Baja Electronics in CHCH

[RobRoyMcCoy]

Hey All,

One of my customers wants some custom amp work done in Christchurch. I have heard that Baja Electronics do valve amp work in CHCH. Has anyone on the forum used them or can you recommend them, and if so why?

Many Thanks

Rob

[Clarky]

Hi guys, my Fender Pro 185 is breaking up at volumes above 4, and it needs some sweet loving, (otherwise the drummer is going to win the volume war.)

Does anyone have contact details for Baja that they can post here please?

[Clarky]

Google is your friend;

Amplifier and Loudspeaker Repairs
BAJA ELECTRONICS - 20 years of service and repairs to musical instrument amplifiers, public address (PA) amplifiers and speaker reconditioning etc.
Custom design and one off prototyping available.
Call Steve on 3882517, Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm for friendly advice on any matter concerning musical amplification.

[Clarky]

Wow, Steve is great!

He fixed my Fender in two days, and charged me only $80!

[slash-ed]

Hmph, my experience with him was so-so. Granted it was through a shop, who apparently forgot to relay some of the problems with the amp I wanted fixed through to Steve, but if you're doing a full service anyway, how hard is it to miss the big annoying buzz of a bad ground while you're at it?

Perhaps it was just a mix up, I dunno, but it annoyed me quite a bit running back and forth between the shop and such.

[Bg]

but if you're doing a full service anyway, how hard is it to miss the big annoying buzz of a bad ground while you're at it?

pretty easy to miss I guess, unless you said you want him to fix manufacturing defects as well: or perhaps you should say 'Theres this big annoying hum, how much to fix?"

[slash-ed]

That is exactly what I said

[Clarky]

The Fender is going so well after a few components were renewed and the board re-soldered.

Steve showed me some of his custom built pedals, the likes of which were so pure and warm that I had never heard anything like it before.

[Simonski]

'Theres this big annoying hum, how much to fix?"

HAhahaha,

Guitarist "Theres this really crap sound coming through my amp. can you fix it?"

Tech "Sure bring it down"

Tech "Well there seems to be nothing wrong. plug it in and have a test"

Guitarist *plug* weeeee oooo chug chug chug weeeee bleedly bleedly

Tech "I think we have found the problem"

hehehe

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ROFLCOPTER

[Clarky]

Tch tch, you kids....

[Timoes]

Anyone know if Steve / Baja is still in operation?

[sopachrga]

Was about 6 weeks ago when I called him about getting a speaker fixed.
So as far as I know, he still is.

Call him, you'll find out pretty fast.

[TmcB]

Yeah, he's still going.


To be straight up, I'd track down Guy Benfield for amps nowadays; Steve's getting an ugly rep for doing weird and unwanted things, only allowing groove tubes to be put in and not giving you your old tubes back, adding master volumes for no apparent reason.

I took my sovtek to Guy, sounds great! He has a policy of only doing mods that a subtle and won't ruin the resale or inherent character of your amp because of Steve's rep of changing random crap.

Effects though, Steve's your man.

[Zaulkin]

Steve is the man. I've had help from him before with a pedal, which he fixed up in about an hour and charged me next to nothing.

I really really really want to try his Baja Tube Overdrive.... Does anyone in Auckland have one?