AMP REPAIR SERVICE

Yes, I still service all Rick-Tone amplifiers regardless of age or condition. I can also service many other manufacturer's amps, including vintage amps from the big names like Fender & Marshall, and the ''cheap and nasty'' vintage amps that many techs won't touch, like Kay, Harmony, Alamo, Premiere, Supro, Silvertone and many other budget tube amplifiers. In many cases the cost of repairs on the budget units can add up to more than the market value of the amp, so please contact me about repair services only if you're serious about having your amp fixed and have funds to devote to your project.

I have worked on amps for my own use since the late 1970's, and I have built and serviced amps for other musicians since the 1980's, but I am not a full-time amp technician. At this time in my life, I have a regular job that I do on weekdays, and I am only doing amp work on weekends. If you need your amp fixed fast, send it to somebody else. I am also not the cheapest amp tech, but any repairs I do are done safely and done right. As far as I know, I've never had an unsatisfied customer.

Before asking me to repair something, please consider the following:

• I do electrical repairs, not cabinet repairs. If you need your amp's cabinet repaired, rebuilt, or recovered, please ask elsewhere.

• I work on tube amps. I don't work on solid-state amps, with a few exceptions. The exceptions are the early solid-state amps manufactured from about 1965 to 1970 that use discreet transistors instead of integrated circuits. If you need a modern solid-state amp repaired, please ask elsewhere.

• I only work on musical instrument amplifiers, vintage PA amplifiers, and occasionally on antique radios. If you need a repair done on a hi-fi stereo amp, electric organ, television, phonograph, telephone, or some other gadget, please ask elsewhere.

• I work on guitar amps, not on guitars. If you need your guitar, bass, banjo, ukelele, or some other instrument repaired, please ask elsewhere. For instrument repairs, I recommend the following:

  Troubadour Music Center 125 SW Washington Ave Corvallis, OR 97333 Phone: (541)752-7720 Proprietor: Kent Buys

  The Fingerboard Extension 120 NW 2nd St Corvallis, OR 97330 Phone: (541)752-5679 Proprietors: Ted & Keta Tom

• I don't travel to work on amps. If you aren't located in my area (the central Willamette Valley region of Oregon), then please be prepared to carefully package and ship your amp to me for repair, and please be prepared to accept the risks involved in shipping your delicate amplifier with a carrier like UPS or Fedex. If you aren't prepared to do this, please ask elsewhere.

If you made it this far:   For more information about repair services, please feel free to contact me by e-mail .

In your e-mail , please include the make/model/type of your amp and a description of the problem(s) you want repaired.