Ian,
Great point with the doyle book ground switch! I guess they made them for the US market?
BTW, on page 187 it looks like the font on the 1985 front panel is like mine
Fortunately, I had downloaded the pics of your great amp before the server went down.
Obviously not for selling fishy amps.
ColinM,
I would never have payed that much for a player´s amp.
Plexi,
yes, I think we can´t take one particular amp as a bible. But, it´s extremely helpful to have high resolution pics of at least one original amp.
Ian,
it´s just a bit more confusing. The inspection label photo the emailed me showed an old looking label with a slightly different date.
The one in my amp looks too new to me. It has just some new polish staining on it. I´ve never seen an inspection label with a frame around the table lines
Yes, the polished under the label, too
Maybe the´ve screwed up the original or, it´s a different chassis...
That´s what the seller emailed today:
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Thank you for the mail and happy that the amplifier arrived ok , in regards to your thoughts on the amplifier , the amp as anyone will advise is one of THE CLEANEST EXAMPLES YOU WILL EVER FIND , i think any dealer will advise it can easily be described as MUSEUM QUALITY so i really cannot believe that the condition of this particuler amplifier is not acceptable to you ,please allow me to advise my answers to you questions
1. The box is recovered or repro ???? If you look at the actual tolex of the box you can CLEARLEY see that the covering is original as reproduction tolex has a differant style of grain as well as having a white backing to the vinyl this can easily be verified by anyone who is familier with original marshall amplifiers (also if a poor condition box is recovered why are all screws, badges , panel, cover , so clean and match the overall cosmetic appearance of the amplifier ???)
2. The Chasis , this may have been cleaned as aluminium always tarnishes even if the amplifier has only had a small amount of use although does polishing the amp devalue ????
3.The Board , the contains mostley all original components except for several replaced capacitors although any qualified technician will advise this is normal on any vintage amplifier as capactors do leak (if you would like the non functioning originals i will gladley forward these )
4.The speakers (date codes) 10 inch celstions never have date codes like the ink numbers found on the 12 inch speakers so the only numbers that would have been on the speakers is that of the model numbers and not any particuler date codes (if you required some 10 inch speakers with model designation still in tact i will be willing to forward these )
To summarise i really do think the points you mention are exceptionally minor (i can rectify some by suplying the original components) and i still maintain that this amplifier is TRULY EXCEPTIONAL condition and for the sum of $$xxxx (if you do some research you will find that any 18 watt combo in the US is fetching around the 4500++++$$$$ mark for even average examples and i have just sold a used 7/10 2+12 example at 6500$$$$ and the customer was exceptionally happy ) it was an exceptionally good buy and if you are not happy with the above i will GLADLEY FORWARD YOU A FULL REFUND for the above amplifier once the amp is recieved
Best Regards XXXXXX
P.s Have you actually tried the amplifier ???? Is the sound of interest ????Or are you purely purchasing to look at ????
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Not any word about the wrong chassis and the ripped off OT lugs, though...
LoL! Needs a long answer, sorry! And I see Richies’ already given a length reply. But get this;- I’ve written all the stuff below without reading a word of Richie’s reply (because I’m late for the Bank!), so let’s see do it “blind/independentâ€
But I've still sent him $500 by Wire Transfer, now how daft is that 
The electrics may well be technically correct, but I reckon that a lot of the components have been replaced at some point. (This, of course, may be no bad thing 
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