I would say if it's a 2204 Horizontal input, go for it if it's a good deal. I had an 87' 2204 , the thing was amazing, Tone for days! It was not really the issue with the tone, The lack of filter caps in the 2203 might have affected those but the 2203's still retained the amount of filter caps, they just had the pots connected to the board and the inputs but that would'nt really affect the sound. 2204's retained there tone. And they have some power man, very loud and when boosted with a good pedal like an OCD or whatever, they just slay.