Bad.Seed
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Managed to snag this amp for free on eBay using my eBay Bucks voucher from the last build up period. $310 shipped, original Sylvania 6L6GC's in it. Was looking pretty good for me, until I got the box. When I moved it, I knew immediately there were going to be problems. The amp flopped around freely inside the box. As I was opening it up, I heard broken glass moving around inside the amp. Bye-bye, sylvanias.
Pulled it out of the box and low and behold, somewhere in it's life, the transformer had been mounted down with 2 pieces of extremely thin metal, and was now flopping about freely inside the headshell and took out the left most power tube. The chassis was also loose inside the amp, but all the screws were in it, so obviously some of the chassis mounting screws busted in shipping as well.
I already went to the seller, who offered to refund me whatever the repair costs will be. Could be an OT plus power tubes, but we will see. I feel bad for the guy, as he's never shipped an amp before, but common sense would tell you to make sure whatever you're shipping is secure inside the box. My tech does great work at great prices, so I'm guessing the damage wont be too bad for labor, and I'm going to have him check the electrolytic caps, change the filter caps, SGR's and mod for more gain while he's in there (I'll cover that charge obviously) and have a beast Butcher when it's all said and done. I also got the matching cab off of GC for $140 which arrived on my porch an hour ago, so there's that.
Anyways, here's the damage.
Pulled it out of the box and low and behold, somewhere in it's life, the transformer had been mounted down with 2 pieces of extremely thin metal, and was now flopping about freely inside the headshell and took out the left most power tube. The chassis was also loose inside the amp, but all the screws were in it, so obviously some of the chassis mounting screws busted in shipping as well.
I already went to the seller, who offered to refund me whatever the repair costs will be. Could be an OT plus power tubes, but we will see. I feel bad for the guy, as he's never shipped an amp before, but common sense would tell you to make sure whatever you're shipping is secure inside the box. My tech does great work at great prices, so I'm guessing the damage wont be too bad for labor, and I'm going to have him check the electrolytic caps, change the filter caps, SGR's and mod for more gain while he's in there (I'll cover that charge obviously) and have a beast Butcher when it's all said and done. I also got the matching cab off of GC for $140 which arrived on my porch an hour ago, so there's that.
Anyways, here's the damage.
