As well as some other STA100s that are quite a bit further ahead than this, montesquieu has sent in his STA100 for full restoration

As far as original STA100s go his wasn't in too bad nick as it had previously had been serviced to a good standard, though the intention was to always have it rebuilt and improved in a few areas. While the STA100 is a good amp there are many sensible ways it can be improved in terms of reliability.

Flying leads are visible in the 2nd pic due to output transformer development - Tom's amp was a convenient guinea pig







Oops. This explains why one valve wasn't biasing up at all!