Finally arrived today, this little beauty. Much smaller than I remembered my old ones (getting old obviously!) but still 100% awesome.
Took it apart to show you the ins and outs of it:
Check out that awesome tolex pattern!
TINY little valves! anyone ever heard of NEC 55, 56 and 58 tubes??
Looks like fun if something goes wrong!
A few issues. Needs a ground installing so as to prevent certain death LOL, thats not much of an issue. The mains problems are though... firstly, I think the first tube is shot as it doesnt glow very bright and as the amp warms up, the sound gets really fuzzy and glitchy even on low volumes - up until that point the tone is SWEET.
Most annoyingly though, contrary to the eBay listing, the tremolo and reverb don't work
all I get from the 'verb is loads of static noise/hiss (checked the tank, springs are intact). The trem is dodgy, sometimes works, most of the time it works for 1/2 a second then goes.
Im gonna take it to a tech anyways but any hints?
And yes, Im putting a claim in against the seller for the repair costs.
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