1973 Shin-Ei Companion Va-603 Vocal amp restoration gallery

Pics of how the amp showed up. Nothing majorly wrong with it. Just lots of rusty jacks nuts, deteriorated foam under the reverb tank, needing a cord grommet, standard replacement of all the electrolytic capacitors and clean all the jacks.

Pics of the exterior and chassis restoration process.

Using aluminum foil to clean the rust off the chrome
A little bit of bar keepers friend and it comes right off.
Corner all cleaned up
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Starting to clean the rear plate
Cleaning up the rear grill
Cleaning up the front plate.

Pics of the board cleanup and capacitor replacement process.

Cleaning the gunk of the pots and jacks.
Bottom of the input board all cleaned up.
Getting the old flux off the power PCB
June 1973 filter capacitor
Old capacitor re-stuffed with a new one. Cut gets hidden by the mounting clamp.
Re-capped and cleaned output board.
All the boards re-capped and everything cleaned up and ready to go.
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