Operation: My Wife

So here I am, on the eve of Hari Raya, while in the midst of cleaning and clearing my room, I set my eyes upon my poor neglected wife and her accessories, and decided to finally do something about her pitiful condition, after having been inspired by Pak Anjang's words...

'Ambik je screwdriver bukak sendiri tu amp!"

For those not privy to the above statement, my uncle was just telling me to do some DIY on my amplifier and wife. Well see, the problem with my wife was the input jack, and apparently some of the circuitry inside is causing problems. To compound matters, I can't even plug her in to my Zoom Fire-15 amplifier because the input jack of my amp has gone loose and pushed inside, leaving a big gaping hole, impossible to plug. I was waiting to send my guitar and amp back for professional set-up and servicing, but I was also wary of the costs. I've never really thought of doing a spot of DIY either, because I didn't wanna damage what was some rather expensive (to me at least) electronics. But however, for some reason I was inspired today... maybe because it's Raya tomorrow?

So, armed with a tube of contact cement, a tube of SupaGlue and a set of screwdrivers, I settled down and set my hands to work. After all, a man's gotta be good with his hands... HEH =D

My wife, Epiphone Les Paul Standard GoldTop with my mini-amp, the Marshall MS-4. You've just gotta admire her curves, don't u?

My main amp, the Multi-FX Zoom Fire-15. Note the gaping hole in the top left of the control panel where the input jack has fallen through.

Fire-15 with the back cabinet removed, revealing the speaker inside

Back cabinet which was removed, along with the corresponding screws, and a stray nut

Zoom Fire-15 errr... Zoom-ed in

Zoom Fire-15's electronic motherboard, the brains and innards of the amp

Applying contact cement to the input jack... this was later reinforced with SupaGlue, because the contact cement wasn't strong enough to hold it in place

Clearer shot of the contact cement being applied to the input jack

Front view of the Zoom Fire-15, with the control panel displaced from the back

Accessing the circuitry of my Les Paul's pickup selectors

Pickup selector electronics chamber exposed

The circuitry of the main electronics chamber in my wife. Note the 4 spheres, corresponding to the 4 control pots seen at the front of the guitar; 2x tone pots, and 2x volume pots. The input jack is also accessible from here.

My wife in a rather... dishevelled way. A spot of polishing the grime off later, and she'll look her usual pretty self. Note the pickup selector at the bottom left of the pic, and 2 of the 4 control pots seen on the top right on the pic

Urm... random shot of the box where I keep all my army equipment ready for reservist duty. Err the box art design is a consequence of having been bored to nuts spending the day spring-cleaning the house. Heh