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I have a Hohner CA-12R. It's nothing spectacular, I know. It works but it makes a lot of noise. The local amp repair guy gave me a quote of $150 for a recap and $10 for each pot that needs to be replaced. The amps not worth anywhere near that, I can't sell it like it is, and it seems like it would probably be a decent little amp if it was fixed up. In other words it doesn't seem like it's something that just needs to be tossed - but it's also not something I want to sink $200 in.
I was wondering if this is something I can do myself and if there's anyone on here willing to walk me thru the steps. My 3 year old is really into music so I was going to fix it up and maybe recover it with hot pink tolex for her for Christmas.
Mostly I just can't bring myself to throw away what is otherwise a fairly decent little practice amp. I know you can get killed messing around inside an amp if you don't know what you're doing, and I definitely qualify as one who doesn't know what they're doing. I was wondering if I posted pics of the guts if someone could tell me what I need to discharge to make this thing safe to work on, and what I probably almost certainly need to replace. I know capacitors don't last forever and this amp is probably 40 years old, so I have no doubt they need to be changed. Pots I'm not worried about - I've changed out parts in guitars a thousand times over the years. Never messed with amps (specifically because they can kill you).
I was wondering if this is something I can do myself and if there's anyone on here willing to walk me thru the steps. My 3 year old is really into music so I was going to fix it up and maybe recover it with hot pink tolex for her for Christmas.
Mostly I just can't bring myself to throw away what is otherwise a fairly decent little practice amp. I know you can get killed messing around inside an amp if you don't know what you're doing, and I definitely qualify as one who doesn't know what they're doing. I was wondering if I posted pics of the guts if someone could tell me what I need to discharge to make this thing safe to work on, and what I probably almost certainly need to replace. I know capacitors don't last forever and this amp is probably 40 years old, so I have no doubt they need to be changed. Pots I'm not worried about - I've changed out parts in guitars a thousand times over the years. Never messed with amps (specifically because they can kill you).
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