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I love this guy's channel. My favorite comment of his in this vid is "If the manager saw you wiring like this in '65 you'd have been fired."
Yeah “insult to the owner” was another good one.Also when he said "terrible point of design" about those inline fuses... "an insult to the owner"... "a lot of spaghetti"...
Ralf
I think the whole PRS amp line is a bigger ripoff; something Lyle has also talked about when he's asked to fix one. Boutique prices for import components and design. They should just stick to electrics and not try to be everything (not that I'm drawn to their electrics either, but I would like to try one sometime, just to see how they feel.)Yikes! That's pretty embarrassing for Fender. Especially because it's not your typical average clickbait sensationalized youtube clip, but a calm, intelligent dude who knows his stuff explaining the why's and hows.
And he's right about Headstrong amps - and there are a bunch of other builders too - they do cleaner work, don't skimp on parts and offer a better product.
Of course, pcb board is also a minefield more and more as he's talked about. Companies are cheating out with the thinnest traces which are prone to damage.
I know I'm preaching to the choir with you, GAD, but there's definitely an art to wiring and especially to fixing bad wiring... I know, in your case, dressing cabling is also an art!!!
I don't know if anyone here worked with folks who were manufacturing machines for commercial sale, but I did for many years. The minicomputer manufacturers here in Massachusetts had some amazing (professional) techs who could deal with incredible detaching/detangling/re-wiring jobs. I always respected and had fun with those people (mostly ladies, by the way). I imagine the situation was the same with those who wired core memories back in the 50s, 60s, and early '70s... Of course, being in it as professionals rather than hobbyists probably had something to do with it.
I've been watching this guy's vids for a while too, especially his analyses of Voxes. I agree that they are enlightening. It always seems like the majority of issues he finds are often low quality components where they should be dependable and lack of best wiring practices for stability, heat dissipation, and the like--essentially, common failure points. His comments on newer PCB board Fenders didn't surprise me at all.His Mesa videos were eye-opening.
I’ve seen him comment favorably on Suhr amps which somehow makes me happy even though I don’t own one.