crunchee
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I have a related question--Dan Erlewine in his Guitar Player Repair Guide, Third Editon (geez, you'd think that Guitar Center carries a copy or two!), recommends using thick styrofoam slabs cut to fit (as well as packing tubes separately in bubble wrap and placing them in a well protected container) for packing and shipping amps. Where can I buy thick styrofoam slabs? Salvaging styrofoam from discarded packaging doesn't always work well.
A friend of mine bought a early '60's Fender Bassman Head once via eBay (buyer beware, as always), it arrived in one piece but he gave it a thorough check out before plugging in--the fuse was blown and had aluminum foil wrapped around it to 'bypass' the fuse; power tubes were wrapped separately at his request for shipping, but he found that the center guide keys were broken (!) to the mid '70's RCA 6G6-Cs (tubes LOOKED fine, but you couldn't tell which pin of the tube was to go where). He had gotten it very cheap (no, none of these things were mentioned in the auction), had it checked out by a knowledgeable tech, got a very thorough electronic check out (surprisingly, no damage), new power tubes and new fuse and it's been working fine ever since. But I think he got off lucky.
A friend of mine bought a early '60's Fender Bassman Head once via eBay (buyer beware, as always), it arrived in one piece but he gave it a thorough check out before plugging in--the fuse was blown and had aluminum foil wrapped around it to 'bypass' the fuse; power tubes were wrapped separately at his request for shipping, but he found that the center guide keys were broken (!) to the mid '70's RCA 6G6-Cs (tubes LOOKED fine, but you couldn't tell which pin of the tube was to go where). He had gotten it very cheap (no, none of these things were mentioned in the auction), had it checked out by a knowledgeable tech, got a very thorough electronic check out (surprisingly, no damage), new power tubes and new fuse and it's been working fine ever since. But I think he got off lucky.
