Something heavy this time. By heavy means I had to hug
it tightly to my chest up to second floor. One trick is not to stop when you
walk up the stairs. Now that heavy lifting do not come for free, it will be in the
bill. Yes, that's the way it's going to be, from this ageing body perspective.
This BXR is in working condition. Just needed pots servicing
and perhaps additional restoring work. When it come old amps, there's no guarantee
of parts availability for example those knob as the pots shaft are D-type. I have some
of the actual knobs new in stock but when used at the control pots, the white pointer points elsewhere but zero and ten. I think mine is for other fender amps models? Since there's none new available online, I took a chance by ordering a generic one. Might as well replace all five for the sake of good looks
The EQ
slider knob is missing a piece. So yes, ordered a set of fitting generic too.
Since the amp was needed urgently for a show. I let it leave my workshop while I
wait for the knobs to arrive. I stick that photo later when I go to the
venue.
The inside looks cleaner than outside. Not many dry
joint. There's heat sign on the power amp board. Somebody must've loved to play
it for hours.The input jack looks ugly but usable. It made the front
face look like it had several broken tooth so I ordered some new ones online. However the
line out jack had to be rebuild. The metal corners and handle had rust all
over. Took it all out dip in cuka for de-rusting then ace tone the left over
paint before applying new coat of cat pagar hitam.
Sound wise, it’s alright and the amp has decent
feature for working outdoors. It doesn't have built in compressor or chorus.
Anyway I'm not a qualified bassist to give it a magazine style review but
feature and durability wise, this BXR100 is certainly many folds better than
the Trace Elliot "puff the magic smoke biennially" Commando 15. I’ll
bash that amp and the engineer behind it if I ever see it again.
Thank you
yustech
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