A couple of things:
I have to consider every tube in there right now untested. even the preamp tube I had in there last week is back in the twin, and a bought a "new" GT 12ax7m for the Guild. Maybe I'll swap those 12ax7 tubes because that china in there worked longer last week. I also managed to knock both power tubes out of their sockets re assebling, and had to bend the pins back straight. :roll: I'll start looking for a local with a tube tester.
The capacitor that feeds the reverb tank
Hi Z; Ooze? Needs to go - that one is too much $, use this one: 8uf/150V
has not been changed. I put the oozing one back in for now, anticipating adding to the parts order.
--speaking of the reverb, while it was running for a short time last night after re-assembly, I think I was getting less reverb signal than previously. I needed to turn the 'verb up halfway before I could really hear it, it used to be pretty wet at halfway.
The can caps: both of these exact can caps are available, but I'm hesitating to order not knowing how old these are for sure. I mean, if the four digit code on them is a date code, they're both 07XX. when I bought the amp in 08, it had "recent service". John, you said you think they might be original, do you think I should get new ones just for good measure?
Next steps after work tonight: 1. I think I'll put that other preamp tube back in, FWIW amp has worked best with that tube, probably coincidence.
2. then I'll go thru the voltage checks outlined earlier in the thread.
3. Thinking about just adding "thanks capnjuan" to my sig line.