New Amp Day

I ordered a Blues Jr. in a limited edition "Western" (aka bronco) covering that I think looks pretty cool. I bought this to gain some experience in modding the circuit inside and especially soldering components. Here is a pic.

I think it looks pretty cool. I had been reading a lot about this hog on the web and one of the things I saw is that the reverb has a tendency to go out due to faulty design. One of the fixes is to resolder the wires inside the reverb pan. Sure enough, when I opened it out of the box and fired it up, there was no reverb. I went ahead and disassembled everything and took out the reverb pan and this is what I found.

  

As you can see there was one wire not connected. I soldered it back on with my really bad soldering iron and after I reassembled everything and fired the amp back on it worked like a charm. Expect more furs to come about modding this thing.

In unrelated news, I want to submit a review of the Galaxy Nexus camera: it kind of sucks. I will try more outdoors shots in the future.