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    Totally new to this and looking to learn.

    Hey there.

    I'm brand new to the world of electronics, but I'm gigging 5 nights a week and too poor as yet to just bring my equipment in for repair every time I have an issue. For example, I've never even run a soldering iron, and I have a piece I need to solder. I'm sure I can figure it out, but some things I don't want to learn hands-first, so to speak!

    Where can I learn about how music equipment works, and the basics of repair? I have a healthy respect for electricity, so I'm not going to go poking around with things I don't understand, but I'm having a problem with my amp that I FEEL is probably caused by just a dirty contact...

    ...and I don't even know what that means.

    (My peavey kb/a 60 amp sometimes cuts back to 50% volume in the middle of a show, and occasionally goes all bassy and distorted. I figure that it's not just the speaker, because I'm running two channels of the amp and - while it can happen to EITHER channel - the other channel still sounds great at that moment.)

    I know there is a huge amount to understand in all this, but I've decided that I'm GOING to learn it one way or another. I'd love some advice.

    Have a great day,
    James
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    One way to go is to type into the search block (above, right) what you'd like to know more about, for example "soldering", and read through the discussion threads that are tagged for info that you can relate to. You can gain some great insight doing that, as well as a basic web search, or finding books on the topic - search for "books" as per above to get some titles - that can help you get started.

    I know this is all general info, but just about anywhere you turn on this forum will provide excellent reads!
    If it still won't get loud enough, it's probably broken. - Steve Conner
    If the thing works, stop fixing it. - Enzo
    We need more chaos in music, in art... I'm here to make it. - Justin Thomas
    MANY things in human experience can be easily differentiated, yet *impossible* to express as a measurement. - Juan Fahey

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    • #3
      Thanks a lot for the great advice. I'm going to do just that.

      ~James

      Originally posted by eschertron View Post
      One way to go is to type into the search block (above, right) what you'd like to know more about, for example "soldering", and read through the discussion threads that are tagged for info that you can relate to. You can gain some great insight doing that, as well as a basic web search, or finding books on the topic - search for "books" as per above to get some titles - that can help you get started.

      I know this is all general info, but just about anywhere you turn on this forum will provide excellent reads!

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      • #4
        A good on-line source for troubleshooting and repair is at Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ: Home Page. Scroll to the main table of contents, then to troubleshooting and repair of consumer electronic equipment. It has a good tutorial on soldering, covers tools, safety, hardware and much more.

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