Hey Phil, I'll bet you learned that by experience didn't you. Like most
of us!!!!!!!!!! But then again maybe you were never an "ignorant
schmoe", but I'll bet you were!

Phil Nelson wrote:
It usually means "let the smoke out."

Let the buyer beware :-(

Why would you want to buy any piece of old tube gear that some ignorant
schmoe had turned on without first checking it out? We all know that this
stuff needs work before you "just plug it in." Don't buy from people who
don't understand that basic principle. There's always another good deal
around the corner.

Phil