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    • April 2, 2008 at 6:29 am #76912
      myfoot
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      Yeah I can’t get around paying that amount of money and even with the restore will still lose some money….
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    • April 2, 2008 at 5:28 am #76959
      1bassleft
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      Internally, that’s a handy restoration job although, if the owner has a more original Superlead with shot trannies, I’d have gone with his first proposal; switch the Drakes onto the good SL, remove the mods on this one and fit replacement iron and then sell it for whatever (or treat it as a mod-box). Either option would probably involve losing some money if anything close to $1400 were paid, though.

    • March 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm #76892
      myfoot
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      I’m impressed ..restoration in progress 😀
      http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=17954

    • March 27, 2008 at 3:01 pm #76957
      lee_UK
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      Our Bass man Gary has an original superbass, i sometimes play through it, and it is a very nice amp.

    • March 26, 2008 at 9:26 pm #76964
      GDaddy
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      I have a friend that did this to a ’73 super lead, I don’t get it. I have a ’68 super bass that is as close to stock as it gets (added a grounded cord, and adjustable bias) no one will ever touch it beyond that.

      GD

    • March 16, 2008 at 7:58 am #76906
      lee_UK
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      you never can tell.
      One mans junk is anothers restoration project.

    • March 15, 2008 at 7:15 am #76980
      1bassleft
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      Over 700 quid 😯 ? That’s just silly. You can get a SuperPA for that, and it would be a lot less of a tweak.

    • March 14, 2008 at 10:04 pm #76880
      myfoot
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      I can’t believe this went for $1425 !! No way it’s worth that. Well I hope whoever got it enjoys it.

    • March 10, 2008 at 2:12 am #76955
      1bassleft
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      [quote]Also there is enough lamp cord in there to wire up a faulty lamp or two as well.[/quote]

      😆 . Yep, if you’re not too fussy about cotton-wool originality (and I’m not) and handy with the solder (again, unfortunately, I’m not) then it would be tempting to revert back to its intended sound if the price is right.

    • March 8, 2008 at 8:31 pm #76886
      myfoot
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      Yep, it would have been worth a whole lot more untouched than it wil ever be now. However there are a few people at meroamp forums eyeballing it for parts if it goes low enough. Looks like the trannys are original and you couldl clean up the board and put it in a rebuildable one.
      Also there is enough lamp cord in there to wire up a faulty lamp or two as well.

    • March 8, 2008 at 6:03 am #76953
      lee_UK
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      Nice touch with the Dymo tape gun on the front panel, real classy touch, overall a real stunner.

    • March 8, 2008 at 5:41 am #76977
      1bassleft
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      Crikey, myfoot, I’ve seen some bastardized Superleads but that doesn’t just take the biscuit; it snatches it with all incisors and swallows without even touching the molars. Does M Kelley chew a lot of gum? Hundreds and hundreds of pounds (x2 for $) has been wiped off its untouched value.

      Full credit to the seller for their uneasy, “ermm, you might be able to reverse this” description. My one favourite line in the whole descn is this:

      [quote]The extent of the modification is a little beyond our understanding[/quote]

      and, indeed, anyone else’s 😯

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