Servicing a VOX Super Beatle V1142 this weekend.

[smsscottsmith]

Hey, what the hell just happened? Where did he go?

Yeah, beats me. My post was definitely wiped out though I have not been notified nor have I received any messages about it.

EDIT: (My post count is 1 after this post)

[smsscottsmith]

I'm afraid to post at this point as my first post up and evaporated without warning, but here it goes...

I'm the guy this thread was concerned with. I was in You-Do-It Electronics Center getting a resistor to replace one that I managed to physically break from the same amp this thread was about. When I went on their customer PC to Google "vox super beatle schematic", this thread was in the first page of results, heh... I read the first post and though I wasn't CERTAIN that 'SoulFetish' was my friend, it seemed pretty obvious that this thread was about me.

In the post that evaporated I called SoulFetish "wussy" for becoming offended vicariously over the comment posted by '52 Bill' about my relay wiring job. The comment is valid though I don't think it's really THAT bad. I created that solution by myself with very little thought. All I had was the vague inspiration provided by R.G.'s write-up on the subject.

On that subject, I can't thank R.G. enough for having created that write-up in the first place. Without it I would have had no starting point with this amp. Thank you so very much!

Life has gotten in the way of finishing this amp though I have picked it up again in earnest. The problem I'm running into now is that the rotary switch I was able to get my hands on readily turned out to be non-shorting. This causes a loud pop when going 'Operate' to 'Standby' due to the power being cut off momentarily. I was able to find something with some serious digging but the guy who owns this amp has been a cheap CENSORED and I'm undecided on whether or not I want to spend any more money on parts.

Currently I clearly have a broken wire in the preamp section somewhere and I'll address it "later today" (it's past midnight, heh).

Cheers.