Imagine, if you will, the sheer terror of the following situation: . You are the proud owner of this 1970 #Marshall 20 watt head (with original 4 x 10 cab) and one day, a few weeks ago, you are happily noodling away on it, doing your best attempt at Hendrix (which is poor at best - but that's beside the point!), and all of a sudden...it just STOPS WORKING! It's completely dead. Kaput! The pilot light is on. The tube heaters are glowing. The whole enchilada looks like it *should* be working. But no sound is coming out of it. Not even a faint hum! 😳 . Now, something like this happened to me once before...and it was a blown output transformer that time! So my mind instantly goes there, and I start panicking. As you know the original OT is considered one of the most important parts in a classic amp. The rational part of my mind knows that there are SO MANY things that can go wrong in a 50 year old tube amp. I was praying it was something minor like a bad tube socket connection! But I couldn't get the thought of a blown OT out of my mind, and that the amp would never be the same again! Let's just say it was brown trouser time at Casa DeeBeeUs™ that day! 🤣😆😄😀🙂😐😶🙁🤢🤮 . So: a couple of weeks ago I packed it off to my amp tech @marshalllespaulfan, with my fingers crossed, hoping against hope, that it was just something simple. And after a quick check he diagnosed...you guessed it...a bad tube socket connection! The OT was just fine! OMG my old heart can't take this sh*t lol. 🤪 So #ToneHenge™ has been restored to it's former glory and all is right with the world again! I'm sitting here as we speak playing the 2006 #CustomShop sparkle #Strat directly into it at medium to high volume, doing my best (poor) Hendrix imitation, and enjoying myself immensely! . Thanks for the speedy and inexpensive diagnosis and repair @marshalllespaulfan! . . #straturday #fender #stratocaster #fenderstratocaster #fendercustomshop #marshallmonday #guitar #guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #marshallamps #vintagemarshall #tubeamp #tone #ampphotography #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CH3bbpUBxUo/?igshid=hcc6p32th3ob