look..this is my jealous face....congrats bro!
ok dude here’s the best part— i gotta spill the beans on this ridiculous find. you may get a bit more jealous..?
i stopped into this funky consignment store recently to buy a used golf club (stepson broke my 1 wood?) and discovered they sold electronics like cameras and watches and stereos…..
and musical items.
i started poking around and stumbled on this on a shelf in the back of the store (can you see the price tag?!!)?
it was labeled “junk” because it did not seem to be working property. fired it up and tubes glowed, but it had no volume on clean or rhythm 2 but barely audible sound on lead channel.
i had the guy at the check out counter allow me to open up the chassis to check out the guts.
seemed to be in pretty good condition internally but clearly hadn’t been used in a long time.
i was totally not in the market for an amp, but for that price i rolled the dice (no returns or warranty on “junk” items) and promptly took it to my friend’s gtr store where it just so happened that his tech was there working on a boogie bass amp and had just serviced two Mark IIIs earlier that week. asked him do a diagnostic.
got a call the next day. ready for pickup!
tech found one bad resistor and someone had been in it and apparently wired the volume control improperly which he corrected. the other variables, reverb fan and fx loop, were working perfectly and tubes tested fine! $200 for 2 hrs service.
winning!!!
came with the rhythm and lead footswitches and original instruction manual and service sheet, but no reverb/eq switch. big deal! i gots me a boogie again!!
