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Cleaning old Fender amps (take two)
Since I know about as much about electricity and electronics as I do about rocket science, if I go poking about in the rear cabinet of this Super Reverb with a vacuum cleaner to remove the decades of dust in there, am I at risk of getting "fried"?
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You are pretty safe if you stay out of the metal chassis at the top of the amp. Inside there you can get a very serious ‘poke’ if you haven’t drained the filter caps. Around down by the speakers is ok.
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You can clean up the amp chassis and circuit board as well as long as you keep your fingers out and use a non-conductive plastic hose and tip.
Bob
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You can also use a soft paintbrush or similar to clean around anything delicate like tubes, speaker wiring, reverb cables, and so on. It's perfectly safe to remove the two rear tolexed panels for better access, too.
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