The 3+ lbs lighter partly due to the lack of maple top.
The Juniors and Specials feature a flat top solid mahogany body with no carved maple top.
I love 'em.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP4CEPaiAzU

Great Song. Try this great cover!

Definitely change them both with a a matched pair.
Stick with the Chinese KT66's.

Made for 'Kitchen' retail store here in the UK. Back in the 60's I think.

Reckon the remaining three tubes might be old and tired.

Replace all four with a matched quad and bias the amp.

Best advice to give anybody who is going to start poking around inside their amplifier is - DONT!

A great resource for info on mods/repairs/setup of guitars is 'Dave's world of fun stuff' on YouTube.
Dave is a canadian guitar repairer who videos all his work and talks through what he is doing in a very entertaining manner.

Ugly!

Brilliant song by Whitesnake Mk1. Dunno why the youtube pic shows the 'bighair' version of the band?

Pickups arrived this morning. Montys must be busy, six weeks since I placed my order. No complaints though. If you want a hand made product from a small artisan company, you gotta wait. Magnificent packaging, communication throughout the order time, and a free gift of Montys guitar wax to apologise ...

Thomann are doing a Harley Benton 2x12 loaded with Celestion Vintage 30's for less than the price of the speakers ???????
Cabinet probably not brilliant but a good way to get cheaper speakers.

I suspect the Marshall V30 and the Celestion are the same speaker but each company has it's own idea about power handling.
In your position I would be buying a replacement Celestion.

Cheers Mate. Thanks for the reply. Have ordered this morning. As luck would have it, Montys have a 20% off promo running at the moment, that was a bonus. Will probably wire these in with the '50s' wiring. I tried it years ago but I don't think I gave it enough time to get used to it. Try it again wi...

Hi kossofffan. I've been seriously considering going for a set of Montys PAFs. It looks like you may have been using yours for a couple of years. If you have I would value your opinion on them now and are they still 'doing the job'. They get some great reviews and I am very close to pulling the trig...

Had a great time with my Vintage Modern for a few years. One of the best rigs I've owned. Fantastic sound. Had to let it go when my lower back told me I shouldn't be loading 4x12's in and out of gigs. You mean you didn't just employ a roadie? :bgrin Gigs in my part of the world don't pay enough for...