Fender Montreaux

[lowell]

Anyone ever work on one of these? Quite an oddball. Trying to bring it back from the dead. Replaced 2 bad opamps and got it producing sound. But output is quite low. Waiting on Fender to e-mail a user manual. Wanna make sure I'm using it correctly and not missing something stupid.

[nosaj]

Anyone ever work on one of these? Quite an oddball. Trying to bring it back from the dead. Replaced 2 bad opamps and got it producing sound. But output is quite low. Waiting on Fender to e-mail a user manual. Wanna make sure I'm using it correctly and not missing something stupid.

Never heard of one before. Show us some pics if you don't mind.

nosaj

[52 Bill]

Mid 1980's amp, part of the London, Showman, line of amps. Only lasted a few years until Fender was sold to Bill Schultz.

There really isn't anything special or unusual about them.

[g1]

Any repair of those usually involved resoldering all those board connectors.

[Jazz P Bass]

Here is a link to the manual: http://www.stratopastor.org.uk/strat...wmanManual.pdf

Note: I cannot upload it as it is an 8Mb file.

[lowell]

Thanks all.

Fixed er up. IC1, 2, and 3 were all toast. Initially I found the outputs stuck to the -15v rail. Replaced 2 and got sound but low volume. Both channels run thru IC3 and replacing that fixed it.

Was this designed by a big name? Soldano or someone of that stature? Thought I read that somewhere while studying up on it.

Here's a pic.

[52 Bill]

Was this designed by a big name? Soldano or someone of that stature? Thought I read that somewhere while studying up on it.

That was made during the Rivera era at Fender, though I doubt that he was involved in much of the design of these amps.

[Jazz P Bass]

What's up with the 0.1uf capacitor on the speaker out jack?

Also, I see a 'death cap' on the schematic.

[lowell]

Not sure didn't see em. There is a 3 prong cord in it.