I just scored this very tidy old Bandit Transtube Silver Stripe off Ebay for not very much and it is really good. I used to have one of the old 80s pre-transtube ones and always liked the sound (for clean and low-gain), so I have been looking to get one of the later ones for a while.
It had a few crackly pots and a hum problem I had to fix (heatsink extrusion was not bolted down properly - tighten up 2 screws and hum is gone), but it's in great condition with the original Sheffield speaker. (no footswitch sadly, but I have an unbranded replacement)
I'm saved from going down the rabbit hole of modeller parameter tweaking any more. Nice proper spring reverb too
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They don't look like this anymore:
A contender for one of the best SS amps ever made, IMHO.
Yup.
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