Someone offered me a rough dual rectifier

[newamerikangospel]

A friend decided to sell his dual rectifier and offered it to me for $500. It works fine from what I have seen, but he decided to take off (smash out) the faceplate apparently to make a custom one which he never did; and at one point a beer had been spilled on/in it when it was turned off in which he and someone else opened up the amp and dried it out, in which it works seemingly normally after. It liked it when I played with it and even used it for a reamp when I did a demo track for him. My concerns are

Trying to find a replacement faceplate. Mesa's website didn't have anything that I could see, and ebay and google didn't pull up anything.

When the amp is turned on, the power supply can be felt vibrating through the head cab. I have felt this in other amps, but never to the extent of this. Does this indicate moisture damage or any failing in future?

 

[jeid]

Ask to borrow it again and take it to a tech to look over. If he finds nothing wrong with it, buy it. If you contact Mesa directly, I'm sure they could sort you out with a faceplate.

 

[newamerikangospel]

I spoke with him, and he apparently needed the money by today, so I looked over the amp and plugged it in, twisted some knobs, and got it for $300. It doesn't seem like there is an issue with it minus the vibration in the head cab, and I will take it to get looked at by a tech in a few weeks. So far, I feel like I got a pretty good deal.

 

[Sloan]

Good deal. If an amp turns on and has some sort of output, the rest is pretty easy and cheap to fix (most of the time).

 

[cfh11]

+1

as long as the tranny isnt blown, it sounds like you got a great deal.

 

[aortizjr]

Damn... $300 yeah that is a steal. The vibration is most likely the transformers and it is usually harmless. Might just need some tightening to the chassis or the rubber grommets need to be installed/replaced.

The front you can easily make something or Mesa will likely send you what you need. And who cares really? It is just cosmetic.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Yeah $300 is a steal indeed, even if the thing is beat to death. You could probably re tolex it if you wanted and I'm sure mesa can get you a new face (although they like to charge more than it's worth IMO).

I would look into just getting the logo plate and doing a new tolex front face instead of the diamond plate as I'm pretty sure mesa is gonna bend you over on that.

 

[newamerikangospel]

Yeah, I sent them an email, and the first suggestion was a new head cab for $299 I would like to get the standard polished diamond plate, it just looks quintessential rectifier to me.

I did a quick mic up test, dialing the amp in in the room and using my mic spot for my cobra

http://www.reverbnation.com/ravensongstudios/song/22586270-dual-rectifier-test