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Post subject: Rumble 60 Problem.......
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:08 am
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hi from South Africa!

I play through a Rumble 60 which emitted smoke and quit last weekend. I think there was a supply voltage dip as other electrical gear in the house also got hot and smelly.

I have opened the cabinet and found what looks like a big power transistor ( but may not be...) attached to the heatsink, which has cooked. The fuse blew, but no other visible damage appears on either board.

I have called around to various electronic component suppliers as far away as Johannesburg, and spoken to the Fender blokes in Johannesburg themselves - nobody can tell me what it is and where I can get a replacement. Bear in mind that this is Africa!!!

What i want to know is, what is this thing and what more easily available equivalent can I use if I cant get the right thing before the sun eventually dies?..... ( I know a guy who ordered reverb springs from the Fender agents last November - still waiting...).

On the component is printed TD 388PB0....and then it is burnt and illegible, it has 14 or 15 pins ( havent actually counted) and it screws up to the heatsink at the back....

Any help out there?

Much tah! :?:


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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:47 am
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Hi Jiggz, WELCOME to the Fender Forum.

This is not ordinarily a user serviceable part. In other words you need to take it to a dealer or service center. Fender's support page has the following at the very bottom of the page: "For product service outside the U.S. and Canada, please contact either the Dealer from whom you purchased the product, or the Authorized Fender Distributor in your area for information and assistance."

That may be your best bet to get the part. However, there is no guarantee that this visibly damaged component is all that got fried and even if you replaced it there could be other damaged components that are not visibly damaged but need replacing also.

It might be cheaper, faster and easier to just buy a new amp and use the old one for spare parts. Also I'd recommend buying some sort of surge protector power strip. APC makes good ones. You can get one in the USA for about 25 dollars. Not sure what they cost there but it would be a really good investment.

Amps rarely get fried by under voltage, so you got a surge or some really dirty AC, but not a voltage dip.


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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:49 am
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So off to the local agents it went.......

I need it on the 18th, and 21st, and .......

let's see what happens. :roll:


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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:21 am
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Well, got it back from local agents after two and a half weeks - it works! I can post what part was used to replace the bust one, TDA something-or-other. Works fine at lower volumes when practicing - using it in anger tonight. Hope it hangs together..... :roll:

Thanks to Harry Green Music World out here in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.


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Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:24 pm
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Hey Jiggz, glad you got the amp repaired. Do you think that some type of voltage regulator could be used to protect the amp? Here in Illinois,USA, we have voltage spikes when a storm causes power supply problems. It's not the low volt supply but the high volt surge when power returns, that cause the damage. Did the folks at Harry Green's have any advise? There are regulators built to provide protection for the whole band. Art

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