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"Every girl crazy for a cop dressed man"....

First NOTAKLON, now NOTADUMBLE. With goop to make it authentic.....

Same. Mine, goldtop with non-original P90 pickups, plays better and is a better guitar overall (YMMV) than the original 1956 Gibson LP I had for nearly 2 decades. And, you might say, somewhat more affordable. 😁

Old Fingers King. Alternatively, the OF might stand for Old Fart.

Our band way back then (60s) was lead by an English guitarist with a blackface Bandmaster. Along with the stock 2 x 12, he had a second cab with a pair of high frequency horns. Not exactly like the Quicksilver rig, but you get the idea....He would more or loss turn everything to 10, then dare us to keep up. It was a bit funny because our local crowds would stand WAY back rather than the more typical "get close and check out the band" tendency. By volume, we were ahead of our time. By talent, well.....😁

I have recently become a fan of the LA-2A compressor. Here is one way of getting there on your pedalboard at a very reasonable cost. And it is on sale at a large discount for a short time. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UALA2APedal--universal-audio-teletronix-la-2a-studio-compressor-pedal The Effectrode Limiter Amp is another way of getting there with actual tubes more like the original studio rack gear and has more ways to tweak it. As well as a footswitchable boost. It IS much larger. Is it WORTH five times as much(?)

Sounds like you got lucky with the condition given the packing..... Once upon a time, a Twin Reverb was shipped to me (FROM A MUSIC DEALER, NO LESS) in a way oversized cardboard box. Absolutely NO padding or protection. Musta been thrown off their loading dock. The box rattled when delivered. Baffle board broken out, tubes shattered, speaker cones torn. Their idea of a joke (??) Yes, they did pick it up and gave a total refund.

Many years ago, our next door neighbor got a new puppy. Put it outside where the poor thing must have missed his momma and spent the whole night howling and whimpering under our bedroom window. After a while, I set my Super Reverb on a chair and aimed it out the window toward their house, plugged in a mic and started barking and howling like a rabid wolf. Poor little thing was still hiding on the far side of their yard when they came out to get him the next morning. True story, inspired by a Mickey Newbury recording......

And I imagine if you matched it up with the Friedman IR-D (Dirty Shirley type preamp) that you'd have a lot of tones to footswitch between......

Must be a prototype!