This is just crazy, an amp that has been heavily modified with a frightening level of DIY skill coupled with a generous scoop of ignorance, always a dangerous combination.It would seem that someone has taken all their knowledge of car audio principles (low voltage, high current) and tried to apply it to a garden variety Fender Blues Deville type valve combo (high voltage, low current).
Unless they were actually trying to install the whole thing into the dashboard of a car then I have no idea why anyone would butcher an amp in this fashion. Unfortunately the addition of an industrial type US mains plug indicates otherwise, unless they have a really weird car (or an RV). The 10G mains cable is just hilarious, "ya gotta keep that resistance down in order to get 'the tone'."
Now it's just a matter of getting the house rewired and having a word with the power utility company about restringing some nice 'gold flashed' cable between your house and the power station. Because we all know regular copper is next to useless for the efficient conduction of electrons. Oh, and make sure all your fancy new cabling is 'broken in' before installation.
It's a real pity we don't get to hear this little puppy in action but I don't blame Adam for not even bothering to turn it on. You'd want to be winding the variac up real slow if you did actually want to go that far with it.
But hey, I hope that in the course of performing these crazy mods the owner at least fixed up all the cold solder joints that are usually par for the course with this era of Fender combo ala the Hot Rod Devilles and Deluxes. These amps keep us techs in business big time, nice clean channel though...
I also hope they had a good time belting out the solo to November Rain while their house (or car) burned down around them.
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