Guv'Nor rehousing

[kvazr]

Hello all,

First and foremost: I'm a complete newbie when it comes to electronics and stuff like that.

My old, original marshall guv'nor is quite damaged after a long time on the road. The effect itself works just fine, it's just the box that is quite erhmmm... damaged 

So I was wondering if it would require a whole lot of soldering to rehouse it? In other words: what has to be done exactly? I'm asking because I have never really touched a soldering iron before and I don't really want to destroy the pedal completely hehe

Hope you understand.

Thanks in advance.

[AzzR]

Im still fairly new aswell but as far as i know you should not need to resolder anything. of couse the easiest way to find out is to open the pedal up and have a look how its all mounted and if your not comfortable fiddleing with the circuit then dont. the only thing i can think of that might be a little tricky to get out would be the pots and the footswitch etc also te board may be screwed in there. i think im fairly right but if im not anyone feel free to correct me

Dream

[christobean]

i have an original guv'nor too, and its not too hard to take apart.  i am also pretty new to this, but i am getting the hang of stuff like that.  Just take the screws out of the bottom and open the case, then unscrew the nuts securing the jacks.  carefully pull out the jack board and you should be able to see what else should be done.  ive gotten to this point many times with my guv. and it has never been a problem, but mine is in decent condition so ive been trying not to messs with it.

[emilyandmiles]

No soldering required.  But due to the way the jacks and DC in are mounted you might be better off wiring up yr own, and making it true bypass at the same time (mine seemed to eat up all my highs, these things have poor buffers).

I was thinking of rehousing mine a while back while i was modding it but one of the boards (can't remember which one now) was too long by a couple of mm's for a hammond type, which put me off.

There's a pic of it here... http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/emilymilesandpoppy/01010003_1.jpg

[christobean]

also, with the value of the guvnor these days, you may want to save the old enclosure, if its usable at all

[Mike Burgundy]

Sheesh, what have you done to it?
That's a two-part folded (really)heavy gauge steel box! Are you driving over it regularly with the drummer's Hummer?
That said (and again, wow) it should not be a problem. You might run into some slight trouble disassembling it, but if I remember correctly, the thing can be 100% disassembled without heating up an iron. A Hammond BB would fit this nicely ( I *think*) - just be very careful the everything lines up, and the wires don't get stressed in the new enclosure (or replace them with new, longer ones - but that involves soldering)

Soldering isn't all that bad, it just requires a little practice, good tools and the ability to assess what the h*ck you're doing Do NOT throw out the original box, though. There's always people interested in old stuff, even when busted.
Welcome to the community.

[Ben N]

Hmm, it's been a while, but IIRC, all the pots and jacks are mounted to the board.  That means to rehouse yoiu would need either (a) a very precisely sized and drilled box, or (b) to desolder the jacks and pots and run wires to the new chassis-mounted ones.  Or do I not recall correctly?

Ben