts for OOP Fender amps.

As well, you might find the correct footswitch on Ebay.

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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:25 am
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Well, it’s in now... should have it back about the same time my guitar comes back from its setup.

He’s also going to look at the possibility of modifying the foot switch circuit to allow use of a generic pedal for channel switching so I don’t have to find an original one to have that functionality.


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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:51 am
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A speaker upgrade would be worthy of consideration.

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Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 6:44 pm
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Its on the outside of the back chassis. Good Luck.


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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 11:59 am
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In the end the work covered the following: “I reconditioned pots, switches, jacks; replaced three coupling capacitors that had drifted in value, and resoldered pc connections and ground.”

$75 and it sounds better and functions as it should.

Total of $135 for a fully reconditioned amp seems to be a decent deal. If I can find a channel switch foot switch at a decent price I’ll be even happier ;->


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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:49 pm
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Ya done good, congrats!

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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 4:50 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
Ya done good, congrats!

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+1 I'll say, $135 for a darn good sounding amp and in fully reconditioned status, a most judisious use of $$.

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Post subject: Re: Dating / Worthwhile buy: Fender Eighty Five
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:33 pm
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+1

Even assuming a purchase price of say, sixty bucks he's still ahead of the game.

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