Any suggestions of cleaners to use or not to use on an amp? (The exterior)
Thanks!

Fill a bucket with water and throw it on the amp, best to do it outside

In all seriousness if it's only dust that you want to take off I use a damp cloth and wipe it down then dry it. I have never had any problems but if you do it make sure the cloth is not dripping wet you want it just a little moist.

Others might have better ways to do it, this is just me. Also I have never tried this but maybe you could use those cans of compressed air or whatever they are called that are used to clean keyboards and clean it with that, I don't know how well that works since I have never done it.

Good luck.

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Tomaz

Gear:
2007 electron blue MIM standard strat
Mustang I amp, small but deadly
fender CD-140 sce acoustic
squier affinity strat
frontman amp came with squier.
digitech multi-effects pedal

i use window foam cleaners. no alcohol kind, and a finger nail brush.
spray the foam on (foam is controlable to a degree) let set for a few seconds,
light circle motions with a soft nail brush. light im telling you, or just use a rag if the exterior is a high quality covering like on boogies, matchless, and the likes.
then wipe it clean. i have a friend that does his up in armour-all too.
(dont know if that part is wise or not)

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Color-safe bleach.

Applied with a fire hose.

Minimum of 125 psi.

Repeat as necessary.



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

arjay, seriously, how would you do it? how would you clean the tweed's as well?
well you probably dont have any tweeds though so.............

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I throw mine in the bath tub about once a week whether it needs it or not. Gets the tube sockets nice and clean. Don,t forget plenty of bubble bath.

My tub's not big enough for a Dual Showman!



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Bought a 66 Bassman 2x12 cab recently and the tolex was plenty dirty, so I used a little Orange Goo spray cleaner and used an old toothbrush and that got good and deep, then just wiped that away with a clean cloth...it came out very nice...I have used this on all my amps and never had a problem with it over the years...Although Arjays amps are pretty nice looking so may have to give his method a try

T2

HTH

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What an outstanding collection, sarge!

(insert applause emoticon here)



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Thanks Arjay...just wish I would have kept that '59 Harvard...it was all original, speaker, tubes, everything...even the two prong cord...that one stings a little when I think about it...so to get that 125 PSI, do you pull out the pressure washer? Or are you breaking into the local fire hydrant

T2

ps...the oldest called this week to get a couple phone numbers for his Security Clearence...he is doing well!

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Cool!

Remind him when he gets out here to give me a holler if he needs anything.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Will do...turns out his 5 Level School is out there so may be up to six months before he gets out there...recruiter was wrong...go figure...I went into the system, now that I am back to having access and found that out...like I said recruiters...not sure I have ever found one that got everything right

T2

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If the Tolex is heavily soiled I use Spray 9 and then wipe off the residue with clean water. Then to get it glowing I spray on Armour All being careful to avoid inputs etc.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Nowadays I keep my amps covered when I'm not playing them, so I find that they stay pretty clean without any help. But when I have to clean an amp, I use Armor-All. Also works well on guitar cases.