Real-time Recap | '65 Fender Super Reverb Pt 2
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- A lot of people seem to really like the long detailed videos.
So here's another.
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These are things I get asked about a lot :
Amp Tech Gear Used :
Hakko FX-951 soldering station
Weller SPG 80L soldering iron (chassis work)
Rigol DS1054Z digital oscilloscope
Thsinde 18B+ digital multimeters
Kester 60/40 solder
Techspray #4 No-Clean Desoldering Braid
Below are things that make this channel possible that people don’t usually think about. If any of these companies want to send me new and wonderful toys, I’m open to that. I can’t take free stuff when it comes to the amps I review, etc, but for the stuff below, bribe away!
Microphones/Audio Equipment :
Guitar Amps : Royer R-10 Hot Rod and/or Shure SM57 (noted in videos)
Voiceover Bench : sE Audio sE8 (small diaphragm condenser)
Voiceover Streaming : Shure SM57 with shockmount and windscreen
Voiceover Mic Arms : Elgato Wave Mic arms
Guitar Mic Stand : Gator Frameworks short weighted base stand with boom
Mic Cables and Guitar Cables : Mogami/Neutrik
Mic pre : MOTU M2
DAW : Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro 16 running Sonoma 14
Plugins : No effects other than level matching/normalization unless a recording
specifically has reverb etc added in post (rare, various Waves plugins)
Monitors : Yamaha HS7s
Monitor Stands : Gator Frameworks Desktop Clamp-On Stands
Monitor Isolation Mounts : IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck Minis
Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (main)
Headphones : Sony MDR-7506 (alternate)
Video Equipment :
Camera : Sony ZVE-10 with SmallRig Cage (main)
Lens : Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (main)
Lens : Sony ZVE10 kit lens (rarely used)
B Camera : Apple iPhone 13 Pro (rarely used)
Tripod : SmallRig 71” with SmallRig Fluid Video Head
Streaming Mount : Elgato Master Mount S with SmallRig Ballhead
Bench Light : SmallRig RC 120D
Bench Light Diffusor : SmallRig Lantern Softbox
Bench C-Stands (light and overhead camera) : Neewer Pro SS Heavy Duty
Streaming Light : SmallRig RC 120B
Streaming Diffusor : SmallRig Parabolic Softbox
Streaming Light Mount : SmallRig 148CM Wall Mount Boom with Triangle Base
Various Other Lights : Neewer LED Panels with Neewer Softboxes
Video Software :
Davinci Resolve 18
Paul Leeming LUTs
Adobe Illustrator 28
Adobe Photoshop 25
Ecamm Live (streaming software)
At some point I said Charles II when I clearly meant Charles I.
Sorry.
It will take time, but we will forgive.
Not the first person to loose their head.
Always make sure your loose heads are tightened otherwise you may hum excessively.
Can you please link the Solder Sucker you use mate, it's not in your list and I'm sick of buying crappy ones ... Cheers
For shame. ;) To paraphrase Howard Stern; "I'm on the air 20 hours a week. I mess up once in a while."
I think the long format videos are a good reality check for those that think this job is easy.
@bradsGuitarGarage your livestreams are a lot like this. But your's masterfully incorporate plentiful cuss words.
Everyone wants to be the Wizard, but they don’t want to invest the time to learn the magic.
@@sgt.grinch3299 Correct. Both Lyle and Brad are wizards. I enjoy watching them work. It's entertaining.
@@colbyjack7074 and that Fazio girl.....
and a perfect chance to learn about other tech's standards & tips ... maybe not 100% educational oriented, but great source of knowledge for the guild
Cork-sniffing jokes aside, there are many people who still want to understand how to do it the right way, and why it's important to strive for perfection no matter the topic. Your reference to how a gig went with your first "I built it" amp is a great example. The viewer isn't bored with your "live repairs" because you make invaluable comments along the way that are pure gold to us. We're learning nearly every moment. You may not see it that way because you've been doing it for so long, but you have to know how important it is to your viewers. A huge thank you to people like yourself, who put so much time into providing accurate, useful information to those of us who still want to learn. We may try a "fix" ourselves, or we may take it to someone with more experience and knowledge, but you give us the clues and information to make better decisions about getting our gear back up and running.
These long format vids are GOLD Lyle. I recapped and have completely overhauled/restored my ‘68 Super Reverb all thanks to you and your channel. Thank you for doing what you do and for being willing to share your knowledge and expertise with us! -Chris
There is nothing in today's episode that was remotely boring. When I usually watch other tech channels, the recap is shown before, then completely done with the "magic" of editing. I have realized something with this long-form format. Observing you perform the intangibles (removal of old flux & fiberboard cleaning etc.), it is an affirmation of your integrity, and concern for your reputation. I appreciate your style of completeness. I believe this will demonstrate to all your subs (now and future) that you honestly justify why electronic repair rates are substantiated. There is no boredom when your audience watches how much time, and labor intensive amplifiers are to diagnose, then wait for the client to makeup their mind whether to proceed with repair. If you'd allow my two cents, I hope this imparts a sensible admission for the new, long-form Lyle. Stay safe, and out of the oak's nasal tickle.
Morning, legend!
LOVE LOVE LOVE a long format vid.
Particularly with your dulcet tones.
Well, it might not be for everybody... but I really love your long videos. Tend to have them running in the background, while working on Amps as a Podcast. Just like the live Streams from Brad or Tone Talk. Somehow feels like a colleague is working on the workbench next to me and doing some interesting stuff I can learn from...
That silicone joke was top notch 😂😂😂😂
I like the long format videos because I can click play and wind a set of pickups without having to stop winding to play another video. I like long format in general for playing in the background while I work, I listen to a lot of philosophy debates.
Thank you, I really enjoy this format as even you said that you are not an instructor, I see a pro sharing his trade and that to me at least is educational entertainment! It really takes me back to those intelligent talked-radio discussions programming. Keep 'em coming!
Love your clean and meticulous way to work…hell I’d be happy to have a tech like you anywhere near me (living in Austria, there are not many techs specialized in amp service/restauration)
You turned me on to this desoldering braid…always thought it’s useless stuff and a good desoldering pump is much better…tried it yesterday and this stuff works like magic! That’s why I love the long format videos! So educational! Thanks Lyle!
Some of us like the smell of rosin core leaded solder with our morning coffee. Never boring seeing excellent work performed. (Those of us that know how long it really takes, appreciate the long videos.)
Really appreciate that you talk about what you do, show how you do it, and most importantly, explain WHY you're doing it. My main complaint with gear manuals and a lot of video tutorials - they don't talk about intent. Kudos to you.
I like the long format videos. I learn much more from from seeing you perform the same tasks multiple times helps to reinforce my retention of them.
I tend to disagree with those that say these videos aren’t boring. I think that they are actually quite boring or mundane. And in a world full of “excitement” and “entertainment” sometimes “boring” is like a salve for the overstimulated soul.
Dude, I was an industrial electrician for years.
I never worried about if I had a metal watch on. All you gotta do is just make sure you're not a good ground when you're messing with high voltage. Do not make yourself into a good ground. In other words, a good path and easy path for the electricity to flow through. You to ground because that's what it wants to do. That wants to find ground as easy and as quickly as it possibly can. That's what electricity wants to do!!!You my dear sir apear plenty sade to me. So I say, keep on doing what you're doing because stops working.Then maybe change something up.But until then don't try to fix anything that ain't broke....
Being a Cockney we used to sing that and other songs down our local Rub a Bub every Saturday night. Knees up Mother Brown is another one. There are dozens more!!!
I noticed you omitted the secret phrase this time. Well played, Sir
Masterclass! Thank you, Lyle. These long form videos are like an apprentice, without us having to do your dirty work :) Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge.
Thank you for your time and knowledge . Knowledge of how these amps work is essential for everyone that plays these old Fenders.
Really enjoy the long format. I can appreciate your work, even though I'm not an amp tech, I'm a musician and I know the passion, time, and sacrifice it takes. Keep it up!! Thanks as always
Another benefit of using one’s thumb as a bending tool is that it’s unlikely to get lost and/or misplaced on your workbench.
I really like long videos ... it is like working at the same shop with cool workmates ...
Hey Lyle, you are not weird. I was servicing my Princeton while watching a documentary on the roman empire. I remember this day as one atmospheric sunday noon I really enjoyed. Lets stop listening to boring people :)
Another great video, long enough, glad you went back to the "old" format, and no, long videos are not boring at all, Cheers!
Since the isopropyl dissolved your Teflon tape try using a strip of rubber glove or balloon over the threads, I have had good results.
Real teflon should be alcohol safe, so perhaps some of the plumber's teflon tape sold in hardware stairs isn't actually Teflon. Getting solvent safe gaskets and O-rings and such these days is harder than it used to be. You used to be able to go to pretty much any hardware or automotive store and buy a kit containing a selection of miscellaneous gaskets and o-rings, perhaps made of neoprene or nitrile or something relatively solvent safe, but nobody seems to carry assortment kits like that anymore and you end up buying individual O-rings and gaskets in an inflated price ---- and then you discover that some of them are not solvent safe. I bought some rubber stoppers at True Value and used one to seal a small glass bottle of vinegar that was missing its top, and the vinegar caused the rubber stopper to deform and swell!
I've got a 72 pro reverb that I'm sure needs work I won't touch it because I'm not a tech and my soldering skills really suck. I find your videos strangely calming and meditative.
Never boring Lyle! Its great to watch you work, not only do I pick up excellent tips, but I get to see where you have some of the same struggles that I do!
Its very affirming to see how a top class tech works from start to finish and that im doing it the same 👍 so thanks Lyle, and dont be concerned about doing more of these long form videos.
👍🙂🖖
Thank you for posting these videos. I find them relaxing to watch/listen to.
Really Appeciate the longer detailed videos Lyle ,I like to learn proper ways to do things ,always say do it right the first time, been my motto for many years
In a similar vein to your "good enough is the enemy of good", as a music prof for over 25 years, I would always tell my students "Don't strive for mediocrity." when they just wanted to be "good enough".
Enjoyed every second of it, just like the last long format.
These long videos might be boring if you’re just watching. But if you watch/listen semi-passively while working on an amp it’s like you’ve got a co-worker grinding out next to you which is very enjoyable.
‘Yellow Gunk”, thanks for sharing!😮
All your videos should be like this!! Real Time!
Jep, I’m sure I’m not bored. Thanks for these longer videos!
Your real-time videos on segments of the amplification circuits are the best, I pick up valuable tips watching you do the work, hope you keep doing them when your time permits.
Boring?!? Today I learned how to eliminate DC conductance from the fiber boards of my Fender amps where all the connections meet. Replacing caps and resistors in those amps, I'll make sure I follow these steps. at least on the main board. I don't have a variac to do the filter caps with, so I'll have to leave that to someone else.
Thank you for sharing. Now, have a banana 🍌
Awesome! Electronics is a mystery to me but this is still enjoyable.
Lyle, on your alcohol dispenser, get some flat rubber, trim it to the inside diameter of the cap, use a leather hole punch to make a hole where the spout is, and then just tighten the cap onto the bottle same as a milk jug. Trying to seal the threads is futile. You need a gasket between the lip of the bottle and the inner surface of the cap.
Should eliminate the seepage.
Shame those bottles don't come with lid gaskets.
"A hell of a second date..." Oh yeah!! 😂😂😂
Not bored at all. It's a learning experience, and you are very meticulous, so it is a great learning opportunity to watch you work.
I’ve always wondered what was on the lower side of that board. Now I know. Thanks Lyle 👍👍
1+hr video OH BABY!! Let me get a nice warm coffee and settle in for some great amp work
ps. This was a 2 coffee video 😁
Yes, I'm sure I love the long form! Thanks for sharing!
Have you tried 2mm braid? It takes way less time to heat and wicks solder very quickly. If you run it quickly along the heated surface and on the edge of the iron tip, it draws away solder along its length nearly instantaneously. I love it for unclogging terminal points, cleaning off pot tabs, even cleaning off leads on older components. In combination w/the 3.5/4mm braid, I hardly ever use a solder sucker anymore and I don't miss it AT ALL. 🤓👍🏽
Woah a crossover between my two favorite amp media, the legendary Larry Chung!
Awesome video! This is one of those essential Fender services that its great to see a careful guided walk-through of how its done! I used an older and shorter version of this you did years ago to change the filter caps in my Deluxe Reverb... which was immensely helpful! And I am gratified to know that even you have to struggle with fitting 5 wires into that tiny eyelet! That was by far the hardest part for me as well!
Lyle, you are not weird ! I watch the same kind of videos as you, with such a depot of massive information on hand it's tough not to watch ! Ken Burns videos are amazing ! I watched a video on the new railway project replacing the Soviet rail in the Baltic States, 8 Billion bucs! I have been watching your channel for 10 years! I love all things Fender ! There is nothing more beautiful than a single coil guitar through a Fender amp ! I have a 1977 Fender Mustang in Mint condition. I hard tailed it for sustain. I basically removed the spring posts and replaced them with bolts. With a tiny 60 thou washer on top between the lipstick tube and the plate allowing the strings to pass underneath. I also have a 40th anniversary Strat and a 50th anniversary deluxe Strat. I have a B=52 AT212 100 watt with Jensen MOD's. Also, a Fender DeVille with Jensen Falcons. My nicest sounding amp is my MARSH Springfield
(65 Fender Vibrolux) with the Overlord option and has 1 Weber alnico and 1 Weber Ferrite.
I watch all of your stuff...keep it coming !
Really enjoying the long format.
Cleanliness is indeed next to codliness.
I love the long video format. The result of what you do is a skilled masterpiece and a beautiful work of art. Thank you so much for sharing it with us Lyle!
I love that my amp tech named The Cure in his video. The Standing On The Beach album was the first cassette I bought as a kid. Long live Robert Smith!
I've just seen the entire video and ... Im now re-watching it again!
Ice O'purple and codliness... and zero flux given!
Immaculate work, and I enjoyed the innuendos.
My first video on your channel was the emergency amp repairs for a band leaving for Europe. I have learned so much. Thank you Sir.
Glad you posted this. I’m getting ready to replace the caps on my Super reverb. I will follow your instructions carefully lol.
Top-well pump-dispensers for solvents are easily purchased; McMaster Carr wants $25-40 for them but Amazon sells various types for half as much. I always kept two on my bench, one filled with alcohol and the other with Windex. They are, you might say, *indispensable* dispensers! I added some glass marbles in the bottom of mine to add a little stability and weight. The taller they are, the more likely they are to tip over easily unless you devise a stand for them.
It's always great to watch a true master at work
Nice meticulous job. I like your style.
I do it in the kitchen, might as well do it here. My man.
Very Helpful not boring TY👍
Great show!
I got a Hakko 808 desoldering station . . . works good. . . noisy like you said 😎
Thanks for an excellent video! I enjoyed learning more about soldering techniques etc. You’ve got a lot of experience and it’s fun to learn from others that are more experienced than myself.
Hell yeah!! This is top shelf
I’m shocked! I thought all the work only took 10 minutes usually. Thanks for the long form video.
At 18:11, for God's sake don't forget to mention bagging the paper towels with nicotine deposits so it can be reapplied with the leaky, bulging electrolytics and out of spec resistors to maintain the hysterical accuracy of the amp.
Keep making longer vids!
love watching the work being done. not brave enough to try it myself but appreciate it nonetheless...if you need London pub recommendations, let me know. Been to England dozens of times and consider myself a real ale snob.
Thanks. We’re staying in Bloomsbury, so there and Holborn will be our locals for the week. Covent Garden/Seven Dials will be visited a lot but I expect those to be more touristy.
@@PsionicAudio The Friend At Hand around the corner from Russell Sq. Underground is a good pub, or it was years back. We get to UK about once a year but spend more time in Yorkshire and Cornwall in recent years.
I have a Weber Princeton clone I built that was terrible (buzzy, weak sound, intermitant reverb). All issues that a should be expected from a beginner. All have been resolved after your non-instruction 😅. Can’t thank you enough for sharing all your experience! English 🍌 ?
It's CDO in my house- much the same as OCD but with the letters in alphabetical order.
Servicing an old tube jukebox in a bar I looked up at the new ceiling tile and saw the frame was candy apple red. Ask how they got the colored frame and was told it was from the cigarette smoke WOW.
a gasket ring on the alcohol dispenser under the cap could help .
if you solder the fly to the chassis, then it keeps the board cool when he flaps his wings.......
great video, what brand of resistors are you using? thank you.....
Ha ha - Joolz guides where what lead us to learning to ride Penny Farthings round Westminster
Thanks for all the videos Lyle. Do you ever have a problem breathing in all the solder fumes or do you have some sort of extractor fan that I can’t hear?
I have a fan keeping things moving but no extractor. Been doing this long enough I’m either doomed already or not.
interesting, even though you use lead solder you use the same temp as me with sn99cu1 solder
You won't have a banana this time! 😄
Nice work. I’m on a roll. Two for two long videos. Do you find it more enjoyable to do the work while making a video? Thanks again
Honestly? It makes it harder. But I think it’s worth it. Doesn’t make it take much longer and the client gets billed for the time it would have taken if I wasn’t recording.
There are no amp videos that are TOO long. Especially since the Guitologist has given up on amp videos .. we need our fix 😂
I saved this so I could enjoy the long format to make an evening's viewing. I'm sure people are learning a lot from your video. Are you coming up to Scotland on your visit to the UK?
I so wish I could. Five days in London then two in Oxford so Nikki can present her paper at a conference there (!) is all we can afford.
My mother’s family are Lairds and Caldwell is Danish Scots, so I would love to do a few weeks in Scotland some day.
Thanks for the reply Lyle, when do do make it to Scotland, I'd be happy to take you and your wife round Edinburgh. We could also discuss Amps gear and music, and a man who is very close to my heart, Robert Burns.ps, my old long gone boss was a man named Robert Caldwell.
@@PsionicAudio- these long format videos are so great - I always learn something from every one of your videos - thank you! I believe you have answered this but I can’t find the video where you mention it - you use 99% isopropyl, right?
Thanks! 91% most of the time. Does the trick and it’s easier to get.
That bottle is called a Wash Bottle or Squeeze Bottle with Nozzle.
Seems to me that there should be a Cockney music hall song about dirty old flux.
I’m going to do this to my 68 drip edge SR! do exactly as you did sir, thx 🙏🏾 plus what solder brand,size & mix do u use?🤙🏾
See the video description.
@@PsionicAudiook… sorry
should be Captain CDO - that way it is in alphabetical order like it should be...
The secret phrase is "get a bloody dog up ya guts"
I greatly prefer the long form videos. The more detailed the more interesting and instructive they are. By comparison, the short form videos are barely worth the time spent watching them.
Use soldering irons as chopsticks. Now there's a viral video idea!
I think you’re reaching a new niche with self solder branding. 😂
Wow. I knew it was complicated. But good grief. RAID. They hate that stuff. If that much cigarette smoke collected in that Super, just imagine what collected in the lungs of its owner ... f5.6? Or better (f8).
f8 ;)
I think re: boring activities, that people enjoy watching the pro struggle with routine frustrating operations like removing solder exactly like we do.
Share the pain...
Room Temperature Vulcanising
Boring?? I say “nay”! Any less exciting work being observed is remedied by your witty quips and comments!
Question….for the 1/2 hour of cleaning to restore the old power supply board, why not just buy some new pre-punched fibre board?
Thanks!
Because there are different board sizes/layouts for different models and to cut, drill, and install eyelets for one would take longer than cleaning the old one.
I’ve had two boards over the years that were charred (someone insisted on keeping the original caps and they failed spectacularly) and I did get replacements for them.
And I can do this faster when not filming/explaining.
Great why do I charge this much reference to clients
The de-soldering station would be gladly abandoned if I could work on the equipment you do.
You work on more PC-board equipment than Lyle does; using solderwick and a manual solder-sucker just isn't practical or efficient for circuit-board work.
I just picked up a desoldering station because you use yours so much.
@@lionscircle4700, so, what brand did you get, and have you had a chance to try it out yet?
@@goodun2974 I have the vivohome 959d with 7 tip sizes. This model appears to be a generic rebate. Price was right.if
@goodun2974 I picked up a vivohome 959d. It's a generic rebadged unit. I have 7 different tips for it and the price was right.
Jokes: Do British amps use double-decker buss wire?
United States Plastic Corp has 16 and 32 oz labeled wash bottles branded Scienceware that claim to be leak proof.
Still not bored.
At 29:39...now you get it! Leave that crap on the board, dammit! You're ruining that amp's tone!
I'm a classy broad
Why not purchase replacement eyelet boards instead of billing a lot of bench time reworking a board that is well beyond its practical life expectancy. Even better yet would be to make new G10 phenolic resin eyelet boards. Bet you could get the bare boards made in China bulk for a great price.
Because your premise is fundamentally flawed on multiple levels.
Kind of a related question...if you were to build a Fender clone, would you use the fiberboard, G10 fiberglass board with eyelets or G10 with turrets?