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paulsherwin · 21st Dec 2004, 12:03 pm

I resprayed my P43 front silver. It did look nice with all the paint stripped off, but mine had scratches around the control knobs which were very obvious without the paint. It looks fine painted.

Incidentally, I think the P43 is one of the few examples where a transformer variant performs less well than an AC/DC variant (P43U). My P43 has the mains and output trannies next to each other, and hums quite badly with all the valves removed!

Best regards, Paul

21st Dec 2004, 12:03 pm	#11
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,947	Re: Collectors are a funny lot! I resprayed my P43 front silver. It did look nice with all the paint stripped off, but mine had scratches around the control knobs which were very obvious without the paint. It looks fine painted. Incidentally, I think the P43 is one of the few examples where a transformer variant performs less well than an AC/DC variant (P43U). My P43 has the mains and output trannies next to each other, and hums quite badly with all the valves removed! Best regards, Paul