Marshall DSL401
At some point in its history, someone replaced the notoriously lacking bridge rectifier with an EVEN SMALLER ONE! The resulting heat was enough to melt the hot glue supporting nearby caps which ran across the board and out the tube socket. Glued the tube to the socket and the socket to the board. Also toasted the nearby channel switching relay. Wave soldering is why we can't have nice things around here!
1983 Carvin Series III
1983 Carvin 212 combo. Needed the low voltage supply rebuilt. A common issue with these amps as they age. Everything else was in amazing condition, right down to the hard to find original foot switch. Someone truly loved this thing. A sturdy, American made, 100 watt tube amp for a fraction of what you would pay for a new Fender or Vox import.
Summit Audio 2BA-221
Swapped out some cheap, rebranded, microphonic tubes and also...... um, ground strap anyone? Those should probably be attached to something, right? All in all, a quality piece of gear that just needed a little help.
TE-01
Now it gets weird! Late 90's home-brew tube overdrive pedal. Built with parts salvaged from a 12v wall wart! The majority of components are EPOXIED to the case. This is maybe not the safest pedal ever produced.... But it sounds too good for that to be a problem!
Vox V847
Sometimes all it takes is a good cleaning. Your pedals spend most of their time on the beer soaked stage floor or in the back of a barely running Econoline... And then you step on them. Over and over. A little maintenance can go a long way.
Marshall JCM2000 TSL100.
The output jacks on these are wired in series. So if the 16 ohm out goes bad.... the 8 and 4 ohm won't work either. Replaced the damaged jack and this one roars like it should.
