Hicks Fender Mender?
Brian Rost
>
> Anyone ever used one of these? It's a device that purports to turn the
> reverb send/receive on old Fenders into a useful FX loop. There's one on
> sale locally.
It's more than that.
It plugs into the preamp tube sockets of a BF Fender (you then plug the
tubes into the Mender) and lets you cascade the preamp channels like on
a Boogie.
I think the diff between I and II is the II adds the FX loop.
I have no idea if they are still made.
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years ago. I was extremely impressed. Its a very nicely designed unit, and
sounds very good. one caveat. Don't take the thing apart, you'll never get
it back together.
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Robb Scott wrote in message ...
>Anyone ever used one of these? It's a device that purports to turn the
>reverb send/receive on old Fenders into a useful FX loop. There's one on
>sale locally.
>
>What's the difference between a HFM I and a HFM II?
>
>Are they still made?
>
>What's a fair price for a used II?
>
>Thanks....
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tube sockets for the non-tremolo channel, and plugged the 12AX7s into
it. It gave me channel switching, reverb in both channels and major,
major, major distortion. It wasn't really what I was looking for, I
should have simply gotten a stomp box, but for some reason I thought
it was cool at the time.
Later,
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 14:04:42 -0400, Qro...@ycrdi.com (Robb Scott)
wrote:
Phil Saunders
(Robb Scott) wrote:
> Anyone ever used one of these? It's a device that purports to turn the
> reverb send/receive on old Fenders into a useful FX loop. There's one on
> sale locally.
>
> What's the difference between a HFM I and a HFM II?
HFM 1 plugs into the preamp tube sockets and gives a hot rod overdrive.
HFM 2 plugs into the reverb pan and amp sends and adds an efffects loop.
> Are they still made?
>
> What's a fair price for a used II?
I paid $25 for a very beat up one; I think original list was $100.
Dave the Dork
sound system service there. Or at least he did about ten years ago when I
breezed tru town. He had an article in Guitar Player back then.
Dave
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Phil Saunders wrote in message ...
Sam Chambers
Hicks Electronics Corp.
3259 S. Yale Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74135
918-245-5110
But, it doesn't show up in any of the on-line phone directories, so it may
be gone. Anybody in Tulsa who can check it out with no long distance
charges?
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Dave the Dork <dbo...@bellsouth.net> wrote in article
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Ben and Eileen Dover
Robb Scott wrote in message ...
>Anyone ever used one of these? It's a device that purports to turn the
>reverb send/receive on old Fenders into a useful FX loop. There's one on
>sale locally.
>
>What's the difference between a HFM I and a HFM II?
>
>Are they still made?
>
>What's a fair price for a used II?
>
fair...@my-dejanews.com
In article <01bde1e8$610dd280$762956d1@sam>,
"Sam Chambers" <sam.chambers"@"mindspring.com> wrote:
> Found a snippet of a web page with the following address:
>
> Hicks Electronics Corp.
> 3259 S. Yale Ave.
> Tulsa, OK 74135
> 918-245-5110
>
> But, it doesn't show up in any of the on-line phone directories, so it may
> be gone. Anybody in Tulsa who can check it out with no long distance
> charges?
>
Aloha from Tulsa! After reading this post I was thinking that I haven't heard
anything about Mr. Hicks in a long time, so I made a few calls to see what's
up. The address for Hicks electronics is correct, he was working out of a
music retail store there for a long time but left there many years ago. The
word is that he quit the electronics Biz altogether and in now working as a
sales rep for an audio-video equipment distributor. The Fender Mender caused
quite a buzz when he came up with that one. Everyone seemed to agree that it
was a product worth merit. As I remember, the consensus was that the price
was prohibitive. This was back when nice Fender amps were still available
cheap. I can't remember what the price was, but I'm sure that they retailed
for well over $100, seems like it was better than twice that, but again,
can't really remember. I'll do some more sniffing around. If I can find him
I'll post what info I get. May be a week or two though. Who know's? maybe
he's ready to give up the schematic.
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but realized if I did, I'd probably never get it back together. Seems
to be constructed of quality components inside but the case is just
plastic so don't drop it...
I think I paid about $100. but may have been up to $150. I forgot I
had the unit till I read this thread. So I dug it out of my parts box
and it looks brand new. Anyone want to buy it?
Check out my other post on it. Its a good deal for $50. bucks...
Steve K
David P. Greenberg wrote:
>
> I did some mods on a fender twin that was equipped with one quite a few
> years ago. I was extremely impressed. Its a very nicely designed unit, and
> sounds very good. one caveat. Don't take the thing apart, you'll never get
> it back together.
>
> --
> David P. Greenberg
> Bitco Electronics
> "In Service to the Recording Industry"
> www.tiac.net/users/bitco
> Don't ever bob for French fries
T. Dave
jacks.... The Mender connects between the Normal and Vibrato preamp
tube sockets...
Regards
Ben and Eileen Dover wrote:
>
> Is that anything like an "Ice Cube"?
>
Dave the Dork
there is a fella (Steven Keay), selling one right now in this ng.
Dave
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Ring the bell and run away.
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Brian Rost
>
> I think the Ice Cube was a device between the reverb input and out put
> jacks.... The Mender connects between the Normal and Vibrato preamp
> tube sockets...
>
Yeah, I remember the Ice Cube, used to be advertised in the back of
Rolling Stone next to the head gear <grin>
The idea is that the reverb circuit on a Fender includes gain stages to
boost the low signal off the transducers in the pan, so the Ice Cube
replaced the pan and let you use those gain stages for overdrive, which
you kicked in and out with your reverb footswitch. They offered a later
model which let you plug the reverb pan in and get both overdrive and
reverb.
They were pretty cheap, maybe $50 in thise days (though a Strat was only
about $375 at the time!).
I knew someone who had one on a Super Reverb and it indeed worked as
advertised.