Peavey XRD680 Modified Power Amp Section and PSU

PAMGS - Baguio Tour....Coming Soon!

this is also known as National G.A.S. Day before..

FENDER SQUIER VINTAGE MODIFIED STRAT CHERRY SUNBURST - Crafted in India

This axe was brought to me for proper setup and playability. Owner prefers a vintage tremolo in a floating setup. Rock on Bads!

The Squier Vintage Modified Strat guitar incorporates the best of classic Fender styling and some flashy finishes.

Squier Vintage Modified Strat features include a gloss-finished maple neck and Duncan Designed Alnico 5 pickups. Vintage style with some modded twists.

Squier Vintage Modified Strat main features include:

• Body: Indian Red Cedar (Cedro)
• Neck: Maple, C-Shape, (Polyurethane Finish)
• Fingerboard: Rosewood, 9.5” Radius (241 mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo
• Pickups: 3 Duncan Designed SC-101 Single-Coil Pickups
• Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
• Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
• Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronous Tremolo
• Machine Heads: Standard Die-Cast Tuners
• Hardware: Chrome
• Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
• Width at Nut: 1.650” (42 mm)
• Vintage Style Tremolo
• Gold and Black Squier Logo
• Engraved Neckplate
• White Plastic Parts
• Dot Position Inlays

Peavey XRD 680 powered mixer

a classic powered mixer, circa 1993-1994, with on-board digital effects

front panel separated from the main housing. (take note of the mix input jacks (used and abused Neutrik kind...)

close-up of the new XLR panel mount jacks with push to unlock tabs...built to rock! \m/

Furman Power ...toasted! (accidents do happen)

Three's a wah!

Ibanez wh10 (single pot) on the right, Jen wah and a modern wah

A dual-looper beside the Jen wah

The dual-looper! (courtesy of Lexus Hugo)

Ibanez S420 in the house!

Typical ibby headstock

classic sabre body...

serial indicating date and place of manufacture, i.e., Indonesia

ZR Trem

ZPS2 system

Pots with COR-TEK markings...definitely an Indonesian-based CORT guitar factory

Holes for the back plate cover are not to my liking....

....lemme countersunk 'em and dab with a black ink marker

all set and ready to rock. fitted with 9's and properly setup to Ibby specs....

string ball ends at the tuners...

packed up and ready to go!

JEN Wah...Take Two (up close and personal)

Now fitted with true-bypass switching

Additional wires and re-wiring

true-bypass switch with an indicator

bottom plate...top part

bottom plate...middle part

manufacturer's information... close up

bottom plate... lowest part

indicator beside the foot-switch when engaged to ON

indicator under low lights

classic PCB artwork.

PCB board with components

PCB board (close up)

Dissecting a JEN Wah (70's i guess)

Here is an authentic JEN Crybaby WAH that was made in Italy with the RED Fasel. Also known as JEN Super CRYBABY due to the all white skirting around the base plate...... Elvis thing....

Gut shots for restoration and modification.

Possible modifications are true-bypass and a DC input jack, and maybe a JFET buffer (more on this later).

Wah pot replacement is necessary, too.

Circuit tracing will take time but online sources will make it a breeze. Thanks to the world wide web :)





The anti-static foam was recently added to protect the board from shorting to the enclosure. Originally it had thick double tapes and what's not as spacers beneath it.

Lotsa work to do for this tone mojo. These will include rubber stops, cleaning, pampering and whole lotta love to make it sing! And yes it does sing, it wails .......it ROCKS! (well for one it has a rocker isn't it? enuf)