Fender frontman pr 241 owners manual

Gnobuddy you are absolutely right! Safety first. Only excuse i have is that i did not know the actual problem when i first checked. My friend that gave it away did not tell me exactly the problem. I was shocked! Next time i will be wearing earplugs. My right ear is a little deaf, after almost a decade of gigging in studio with the band, meters With the fender frontman, i felt "strange" for minutes yesterday.

Today i feel totally fine. I hope that i fully recovered. You all gave me some good obvious starting points and precautions. Any other ideas if in the end the jack socket seems OK? My earplugs are already next to my workbench. Enzo Member. All kinds of things can make all kinds of symptoms. I suggest following advice in order given as it is more likely than something esoteric. Extra pins on jacks? SOme may be unused, others are cutout contacts that do jobs like ground the tip when jack is empty.

Others may be involved with muting circuits. All depends upon the amp. Schematics still needed to add FX loop send-receive and reverb circuit. I was very lucky, easiest fix ever! How it was fixed: After your ideas i started disassembling the actual amp board from the cab. From the top i noticed that the transparent cover of the input jack socket was missing.

After checking the others i realized that this cover is just for the dust, i think it has no other functionality. I also used my Ohm meter to check both jack sockets and i learned this way why it has 4 pins for mono signal: the 2 extra pins are for connecting signal to ground when jack is removed from socket, like an auto switch.

Also by this test i realized that the input jack socket works electrically as intended. While doing all the previous tinkering, i noticed that the pin inside the input jack socket that contacts to the tip of the jack signal is broken and has no contact with the jack.

It had a little more of the pin left, so i just bent it upwards and it makes good contact with the tip when the jack is inserted. I double checked that it has continuity as intended and no short circuit when jack is plugged and unplugged, i temporarily connected the speaker and power cord, i wore my earplugs, sent my dog to the bottom floor and fired up the "beast".

Everything is fixed! The amp works again like a charm! Reassembled it and i am amazed by the sound and db this small amp produces. Both with closed back factory and open back, it produces great clean and OD tones for practicing in my room. I am sure it will be able push a fair amount of air, when i add an adequate 1X12" 8Ohm speaker cabinet.

I don't know how easy it will be to find one or how much it costs, i suppose from euros. What do you say? I think the best route is to enjoy it like it is now and replace with the original part when it dies again. I loved the quality and simplicity of the construction and hardware. The Fender logo on the front grill is made out of metal sweet!!! Even if this amp goes to garbage some day, the metallic Fender logo will stay here.

Next step, modding the PCB: If you examine closely the last three photos, you can see clearly that there is a reverb circuit printed on the PCB but has no components on. Is it possible to find or calculate the characteristics of the components of the reverb circuit?

Is there any other similar reverb circuit available online? Do you have any schematics or guidelines to share? Google did not help me till now. I suppose the Frontman R is the reverb version of the amp, maybe like Frontman 15R.

Also i would like to add an FX loop send-receive but i have no clue. Is that possible and how? Even if i don't add the reverb components on the PCB, FX loop capability gives me the opportunity to use whatever modulation pedal i like.

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