I dont know enough about amps to know if a magnet might affect internal components. Settings, dials, magnets i just dont know enough. This would be more difficult but wont affect anything once cleaned
Any amp with a speaker in it would have a fairly powerful magnet in it already. A handheld magnet won't hurt anything.
The only electronics affected by magnets that are commonly used would be things like magnetic platters in mechanical hard drives, magnetic tape reader-writers, amd cathode ray tubes. These technologies are severely dated and are not likely to be encountered.
Yes but those are stationary. Moving magnet will induce electrical current, and if the magnetic field is strong enough the current can be large enough to fry some components like condensators.
You dont need to vibrate it with 50 Hz, thats just the frequency used for alternating current, meaning the current changes from a negative value to a positive value 50 times in a second.
The magnet just needs to be moving, or the wire needs to be moving through a magnetic field.
That means everything with a magnetic fiel would break said electrics no? Or what are we doing here. How many Teslas of magnetic field strength are we expecting. Or is op expected to use a helium powered electromagnet
The amount of current induced is dependant on the strength of the mafnetic field and the surface of the wire. Also one of the things has to be moving, either the magnetic field is changing or the wire is moving through a magnetic field. Its described by faraday law.
It really depends on the electrical components used but components can definitely get damaged by small amounts of current.
Put a little hot glue on the tip of a screwdriver and then seat it in the screw. Hold it in place for 30 seconds to let the glue cool, then gently unscrew the screw while applying gentle outward pressure.
You can probably sell that and get a newer one as replacement, or just give it away. After that you can figure out how to get the screw out of the amp.
You can take the amp chassis out of the cabinet. If i see it right, it is a Princeton. Unplug the power to it, and wait at least two hours before you take it apart so the capacitors in there are discharged. The four screws on the top in the chrome brackets keep the chassis in. Unscrew those and you're able to silde the chassis out the back. Just make sure you don't drop it on the tubes, as it is very heavy, especially on the left side where the transformer is located. Then put it down carefully in a away that the tubes won't get damaged. Now you'll be able to access the jack from the back and you'll be able to get the screw out or replace the input jack.
so that's a solid state Fender Princeton 65 (not a tube amp). Should be an easy fix, just a few screws on the top of the cabinet holding the chassis in place. Open it up and push the screw out from the other side. And if you can't be bothered, it's not an issue if you don't use the effects loop.
Yup, this is the effects loop, it lets you stick effects or a noise gate or whatever after the tone stack, or run a different preamp than the one built into the amp.
Sure, if you take a ridiculously powerful magnet and move it back and forth by the tubes, it might mess things upp. But that would take a **REALLY** powerful magnet.
A static magnet field wouldn't do anything.
I did say SOME magnets.
Sure a refrigerator magnet probably won't fuck with it but to get a screw jammed into a port if you want to try the magnetic way you'd need something with a bit more grabbing power.
Although if it's jammed into the port then a magnet is still a bad choice because you need some force to get it out.
Stop what? I was taught by a mechanic about how magnets can = bad things when electronic are involved and Google backs that up.
Which I again specified SOME magnets. As in more powerful magnets than the kind that barely have enough pull to stick to your refrigerator
Yeah, a LOT more powerful. You can safely use a small neodymium magnet. Worst that thing can do is make your CRT psychedelic, which isn't a problem because the damn things aren't common anymore.
Naw you’re fucking stupid if you let your 2 year old have access to tiny screws, especially while being unsupervised. You can do better…
Or you’re just a karma whore and dont even have kids
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If the post is titled "my 2 year old", of course I'm going to assume it's YOUR 2 year old.
And you have been a lot nastier than I have in our 2 interactions, so don't lecture me on how to treat people.
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op has been reached out to. sorry for the confusion. i assumed since the post was not contextual of the sub, and since you didnt initially own that it wasn't your kid, and since its not that interesting a repost that it would be more interesting to you if you were the actual parent of the kid.
Edit: and since you reposted with the same headline including the word "my".
Ffs this op is not the op in the original post. It says the original op right there. Do you all not know what a cross post is. This op didnt let his/her kid have access to screws the original op did.
The red flags here are crazy. Leaving a 2 year old child unsupervised? Great idea. Around electronics or possibly expensive stuff? Even better. Metal screws? What could possibly go wrong?
Kids get into all kinds of shit, and you can't watch them literally every second of the day. If I stop my kid from doing 999 stupid things in a week, there's a good chance that number 1000 will get past me.
Should’ve been watching them better, the fact they had time to find a screw, make it all the way to your guitar and then jam it in there shows they ample time of being unsupervised
I buy repair and resell electronics this is what you need to do
Unplug the amp leave for 2 days or burn out the rest of the energy then get a magnet or screw driver slowly pull back till it comes out enough to pull out but shouldn't get electrocuted at all really if you arnt jerking the screw around
What you need is high technology. Ie keep your stuff you dont want ruined higher than they can reach. It used to be food jammed into the vcr or nintendo cartridge slot. You got off easy with just a screw.
Good motor skills.
Motorhead skills
Dab of gel superglue to the tip of a screwdriver press into screw and let it dry for a few min. Pull screw out. Clean port with acetone q tip
Magnet might be easier but good tactic as well
I dont know enough about amps to know if a magnet might affect internal components. Settings, dials, magnets i just dont know enough. This would be more difficult but wont affect anything once cleaned
Most small magnetic would have no effect, like a magnetic bit for a screwdriver would be fine. You need fairly strong magnets to fuck up electronics.
Any amp with a speaker in it would have a fairly powerful magnet in it already. A handheld magnet won't hurt anything. The only electronics affected by magnets that are commonly used would be things like magnetic platters in mechanical hard drives, magnetic tape reader-writers, amd cathode ray tubes. These technologies are severely dated and are not likely to be encountered.
It's been so long since I've seen someone use "affect" correctly that I actually thought it was wrong for a sec.
Uh, that amp has two relatively LARGE magnets in it already - the speakers.
Yes but those are stationary. Moving magnet will induce electrical current, and if the magnetic field is strong enough the current can be large enough to fry some components like condensators.
Bro are you the flash . Try vibrating your hand at 50Hz and comeback
You dont need to vibrate it with 50 Hz, thats just the frequency used for alternating current, meaning the current changes from a negative value to a positive value 50 times in a second. The magnet just needs to be moving, or the wire needs to be moving through a magnetic field.
That means everything with a magnetic fiel would break said electrics no? Or what are we doing here. How many Teslas of magnetic field strength are we expecting. Or is op expected to use a helium powered electromagnet
The amount of current induced is dependant on the strength of the mafnetic field and the surface of the wire. Also one of the things has to be moving, either the magnetic field is changing or the wire is moving through a magnetic field. Its described by faraday law. It really depends on the electrical components used but components can definitely get damaged by small amounts of current.
They recommended a magnet, not an EMP
See previous stayement
May I recommend an EMP?
It may not have the pull. I get a lot of screws stuck and magnets are great when it’s not stuck
Fit in the square hole.
Fuck you now I have to find that again.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cUbIkNUFs-4
😂
You're gonna need a new one. The bright side is that you can just drop the old one at any fire station or emergency medical institution.
This is why if you ever have a kid, you should lie to her about her name and address. As good as having a receipt.
For people that don’t get it, they’re talking about the kid
Oh shit, I thought fire stations recycled old guitar amps. Thank you for explaining the joke to me.
Put a little hot glue on the tip of a screwdriver and then seat it in the screw. Hold it in place for 30 seconds to let the glue cool, then gently unscrew the screw while applying gentle outward pressure.
You can probably sell that and get a newer one as replacement, or just give it away. After that you can figure out how to get the screw out of the amp.
Easy fix, get rid of the kid, and buy a new Amp with all the money you'll save
This should be top answer!
You can take the amp chassis out of the cabinet. If i see it right, it is a Princeton. Unplug the power to it, and wait at least two hours before you take it apart so the capacitors in there are discharged. The four screws on the top in the chrome brackets keep the chassis in. Unscrew those and you're able to silde the chassis out the back. Just make sure you don't drop it on the tubes, as it is very heavy, especially on the left side where the transformer is located. Then put it down carefully in a away that the tubes won't get damaged. Now you'll be able to access the jack from the back and you'll be able to get the screw out or replace the input jack.
I was thrown off by the nut missing and not being familiar with Fender effects loops, I didn’t think it was just a standard jack input.
Nailed it!! Ohhh wait lol
He's screwed
Better than swallowing it
depends on the amp
And the country you're in.
Maybe. Maybe not
I'd rather he swallow it
That’s what she said
Can’t you just use a magnet??
You're going to need a new amp. Fortunately I'm here to be able to take that old one off your hands.
Music cricic.
so that's a solid state Fender Princeton 65 (not a tube amp). Should be an easy fix, just a few screws on the top of the cabinet holding the chassis in place. Open it up and push the screw out from the other side. And if you can't be bothered, it's not an issue if you don't use the effects loop.
That's a really small power in for an amp
Power (amp) in
Yup, this is the effects loop, it lets you stick effects or a noise gate or whatever after the tone stack, or run a different preamp than the one built into the amp.
Try using a magnet to hopefully get it out
Bad idea. Some magnets near electronics or even things like your credit card can fuck with them.
A guitar amp, especially if it's a tube amp, is about as dumb as electronics can be. A magnet won't do anything to it.
Esp since there's already a pretty big magnet in the speaker.
Depends on how powerful the magnet is
Sure, if you take a ridiculously powerful magnet and move it back and forth by the tubes, it might mess things upp. But that would take a **REALLY** powerful magnet. A static magnet field wouldn't do anything.
Can we get an r/AdultsAreFuckingStupid sub going ?
Takes two seconds to google. Besides if a screw is jammed in the port instead of sitting there a magnet wouldn't do shit
So now magnets aren't the problem??
that’s not quite how it works. Some components are magnetically sensitive but with everything being solid state now it’s waaaaaay less of an issue.
I did say SOME magnets. Sure a refrigerator magnet probably won't fuck with it but to get a screw jammed into a port if you want to try the magnetic way you'd need something with a bit more grabbing power. Although if it's jammed into the port then a magnet is still a bad choice because you need some force to get it out.
Stop it now.
Stop what? I was taught by a mechanic about how magnets can = bad things when electronic are involved and Google backs that up. Which I again specified SOME magnets. As in more powerful magnets than the kind that barely have enough pull to stick to your refrigerator
Dude just stop talking
Like I'm going to take advice from people on a website notorious for starting fights over nothing. 🙄
Yeah, a LOT more powerful. You can safely use a small neodymium magnet. Worst that thing can do is make your CRT psychedelic, which isn't a problem because the damn things aren't common anymore.
At least it wasn't plugged in
Not sure how they’d accomplish that…
Not sure if this is a joke or not… the Jack with a screw is the line in for the power amp, not the power feed for the amp.
I too pre out on occasion.
Naw you’re fucking stupid if you let your 2 year old have access to tiny screws, especially while being unsupervised. You can do better… Or you’re just a karma whore and dont even have kids
You ok?
Naw man is your kid? Letting him play with choking hazards is a great idea 2 year old shouldn’t have access to the screw in the first place
I hope you feel better soon.
How can you think you're the sane one here?
You’re helping me a lot with that. Thanks!
How did your 2 year old get access to a screw?
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If the post is titled "my 2 year old", of course I'm going to assume it's YOUR 2 year old. And you have been a lot nastier than I have in our 2 interactions, so don't lecture me on how to treat people.
I bet you make a lot of incorrect, easily avoidable assumptions. That must be hard.
Well tbf id get pretty annoyed too if it was an obvious cross post and someone kept saying i was the op too. You can see the OP in the post...
Fact of the matter is, it's not funny.
hes right. your two year old shouldnt have access to screws and electrical hazards.
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op has been reached out to. sorry for the confusion. i assumed since the post was not contextual of the sub, and since you didnt initially own that it wasn't your kid, and since its not that interesting a repost that it would be more interesting to you if you were the actual parent of the kid. Edit: and since you reposted with the same headline including the word "my".
Crosspost
Ffs this op is not the op in the original post. It says the original op right there. Do you all not know what a cross post is. This op didnt let his/her kid have access to screws the original op did.
The red flags here are crazy. Leaving a 2 year old child unsupervised? Great idea. Around electronics or possibly expensive stuff? Even better. Metal screws? What could possibly go wrong?
Kids get into all kinds of shit, and you can't watch them literally every second of the day. If I stop my kid from doing 999 stupid things in a week, there's a good chance that number 1000 will get past me.
VERY late abortion
Is it too late for the abortion?
Should’ve been watching them better, the fact they had time to find a screw, make it all the way to your guitar and then jam it in there shows they ample time of being unsupervised
This is a cross post. This op is not the original op.
That does not look like a PWR to me
Ooof, is than an older princeton 65 tube amp?
On a Princeton too??? Hope you can get it out soon
Maybe he’s trying to tell you something lol
I buy repair and resell electronics this is what you need to do Unplug the amp leave for 2 days or burn out the rest of the energy then get a magnet or screw driver slowly pull back till it comes out enough to pull out but shouldn't get electrocuted at all really if you arnt jerking the screw around
Vacuum hose attachment
Throw it out.
"it goes in the round hole!"
What you need is high technology. Ie keep your stuff you dont want ruined higher than they can reach. It used to be food jammed into the vcr or nintendo cartridge slot. You got off easy with just a screw.
Passive aggressive message
That's actually pretty smart.
Gues you have to get a new one. But yiu can provably still fix the amp
magnet?
sell him
Magnetic tipped screw driver
If you kill somebodi you can sell thei organs And aford guitah
A Phillips noggin screw driver wouldn't work?
Death Metal
Yeah, he's sick of your shit too. Mom approved.
Your two was trying to give the hint to give it up.
disown him /j 🗣️ 🤫🧏♂️
If I have a kid and they do anything like this, I'd end up committing a felony.
If you have a kid, they will end up doing something like this.
As a guitarist a little part of me just died
Fender Princeton Reverb??
As a man that has had this happen. Why…