dave.st

There did not seem to be any point in re-thinking the costs some more so I got the amp sent off and let Bruce know.

The start of Bruce's reply was frankly bewildering - I'd told him the amp was all packed ready to ship and he's now suggesting I pay someone to hack out the transformers?!?

Not hearing from Bruce with a shipping estimate from his end, I figured I couldn't establish a shipping cost myself until the amp was fully packed, so I proceeded with that.

Bruce confirmed that I should send one of the reverb pans and some gave useful information about likely shipping time.

Finally some costs for the amp shell...

An unprecendented number of emails were exchanged on 16 April 2008, this one being far from the last.

Finally a specific response about the head case / shell...

I sent Bruce a picture of the chassis (left) with the protector bolted on using the screws that normally hold it into the case.

Having removed the chassis from the combo case a while ago I had a clearer idea of what would need protecting if shipped, hence my suggestion of a protective board across the top, surrounding the controls.

Some good suggestions that might help me make progress... and an interesting observation that the chassis metal is really too thin :(