Well, it looks like I've got myself a bit of a project if I want it, and I'm still not sure how extensive a job it will be. I've been bugging a friend to sell me the blackface '65 Fender Princeton Reverb languishing in the basement, but there was a sentimental attachment that precluded parting with it. I borrowed it a few years ago (that was the last time it was plugged in) and it totally turned me on to the whole tube thing. I've never been quite the same since. It had THE sound!
Anyway, tonight I found out it was on the verge of going to Goodwill! Sometime since I last saw it mice got in there and made a home (and a toilet) out of it, and the resultant odor was bad enough to overcame all sentimental attachment. The owner was saddened but disgusted and going to toss it... unless I want it, which of course I do.
However, it does seems like it might be a big clean-up job (with gloves and a mask probably), and likely a never-too-cheap trip to my amp-tech for new wiring and/or whatever other parts little rodents like to eat, poop and pee on, but if it can be saved, it seems like it might be worth it if I can figure out how to get rid of the odor. Of course, I know they're valuable in good shape but I'm not doing this for re-sale.
Am I crazy, or is this do-able? Will I ever be able to bring it in the house? I haven't seen it yet so I don't know the extent of the damage, but the last time I saw it (maybe 2 years) it was all original, looked good and was in fine working order. I don't care too much what it looks like now, but I do care what it smells like.
Has anybody else ever taken on a project like this?
Anyway, tonight I found out it was on the verge of going to Goodwill! Sometime since I last saw it mice got in there and made a home (and a toilet) out of it, and the resultant odor was bad enough to overcame all sentimental attachment. The owner was saddened but disgusted and going to toss it... unless I want it, which of course I do.
However, it does seems like it might be a big clean-up job (with gloves and a mask probably), and likely a never-too-cheap trip to my amp-tech for new wiring and/or whatever other parts little rodents like to eat, poop and pee on, but if it can be saved, it seems like it might be worth it if I can figure out how to get rid of the odor. Of course, I know they're valuable in good shape but I'm not doing this for re-sale.
Am I crazy, or is this do-able? Will I ever be able to bring it in the house? I haven't seen it yet so I don't know the extent of the damage, but the last time I saw it (maybe 2 years) it was all original, looked good and was in fine working order. I don't care too much what it looks like now, but I do care what it smells like.
Has anybody else ever taken on a project like this?