Just got mine back from a tune up. Caps replaced, all NOS tubes – its like a new amp. Sustain and saturation at low volumes are now possible on the lead channel. And the clean channel sparkles.

I’ve had this beast for over ten years now and it was my first fender and first decent tube amp…so fun to play around with the pull boost and i have an imprint in my head of those great little red knobs… so cool and original for me i will never part with it ( it has broken again though, but only half broken…still can use the clean channel). I have pulled tubes and always run it in low output- 12 or 15 watts. Now that is cool! I bypass the shitty speakers and plug it into my Carvin vintage 16( 5 watt) that has an Eminence Red Coat ‘the honker’. Nice and tight now. In the future i will yank the amp out and discard all that dead weight. If you find one, overhaul it with one set of power tubes and change to one speaker only…man those red knobs really wanna be pulled right off and walk around with me in my pockets all day…strange how things can grow on ya, eh! P.S. One good thing about all that beastly weight is that it is not likely to ever be stolen from my country house ( where i leave it unattended…no locks on the doors…)

I toured with my 1988 white snake skin with black knobs “TheTwin’ back in the late 80’s and early 90’s. I recently broke it out of it’s road case and discovered that it had many huge issues. I took it to a very experienced amp guru who has worked with some very prominent bands in Canada. He did a complete overhaul of the unit and brought it back it’s glorious sound! (I think it cost me more than the amp was worth!!) oh well…… Love this amp.

Can anyone give me the reverb tank number? My red knob’s tank is missing and I’ld like to replace it.

Bought a new red knob 27 years ago and it has survived many gigs. As for performance and sound it is delightful