Secrets of the Fender "Twin-Amp" - Uncovering & Restoring a LOST CIRCUIT!

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  @jenniferwhitewolf3784 · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Steel guitarist and electronic guru Freddy Tavaris dropped in to Fender one day to complain about problems with Leo's amp designs. Leo hired him on the spot and he remained his technical right hand man, staying with the company long after the CBS sale. Many amp improvements were made co-incident with Tavaras  joining the company. It may be possible that the changes seen in this amp early in its production were done by him. I'll need to check my books to confirm the dates, but its in this general time period. Also, everyone blindly gives credit to Leo for everything related to the company... which is not the way it was. His business manager Forrest was also a brilliant production engineer and totally changed the factory floor layout and materials handling.. as Leo had a freaking mess of a shop with no inventory control. Much of the product design came from George Fullerton and Freddy Tavaris. Leo hired a few great people in key positions that had a major impact on the positive evolution of the company.  Sadly, when he sold to CBS, non of the key people were included in any way in the massive profit that Leo took.  Forrest in particular had been offered a share of ownership that was never, NEVER, followed through by Leo.

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• DY

  @dyamariv3628 · 5 years ago

  Brad is BACK!!!! Nice to see you working on amps and sounding more like yourself again :) I watched every second of the video, loved it all especially the added history part at the start!

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• MI

  @MidwestFoodieAdventures · 5 years ago

  Dead quiet until you blow the windows out with an E chord.

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• DE

  @DetroitWrecker666 · 5 years ago

  I love how you don't bullshit us. You show the issues you run into even after you have completely serviced it. Thanks for being YOU, Brad!

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• HR

  @hrsey71 · 5 years ago

  I liked the info in the beginning! you should do that more often

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• MI

  @misermeisel4014 · 5 years ago

  Great to see you’re doing a guitar amp centered video again! Btw I’m not here only for the amp content, I do in fact enjoy the majority of your content.

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• FU

  @fuzzcityrecords388 · 5 years ago

  Dude you are crushing it on the custom intro game

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• RO

  @roadshowautosports · 5 years ago

  Hey, Brad, thank you for all of your videos. I confess that on the time I’ve first saw your videos i sincerely thought you were an amateur trying it ou things on electronics! I guess by your simple way of talking I couldn’t see the master of this craft that you really are! I’m amazed by the way you can troubleshoot every defect by just simple hints in the circuit! You always start with s simple “I bet...” and your intuition is pretty much on the spot! Sometimes, like in this video, by mentioning possible causes for the humming, you made it look so simple and intuitive while taking away the fear we all have of amplifiers. I didn’t even know one could remove tubes while the amp was ON!!! From there you show such a professionalism and care for the subject as well for its owner when trying to keep it original but functional. Another great quality of yours is how humble you are by not editing so much out of the final product to show how you finally find out what is causing it, your own “mistakes”, and how you got to the solution!<br>You’re a blessing!<br>Thank you!

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• KR

  @krzysztofstokosa9786 · 5 years ago

  Man I love watching those 1h+ vids while working on a guitar. Lots of stuff I learn just by listening in sometimes taking a break from guitar and watching the content up close. Very interesting insight on the history and schematics, cant appreciate enough what I learned on your channel.

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• GR

  @graxjpg · 5 years ago (edited)

  This is like a damn tv show it’s so well produced. Except there is no slime coming out of my TV set!

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• TO

  @Tomater768 · 5 years ago

  Now that&apos;s an amp! Love the old tube amps of the 50&apos;s. Getting rarer than hen&apos;s teeth to find! Thanks for sharing this one with us! There&apos;s a reason why those are Clapton&apos;s favorite!

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• US

  @USMarine75 · 5 years ago

  Agree with others... this was a great &quot;new&quot; format IMO for your vids with the informational -&gt; repair -&gt; demo.

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