talltxguy
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I recently picked up a Studio Pre for $350 from the Guitar Center used pages. Cosmetically it's in great shape. I checked the insides and discovered one of the caps had been wrapped in electric tape. The tubes were such old Mesa 12AX7s that I did not even recognize them; it wouldn't surprise me if they were stock 12AX7s from the late 80s. And a few other caps had that dry crap coming out of the ends of them. Needless to say, I did not even power her up. She's getting a cap job and will be ready for action next week. The good news is that my ADA MP-1 had the 3TM & noise mod done and is ready for pickup...it's gonna be a good day!