Dropped a 50 year old tube amp I was fixing on my workbench

Had a vintage Fender Bassman come in last Tuesday, the owner wanted me to recap it. I was pulling the chassis out and my grip slipped, sent it face down onto the corner of my metal bench. Cracked the power transformer mounting bracket clean off and bent one of the rectifier tube pins. Spent the next 3 hours finding a replacement bracket on ebay and straightening the pin with a pair of needle nose pliers. Anyone else have a moment where you just stared at the damage for a solid minute before moving?

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james_ramirez6d ago

Ngl that transformer bracket crack is a nightmare to source.

uma_webb286d ago

@james_ramirez you said it best with "nightmare to source" lol. I swear every time I see one of those cracks I just want to cry. Spent a whole weekend calling around shops and nobody had it. Ended up just ordering a knockoff from some sketchy site and praying it wouldn't blow. Still holding my breath tbh.