112-RD 100 repaired and refurbed

dstadel

Thanks to my buddy Greg, we got this thing back on it's feet at the end of last week. I wanted to get a few hours of playing time to make sure we're back in business.

This amp went up in smoke (literal) last Spring. I couldn't wait for a long repair so I got my hands on something else and let it sit. Greg is an electrical engineer friend that kept bugging me to have him take a look. Lo and Behold... he replaced a few resistors, transistors and we're good to go. He even has an old tube tester, very handy.

I took the chance to replace the grill cloth and clean away the grunge. I still have to clean up the corners and do something with the tolex tears at the bottom, but it looks as pretty as it sounds.

It still has the stock speaker and sounds good...but it's 18 lbs. At some point, that thing needs to be replaced.

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Joel D Cagle
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I just bought a 210 65 from a pawn shop. Very good condition and seems to be all original. This is my second MM amp as I traded off a 212 130 many years ago. I currently own 210 Sixty-Five, Fender DRRI,
Pro Jr., Concert(Rivera),'70 Bassman,Gibson Falcon,'77 Marshall 1987,JTM612, 4x12,2x12's...stuff. Usually plug a Les Paul or Tele into these, ocassionally a Strat.

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Joel DC Fri, 07/29/2016 - 04:49

That looks great! Congrats on getting your amp going again. A Eminence neo mag speaker really lightened my RD112 alot and sounds good to my ears.

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Erwin Rosheuvel
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Erwin Rosheuvel Wed, 05/03/2017 - 04:49

Excellent job, compliments! Hopefully my 30 year old MM 212 HD One Fifty will look like yours after it is refurbished. Actually I brought it yesterday to a vintage amplifier restore guy here in the south of the Netherlands (www.henderamps.nl)

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Bruce Krohn
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112RD-100

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Telecastoff1 Sat, 06/21/2025 - 06:10

Great job on your restoration. Do you still have this amp?

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Dave Stadel
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112RD-100

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dstadel Mon, 06/23/2025 - 10:24

For some reason, this site started emailing updates from this thread.  You're right, I'm not really on here anymore but I can post a follow up on the RD

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Dave Stadel
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dstadel Mon, 06/23/2025 - 10:30

I don't have the amp any more.  I had it restored and continued to use it but right away pulled the stock speaker in favor of a Eminence Legend (V128?) that was quite a bit lighter.  

I wound up getting a couple other amps and decided that, although the MM RD was great & the pristine clean tone was unmatched, I'd get rid of it.  I owned it from 2008 to 2018.  When I sold it I also put the original speaker back into it.  The buyer was pretty stoked about the amp.  He drove a couple hours for it.  I sold it for $450.