From tonysounds@yahoo.com Wed Nov 22 11:23:05 2006
Subject:Re: Even UPS can't Kill my AMA

Yeah, UPS did that to a leslie I sold a list member...the amp, bolted inside the leslie, was bent at a nice severe angle. The best part? THE LESLIE WAS IN A FLIGHT CASE!

David Jacques wrote: Yesterday I received my custom built AMA from Speakeasy Vintage Music and
immediately noticed that the box left by UPS on my front porch was damaged.
There was a 3-inch puncture hole in the outside of the box.

As Steve usually double boxes his shipments with tons of bubble wrap and
peanuts I was not too concerned. However, when I pulled the inside box out I
noticed a another two-inch puncture in that box. After unwrapping the AMA
from the inside box the damage was quite apparent. The right rack ear was
bent at a 70 degree angle! It looked like they dropped the box from the
cargo hold of their airplane! Even two inches of bubble wrap could not
protect the amp from this fall!

Opening up the amp I only noticed two loose screws and a couple of tubes
that were partway out of their sockets. After pushing the tubes back in I
fired the amp up. Voila! No internal damage!

Steve is kind enough to replace the entire amp for me after my gig this
weekend.

I wonder what would happen if you dropped an XK3 from an airplane? All I
know is that one of my band-mates dropped mine from a 40-inch table, and
even though it was in an SKB case the board was destroyed. Give me American
engineering and workmanship anytime.

So the next time you think about complaining about the prices of hand-built
equipment, remember this, and many other stories about dropped equipment.

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