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Thanks for the post. It was the preamp tube sockets locked into the chassis cutouts. The control faceplate fit tightly around the pots and basically nothing would move. Once you remove the faceplate (double-stick tape) you'll see the holes in the chassis for the pots are oblong. So that side of...

Likewise, got a 5150III 50 watt from Nate and he was very easy to deal with. No worries here.

Embarrassing, but I can't get the main PCB out. I know it sounds ridiculous, but I had to just take a break before a damaged something. Anyway all the necessary spade connectors have been disconnected, retaining nuts off the pots and 23 (labeled ST1-ST23, so I thinks that's all of them) PCB...

Wish you all the best Nate. This stuff, is just stuff.

IIRC it's the loop jacks. Clean/Lubricate them and you'll be in business. Start by cycling a plug in the jacks a few times and see if that clears things up temporarily. If you crack open the chassis, be careful, there are dangerous voltages nearby. Good luck and report back.

No arguments with most of those suggested above. Any love for Freak Kitchen? Pretty interesting stuff in many dimensions.

Amen brother. First album I bought with my own money.

Did my own full turret build years ago. Great fun and my favorite player as well.

Great stuff for sure.

If you like Extreme at all you should listen to this. It's really interesting in all kinds of ways.

Saw them last night I'm MKE. It really was a great show. They're so tight it's pretty ridiculous. Mangini seems to fit in really well and appeared to really be enjoying himself. I also agree that LaBrie's vocals were very good. Minor gripe... I love the older stuff, but you can only fit so much...

Wife bought tickets for us to go to the show in Milwaukee in a couple week. Haven't seen them in years, so I'm looking forward to it.

Well, you can try cycling them a bit with a plug. I'm sure some have sprayed contact cleaner in there, but that could be messy. I pulled the chassis to do mine. To test you can just jumper the loop with a patch cable and see if that resolves the problem. If so you know it's the jacks.

Clean the serial loop jacks/switches.

Wishing Mike a speedy recovery. I scarcely ride any longer. Maybe I'm getting old, but distracted driving (no idea if that's what happened here) is a scary thing.

Count me in.

Definitely check/clean the loop jacks. If they're dirty they can manifest in a few ways.

MOD50 all the way.

Yeah, I hear ya there. Lots of folks don't like the 2700 system, but it never bothered me. One other bad thing about them is they have a design flaw where the bridge pivot posts are too close to the pickup route and the vast majority have cracked (on the low E side) under tension. So if you're...

Nitro IIIs of this vintage as still my go-to for rock. Fantastic feel and bang for the buck.