Upgrades

Popular upgrade mods

• Cabinet Grille Cloth Repairs
  If you look closely you can see the problem The cloth has disintegrated with either age, UV damage or both. The replacement Marshall “salt n pepper” cloth actually looks superior and should last a lot longer. The below Marshall cloth was damp damaged.  Replacement is very time consuming as getting the cloth pulled really tight takes some strength and technique but the end result is fantastic and makes the amp look like new.  Marshall keep a wide range of cloths available you can see them on their website under fret cloth.
• Fender Jack Socket Upgrade Mod
  Most of Fenders popular mid range amps like Twin 65, Hot Rod, Blues Deluxe and Junior are fitted with cheap plastic Jack sockets.   They are really prone to breaking if gigged regularly. A simple upgrade is to upgrade them with the vintage style metal chassis jack made by switchcraft as used on most guitars and all the old fender amps. The nice thing about this upgrade is you feel the benefit every time you plug in and play. Some amps like to have an isolated jack to help tame noise and this is also possible using switchcraft jack sockets and isolating washers.   ...