How to Repair Fender 5F1 Tweed Champ dead Mojo Kit ebay special Bring it back to life

A fellow shipped this Champ to me after purchasing on ebay. It was understood to be dead. He feared a bad power transformer, however that was not the case. Simple wiring errors generated the malfunction. Now the MojoTone is barking away happily. Great Class A 6V6 sound restored.

[@bryannorris]

Whoa!!! The Ghoul im from Cleveland he’s an old school staple!!! Sooo cool

[@davidsigglekow1349]

Your trouble shooting abilities and mods are astounding! Great work, Great sound! Thank you sir

[@brennonjohn]

I get unreasonably excited for the snauseramus.

[@csxblackmusic]

Me too!!!!!!!!

[@williammckeown4768]

Terry, I love your videos! I'm fairly certain that this is not a Mojotone kit. I have one of their 5F1 kits and they come with different parts. The printing on the chassis is different too. I'm glad you brought it back to life! Keep the videos coming!

[@Caged63Man]

Loved Big Chuck & Hoolihan Show on friday nights with their many scary movies and crazy skits...Gotta love Cleveland talent & also WLLZ Detroits Wheels that played amazing true Rock Music!!...listening and watching your talents across the pond in London Ontario!

[@vilveyachke5103]

PLUNK YOUR MAGIC TWANGER, FROGGY!!

[@Finom1]

Bless you Terry, for sharing your wisdom with us!!! Amazing educational video. Great Karma on your channel.

[@chickenlickin3820]

Dog is like, "ain't coming in until this infernal noise stops"

[@hestheMaster]

Being from Chicago I had to google" the Ghoul". I found out that track you played was actually his predecessor Ghoulardi. He had a mad scientist voice and wise-cracking attitude but the ghoul ( Ron Sweed)was a mere second rate crazy guy that apparently couldn't match wits with Chicago's Svengoolie ( Jerry G.Bishop)! The Ghoul was on Chicago TV for a very short time but couldn't replace him ,he wasn't too funny in comparison . So a few years later Rich Koz made his first appearance as the Son of Svengoolie. Which thanks to cable TV and more $ , made Rich the #1 "ghoul" on TV .Happy Halloween and Stay Sick!

[@guitaradelic]

Great job! Just goes to show, following someone's mess can be a challenge!

[@RadioTom103]

Love it! Great tips for any 5F1 builder.

[@donniefisk2252]

Nice job as always my friend !! I always look forward to your videos. I always learn something from you.

[@rciancia]

Nice work Terry.... Mojotone amps are generally made very well and have good sound. You brought this one to life, really really great job.... :)

[@d-labelectronics]

Thank you Ron. Yours is coming up soon!

[@mp-ov9dh]

Another great vid! Snozeramous made it all worth it. I love to build little champs they sound great and are low parts count.

[@DaveGVideo]

Great instructional video, glad it turned out well for the buyer. Tony is clearly a Joe Bonamassa fan :)

[@johnsimms3957]

Good job Terry!

[@SwanseaTitanFan]

Well done Terry.

[@johntilson2535]

I grew up watching the Ghoul too! AMRAP, overday!

[@preiter20]

It's not a proper Snauzeramous appearance without the soundtrack in the background. We must be similar in age Terry as I grew up watching the Ghoul on I believe channel 50 in Detroit. Great troubleshooting tips again!

[@bobbarcus8310]

Thanks love your show

[@someonebald2022]

I love that the volume goes to 12: "OI, SPINAL TAP! YEEEOOOOOH!!!".

[@tomk1tl39]

Yo Tony, glad to C U agn..........Tele's rule ! ! ! ! Nice job Terry on the 5F1..........those input jacks can be confusing !

[@tracyc7813]

I grew up on Gouladri, Big Chuck and Hoolihan as well. :o)

[@handmadeindustrial]

German electronic music is the best for soldering meditation!

[@chessapk5034]

Bring me to life... Wake me up inside... Save me from the dark

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Goulardi was part of every Cleveland area kids TV live back in the late 50s, early 60s. I remember his last show.... he 'allegedly' blew up a mouse with a firecracker😳. Then it was off to new career in California.

[@GregVasquez777]

wow it does sound great.

[@cristianosar]

very good!

[@dancraver3815]

Tery ur awesome

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

A 👍 to the guitar player!

[@gabekarp3008]

love ghoulardi, thanks

[@boctok55]

It’s sad that Classictone is going out of business.

[@russellesimonetta3835]

I don't think that is a Mojotone. Could be a boothill. MOJO doesn't have the 8 ohm tap. And it's got the Princeton style resister and cap on the far right of the board. Nice rig!

[@Lee-NN7X]

Nice Ending......

[@donaldfilbert4832]

I pulled down the MOJO-Tone 5F1 Champ schematic - and it correctly shows only one 1M ohm resistor connected to Input 1. Who knows why this guy added another 1M resistor to input 2 ? He obviously didn't understand the input schematic or the design objectives !!

[@billmiller7138]

I've seen enough Fender inputs that it caught my eye right away cause it didn't look right.

[@russellesimonetta3835]

It's just a princeton input circuit. No problem. I think it's a boothill amp. I always love the princeton over the Champ. The Mojo is period accurate and doesn't have the 8 ohm tap! Again better because you can use a 10" 8 ohm speaker for more low end and a fatter sound!

[@danielsaturnino5715]

What, no smoke? No fun... kidding. Nice job!

[@123chooby]

Can you describe your dummy load build, maybe in next amp repair vid?

[@sfmag1]

The Ghoul! Hey Hey hey!

[@Bigjoedo66]

Great video, several of these kit amps end up going to you for repairs, bad instructions?

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Builder error. They usually miss the jumpers underneath and wireing mistakes. But they are great to get started on.

[@williamgombert7710]

Hello Terry, Very intresting, but why do you use seperate grounding for your filtercaps? Cfr "one point grounding". Why not using the same ground as the centertaps for the HT, the centertaps for the filaments and the grounding of powerchord? Best Regards, William

[@dhpbear2]

Terry, did you fix the phasing of the output transformer or did you just omit the feedback line?

[@copykon]

Are you familiar with the RCA Victors? (1918)?. I have one that powers on - but smells like sulfur and there is a component in the back that I just can't identify. I've been trying to find anyone that has experience with them with no luck.

[@mackfisher4487]

I see during the guitar test your old Labrador had to go outside to protect his ears.

[@donaldfilbert4832]

Maybe it wasn't his style of music - laugh !!

[@PLINKER]

So Terry if the amp has a 4 Ohm and a 8 Ohm connection would you be able to hook the amp up to any size speaker with either 4 Ohm or 8 Ohm compatibility? Thanks Tom! I'm trying to learn a bit about electronics.

[@donaldfilbert4832]

Yes !! Only impedance (ohms) matching is required. Physical size of speaker makes no difference !!

[@PLINKER]

@@donaldfilbert4832 Thanks so much Donald, I'd like to make a small Amp like a Fender 5F2 one day when I think I'm ready. Studying ahead though! thanks again!

[@donaldfilbert4832]

@@PLINKER Have fun !!

[@johnmaddox5765]

Do you have Dyna pas3x power supply boards for sale?

[@GregsGarage]

Back from the grave!

[@ianaintsaying1625]

Why do I see discrepancies between 5F1 schematics online? Some show a 1.5k connected to pin 5 of the 6V6. Those same schematics also show a 470Ω resistor between pin 4 and the 2nd filter cap. Other schematics don't even show these components. Why is that?

[@tubeDude48]

That green resistor in the middle at 2:03 is TO close to that cap! *YA!* for the *Snozeramous!* love mine! Whoever built this should probably take up knitting instead!! Just ordered: *Wolfsheim!*

[@brich2929]

You said you normally dont do repairs of tube amps? I'm confused.

[@d-labelectronics]

That was for fun

[@brich2929]

@@d-labelectronics lol.

[@kendipietro6855]

Classictone just announced they are closing.

[@d-labelectronics]

Yep, real bummer. They were my goto for transformers

[@kendipietro6855]

@@d-labelectronics I've had great luck with Heyboer and can highly recommend them. Weber has some pretty good budget options depending on what you need. Then there's Antek which also has some very reasonably priced toriodal transformers.

[@darrylcarstensen5448]

I have also used www.ebay.com/str/musicalpowersupplies . They have been around for awhile, but occasionally change where they have their transformers produced. My ears aren't good enough to tell the difference in sound production, but the few I used did not have any electrical problems. I currently have their 15SE in a Dave Hunter "Two Stroke" running an old RCA 6l6. It's my favorite amp to play in my lair.

[@koldpants]

Heard Classictone is going out of business :(

[@d-labelectronics]

Yes, very depressing : (

[@brich2929]

I was told that they were not doing well

[@DaveGVideo]

Oh no, I have used them for several repairs :(

[@russellesimonetta3835]

I don't think thats a mojo but I could be wrong. They use orange drops, and belton sockets.

[@brich2929]

And they have their own electrolytic caps

[@russellesimonetta3835]

@@brich2929 yeah , King caps. That also has mallory 150's . It looks like a quality kit though. I personaly prefer Mallory's over orange drops but it could be the color.

[@ElliotGKnapp]

Yeah definitely not MojoTone--in addition to what everybody else said, it would have Mojo transformers, a fiber eyelet board, and old-timey wire and resistors too.

[@blues61]

So I had to google Ghoulardi and found this interesting video ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aVlIt5p9KUq8U ) that includes archival clips. At 45 seconds into the video ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2aVlIt5p9KUq8U?t=45 ), Ghoulardi gets the camera man to open a small box with electronics inside. Apparently, the box provides some sort of shock as a gag. What could that circuit be??? Maybe it was designed in Portughoul... ;-)

[@daveogarf]

SNOZZERAMUS!

[@alexwoolridge94aw]

Some people should stick to collecting stamps apposed to building amps wouldn't ya say D labs especially when these folks are selling their terrible builds on ebay! Unreal

[@cheycasters]

Black Leads Matter!! (sorry) I couldnt help it ok!