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Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:43 pm
by wsas3
As some of you may know, my amp has been busted for a while, and Ive been using a shitty solid state.
Finally, I brought it to my local music store who has a amp tech. He got back to me and said it needed:
New power supply board
Overhaul (?)
Microprocessor
4 integrated circuits replaced
Just since I dont know a lick aboht fixing amps, does all that make sense? If so, does 200 dollars sound like a fair price? Thats what he priced it at.
thanks so much!!
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:51 pm
by Jeff-7
What amp is it that you're having worked on?
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:54 pm
by wsas3
A Peavey classic 30 from the mid-90's. sorry, should have mentioned that.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:00 pm
by wsas3
Nobdy? If I dont get anything in the next few hours I may have to spring for it.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:26 pm
by madmax1012
Idk that sounds like a lot for an amp that costs between 300-350
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:39 pm
by wsas3
Used, yeah its around that price. Sadly, its less expensive than getting a new amp, and money is tight, so I may just have to go for it :/
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:41 pm
by skullservant
What'd you do to it for it to get busted up in the first place?
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:41 pm
by skullservant
Might be able to judge off of that
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:46 pm
by Jeff-7
Sounds about right. If you really like that amp I'd go ahead and fix it as long as you trust the tech to do a good job.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:11 pm
by dubkitty
for replacing a whole board and a batch of chips, that sounds about fair. i hate to say so, but yeah.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:52 pm
by wsas3
Yeah I trust the guy.
Skull: I didnt do anything, it was just bound to hqppen eventually.
Thanks guys, I guess I'll get to it.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:58 pm
by skullservant
Looking at the guts of a 30, looks like there is a fair amount of stuff in there, at first I was baffled but then I looked up guts
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:27 pm
by multi_s
personally id say its somewhere in between a bit high to totally crazy.
a classic 30 is not the simplest amp but it isn't exactly complicated either.
Microprocessor
4 integrated circuits replaced
did he actually say microprocessor? if were talking about the same classic 30, there is definitely no microprocessor in this amp. Have you ruled out any possible issues coming from the tubes?
and all the ICs are really standard op amps that cost next to nothing and if they blew its more likely a symptom of a larger problem, not the ICs themselves.
if i were you i would offer him less just to see what he says.
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:19 pm
by Fuzz_Pi
^yeh i agree with all said here.
The whole microproccessor thing is sketchy, unless the amps reverb is digital.. Even still that terminology is slightly
The ICs will cost max like 20 dollars to replace
Something is strange here
Re: Tell me if this is right
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:35 pm
by MEC
All the amp techs I've dealt with have been in the range of $30-$45 an hour, plus parts (NYC may be more).
I always ask them to SHOW me what they are going to be replacing before they start
and then SHOW me what they did replace once they are finished.