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Keira modded the hell out of this old Elk, which is well documented here:
http://www.guitarforum.co.za/amps-speakers-and-valves/my-vintage-elk-es30-is-getting-an-interesting-mod/
Basically a (hand wired) Princeton Reverb in a different coat.

It went into the classifieds and Manny marketed quite persistently that I needed to buy it.
Alan made similar positive noises.
Who can say no to such wisdom?

I used a courier company called Collivery on Keira & Alan's suggestion.
http://www.collivery.co.za/
And it went VERY well.

Keira packed the amp masterfully; with the valves separate in plenty of foam; and the amp itself was embedded in its own foam mattress.
I reckon it would have been a good MythBusters experiment to see if it could have survived a 50m fall.
Outside chance it would have.

Cost of courier only about 270 ront.
Picked her up within an hour or so of me hitting the online button on Wednesday.
Arrived this morning.
Using the cheapest and slowest shipping option.
I did include the optional insurance though.
Wow.

Re-attached the valves & fired her up.

Very. Very. Very. Nice. Indeed.
Let's leave it at that.
For now.
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    Congrats Wizard. I think one of the smartest buys on the forum in a long time. Fantastic value for money. Enjoy!
      Enjoy it ..... While i was wanting a tube amp it was perfect for me tonally .... Jp knows his stuff and never had an issue with it .... And sold it not cos it didn't sound awesome but because i have discovered the compact and toneful world of ZT AMPS .... Which is better suited for my jazz gigs ....

      Enjoy wizard and wait till you get into that lush tube tremelo ... No trem pedal will ever sound good to you again ?

      and reverb is great too i just used it with reverb on 1 .... But turn it higher and add trem and you got surf tone ?

      glad it went to a good home .....
        Nice one Wizard! That's a very gas inducing amp!!

        Us Capies need another jam day! I want to hear this bad boy!
          Wonderful - congrats! Princetons are great little amps - the Blackface tone in a small and (relatively) quiet package. I'd be really interested to hear what difference the EL84s make to the Princeton circuit though.
            Thanks for all the lovely reinforcing comments!
            Always good when everyone thinks you made the right decision.
            I certainly do.

            Thanks to Manny for the prod.

            Strangely though ... I haven't paid the courier company yet and am not quite sure how to do so!
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              Slight hijack of my own thread.

              But ... a 9 ront piezo from Yebo ... stuck onto my Guild nylon (with prestik) ... input to a many-ront preamp/buffer borrowed from Matt (used more as buffer than preamp) ... and input into my new Prince-tone (sic).
              Very, very nice.

              (Piezo position affects sounds dramatically)

                I was busy playing and my 20 year old son was busy cooking lunch in the kitchen.

                I said:
                "This amplifier is a year older than me"
                "Who has done better over time - me or the amplifier?"

                Son's response:
                "The amplifier doesn't look so bad"
                  Hahaha that was a quick witted comment haha
                    Wizard wrote: I was busy playing and my 20 year old son was busy cooking lunch in the kitchen.

                    I said:
                    "This amplifier is a year older than me"
                    "Who has done better over time - me or the amplifier?"

                    Son's response:
                    "The amplifier doesn't look so bad"
                    Out of the mounts of babes...... :'(
                      17 days later
                      I'm glad for that ? Nice practice gear ?
                        Now need someone to buy my Super Champ XD to justify this cost
                        ?

                        /marketing punt
                          10 days later
                          Wizard wrote: Now need someone to buy my Super Champ XD to justify this cost
                          ?

                          /marketing punt
                          I did just that today and am very happy with the purchase!
                          Thanks Wizard its a keeper!!

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