Hi everyone
This is a long shot but here goes:
I have this 1960/61 Fenton-Weill Black Star 15-watt valve combo that died on me. After rescuing it and taking it home, I plugged it in and it sounded wonderfully sweet for about 5 minutes then smoke from the reverb circuit capacitor . After inspecting the chassis, I have realised that these amps were built by hand without tagstrips and consequently the wiring resembles a rat's nest. I am familiar with valve amp circuits, but the restoration could be speeded up if I could get hold of a circuit diagram for it.
I know that Fenton-Weill used to make amps for the Selmer company but after looking at loads of Selmer and Vox circuit diagrams I've come to the conclusion that this a "one-off" type of amp and it's also a bit more complex than most amps. It has vibrato (labelled echo on the control plate) and spring reverb.
I'd really like to restore this amp myself but if I could pay somebody to do this, without writing a blank cheque, then I would consider that also.
Any suggestions welcome.
This is a long shot but here goes:
I have this 1960/61 Fenton-Weill Black Star 15-watt valve combo that died on me. After rescuing it and taking it home, I plugged it in and it sounded wonderfully sweet for about 5 minutes then smoke from the reverb circuit capacitor . After inspecting the chassis, I have realised that these amps were built by hand without tagstrips and consequently the wiring resembles a rat's nest. I am familiar with valve amp circuits, but the restoration could be speeded up if I could get hold of a circuit diagram for it.
I know that Fenton-Weill used to make amps for the Selmer company but after looking at loads of Selmer and Vox circuit diagrams I've come to the conclusion that this a "one-off" type of amp and it's also a bit more complex than most amps. It has vibrato (labelled echo on the control plate) and spring reverb.
I'd really like to restore this amp myself but if I could pay somebody to do this, without writing a blank cheque, then I would consider that also.
Any suggestions welcome.