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For decades we did in & out of warranty service for Fender and many other brands. Warranty work is time-consuming; and, with paperwork, handling, & any receiving-shipping, it was always a PIA, so warranty work was often a money loser. Doing it now would cause price increases, so I do not.
Of course, I guarantee my work for you!
I do not accept packages shipped to me, unless by prior arrangement.
I prefer to meet and chat with my customers.
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Our HINTS page covers speaker phasing, etc. I have added to that page now & then with things for musician's & HiFi/Stereo/HomeTheatre owners. If you have a subject you would like covered on the HINTS page, let me know!
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I DO NOT 'try to sell you' parts nor service that I think are a waste of your money. It is not terribly unusual for me to recommend that I do not repair an item you have brought to me. This may happen if I think you will have continuing problems in the future due to extreme aging or other reasons such if I think a repair is not worth the cost to you.
I stock quality parts including vacuum tubes that I know from experience & testing will hold up to the stresses of musician's use. I stock a lot of radio tubes. I have a variety of selected tube brands because no single brand of vacuum tubes always provides the quality and specifications I want. This is especially so for modern production of vacuum tubes. For NOS tubes (new old stock) there can still be reliability problems. You are unlikely to find out about how serious this can be from other servicer's.
I offer FREE advice on maintenance & use of your equipment. See my HINTS page. I offer tube matching & bias services. Want to know the truth about operation of vacuum tubes, such as fixed versus cathode bias on output stages? Standby switch sequence operation versus tube life? You may ask me specific questions about vacuum tubes and use of your equipment, and I will try to clear up misinformation and outright hype found on social media and in manufacturer and sales department literature. Are you being 'sold' on a need to 're-cap' (replace capacitors) just because of their age? I am quite willing to tell you the truth about such things.
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I am not a retailer although I usually have some repaired items for sale, and I do supply parts to hobbyists, particularly so now that Radio Shack has mostly disappeared. Here is a link to our page of repaired & other items for sale, or trade, and I often some FREE things there too! THE PAGE DOES NOT COVER ALL WE HAVE FOR SALE (or TRADE, or for FREE)
bargain basement (CLICK!)
I SERVICE, Modify, Design, & REPAIR. I DO NOT DO FRETWORK & NECK WORK on guitars. There are nearby places that do, such as Legacy Music. I DO work on the electronics inside of many guitars. Sometimes I teach/instruct wanna-be technicians on how to work on electronics. I do this in hopes that they will want to purchase my business; or, get started in a business that has been good to me for many decades, and which needs younger blood....more often, the reason is just plain old-fashioned friendliness.
MANY stores send their repairs to me; especially the more difficult repairs.
We were featured on KOLO-TV/Reno for our expertise, SERVICE, and WORKMANSHIP! I have a copy of their certificate to me for anyone to see, in my shop. I have other such things.
https://fleischerelectronicsservice.com/businessforsale.htm
Very few knowledgeable/qualified technicians now work on older (or newer!) audio equipment, and I am often swamped with work, with a backlog (Wait List). I'm 86 y.o., and it's long past time that I should sell and retire. I'm not going to be around for more than maybe another few years due to cancer and heart problems. The business is for sale. Parts, test gear, and all other assets.
If you are knowledgeable/experienced, and want to work part time (or even full time), this might be for you. You will need between $10,000 and $18,000 for everything (and there is a WHOLE LOT of 'everything'). Price depends on how much 'help' you need to get established, and how much of the test equipment, tools, parts, workbenches, machinery, etc., that you actually take. Contact me if you, or someone you know, is interested in purchasing the business which includes extensive test equipment, parts, huge amount of tools, all my customer files, etc. Some or even considerable training, if needed, can be included. Here's more:
https://fleischerelectronicsservice.com/businessforsale.htm
CHECK OUT THIS SCHEMATIC!
My wife, Penny, was a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate for children) in the SLT area for a long time. Member of Friends of the Library. Until mid-2019 we were actively volunteering our help for Bread & Broth at St. Theresa's; ....& Penny was volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Director of Bringing Art To Schools program (BATS). Volunteer at the Juvenile Treatment Center. Charter Member of the Lake Tahoe Ukulelians way back to when it was called the Tahoe Aunties! She tried to get a ukulele group going in the Carson City area, & has played/sung at several senior's places, & was volunteering at the Fremont school to help children with reading problems ...until the pandemic. She got involved again, such as with the School of Rock (sort of defunct now), and is still trying to start a ukulele group in the Carson City area. She sometimes goes to South Lake Tahoe and plays with the large Ukulelians group which meets in the big room at the American Legion.
We both have had our #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 Covid vaccinations. As I update this in August 2023, Penny is still volunteering at the Carson Tahoe Hospital, in the ER (Penny has a past that included being a RN in the Navy, and for schools).
We have not yet re-joined the Muscle-Powered bicycling & hiking group here in CC. Due to my age and physical problems I have given up backpacking & downhill skiing, and gave away my last pair of downhill skis, boots, most of my ski clothes, etc. We like Ballroom Dancing, concerts, travel, events. We don't manage often enough to do many of these things.
I've had a long life, many experiences, have a great wife; and, a few friends I am very thankful for.
More on Charitable & other organizations we've been associated with:
Sons In Retirement (SIRS): ....I was also their Webmaster.
Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra. Involved with Kiwanis for local children. I chaired the stein-holding contest for years at the Kiwanis annual Septoberfest at So. Lake Tahoe. Penny was Kiwanis President-elect. Penny & my involvements included the Vikingsholm station for the Tour 'd Tahoe & Bike the West (both, multiple times). I participated in most Kiwanis activities, but my involvement slowed & finally stopped, mostly due to health problems. With our move to Carson City ...& the Pandemic, ...we have not yet re-joined the local Kiwanis Club. We probably will continue with our present volunteering, however. ...maybe rejoin Muscle Powered. That bicycling group is very civic minded.
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I owned a part-time electronics repair business since my mid-teens when I was still in school, and later, college. Early-on I was employed as an electronics technician, and later as an electronics engineer. Upon receiving my MSEE, & prior to moving to Lake Tahoe, I was the Chief Engineer of Linear Corp. Having reached the position I always dreamed of, after a few years I left Los Angeles to enjoy outdoors life more. At Lake Tahoe I initially serviced TV's for two major resorts and did stereo & hi-fi repairs for local stores as a sub-contractor. I sometimes did electronics design work.
I expanded my repair center and eventually my employees and I did nearly all the electronics work within ~80 miles, from a building on Washington Ave; and later in a building behind Kings Center. HiFi, Stereo & other electronics repairs; design & installing sound systems in homes, businesses & churches. We sold & installed car stereos as Ultimate Auto Stereo from a separate building. We did an increasing amount of repairs & modifications for musicians. I eventually moved the repair business to a large private garage to avoid drop-in customers, which distracted us from our work and nearly caused me to have to hire a receptionist/greeter/secretary. That move kept costs down & I continued my substantially lower prices. Today, the company consists of just me, working part-time, which keeps me from getting bored and annoying Penny. It pays for utilities and some few of my medical bills. I'm NOT interested in working full time. The business has been for sale, but the only 'listing' is in this website, link is in the lower left side column. Pass the
word, you could earn some referral $, if a deal is done.
BSEE (UCLA). MSEE (Stanford). Many decades working in electronics. Patents in electronics. Published in industry magazines, etc. Member IEE (now IEEE). Lots more boring-to-you stuff.
Worked for other companies besides Linear? Yes... Douglas; Hughes Systems & Malibu Labs; BMW (motorcycles); RadioPlane; Telemeter Magnetics; Stoddart Aircraft Radio and Stoddart Electro-Systems; Medical Measurements Corp.
Who designed, wrote the old HTML code, & maintains this lousy, trashy, messy, way-overly-wordy antique of a website? ME
Grumpy? Seldom; unless you show up without an appointment!...or phone after hours (I close promptly at 4PM)...amazing how many DIScourteous people call me while I'm cooking, and at dinnertime. If I've had a bad day, ...well...you can guess!
Pricing & Policies:
Prices are kept low by not paying rent & utilities for an on-highway building; not having a receptionist; not having additional technicians....and using a WaitList. Shop parts & labor policies/rates are detailed here:
pricing. There is a lot of detailed information on that page, for repair categories, etc!
Licensed: State, City; FCC; etc.
Served in the Military?
Yes, for a very long time. Semper Fi!
From Grunt to Proud Mustang
2nd Div.
Yes, I had multiple careers at the same time!
I have had many hobbies & involvements ...photography, back-packing, flying, hot rods. I restored, rode & raced old motorcycles ....and sidecar rigs. I authored & still maintain a massive BMW m/c technical repairs website that is known all over the world. I was the traveling tech/fixer for BMW motorcycles (dealer level) on the West Coast. My BMW repairs site is:
https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/. I am a well-known 'guru' for BMW bike repairs, had my own shop for many years. Earlier I was the head of the shop at a dealership. Most of my motorcycling was on 2 wheels, not 3. Photo below was one of my sidecar rigs that I built; and, yes, I've driven it to ski resorts. I have over 650,000 miles on BMW motorcycles, maybe 850K on all brands of bikes. I stopped riding in 2019 when my health problems increased. I greatly miss the fun/sport.
What else?
I was a pilot, and hold certificates (licenses) for a variety of aircraft types; and, for flight and ground instruction, ETC. I worked for two Agencies of the Government.
WHEW!
I try to play classical, jazz, and rock music on my piano. I used to be good at it. Penny plays the ukulele. I do not have room for large machines in my present garage, so have given up being an amateur machinist. Gave up riding motorcycles too, due to health problems and no room to have even one. I very rarely fly airplanes now. It's too expensive. Once in awhile I have a customer who owns an airplane, and we go flying.
I have worked with the Special Olympics; LTATF; and was Chairman of The Ryan White Consortium for both Alpine & ElDorado Counties for several years. For years I volunteered to take care of the computer network for So. Lake Tahoe Senior Citizens Center. I no longer do that, nor much of anything else at Lake Tahoe. Since late 2019 I've been a year-round resident of Carson City, and am enjoying the area.
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