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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
FS: Linear L45A Vintage 1960's tube amp £105
I have borrowed @Surfguy13's blurb for this as he was so through and i really can't add an awful lot other than confirm that it sounds bloody excellent! 
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I have been using it with a 2x12 guitar cabinet and it sounds fantastic....it sounds equally good with a 1x12 cab. These amps are really well made as you can see from the photographs and this amp is all original, certainly according to the original owner. I can't see any parts that have been obviously changed.
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It has a Mullard white label EZ81 rectifier valve and a Mullard white label EL84 power tube which are almost certainly original to the amp. These valves are worth a fair bit on their own.
The amp has it's original cage with which it was supplied when new but it also comes with a solid mahogany cabinet that was tailor made for the amp. Remove the 3 knobs and the amp can be fitted into the mahogany case and then the knobs and the faceplate can be re-installed. There is a jack socket on the front of the cabinet for an instrument. There is a dedicated speaker lead that I am happy to include with the sale that plugs into the speaker out socket on the rear panel. The lead is make from high quality lamp wire which is ideal as speaker cable and continues the vintage vibe. The lead has two correct audio connectors that fit into the sockets in the rear of the amp and a Neutrik jack on the other end
The amp sounds amazing and the treble and bass controls really do work well offering a good sweep. The bass control doubles as an on/off switch. The amp will start to break up at about 12 o'clock on the volume dial depending on what type of pickup you're using. Once you wind it right up the amp really does get dirty giving loads of valve drive. Obviously the amp will break up earlier and is much louder with humbuckers. I tend to use a treble boost pedal with all my amps and when you use one in front of the Linear it increases the tone options and the volume massively. It becomes a very usable amp. It would be ideal as a practice amp or as a 'bedroom amp' because you can get an amazing valve sound at low volumes.
it is a great base for pedals at home with a clean sound (that's what I've been using it for primarily)
The speaker out for the amp is a cable with a jack plug on it (I.e. it doesn't have a jack input for a speaker cable only the cable on it if that makes sense?). So you couldn't use the cable from your blues Jr. HOWEVER, I do have a tiny Hammond enclosure that I could just wire two jack sockets to get in so you could run it like that. Sounds more complicated than it is in all honesty! Its a simple task.
I'm based in Lincolnshire. Its small and light though so I'd be happy to ship it. Fully insured of course.