Two 15GP22s At TheBay

[Charlie]

FRAUD! FRAUD! FAKE!

Nah, I'm just kiddin!

It's interesting he mentioned it looks as if someone has rebuilt one of them. Wow... if that's correct, I wonder how many years back that was done?!

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Charlie

It's interesting he mentioned it looks as if someone has rebuilt one of them. Wow... if that's correct, I wonder how many years back that was done?!

I really wonder about that "rebuild"... look at the label on the tube... looks original factory to me. Did somebody carefully remove the label, rebuild the tube, then put the label back on the tube? Perhaps it was just a factory "re-neck" ?

I have never seen a listing for that gun type in any of the Superior Electronics catalogs that I have been able to find.

jr

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

I really wonder about that "rebuild"... look at the label on the tube... looks original factory to me. Did somebody carefully remove the label, rebuild the tube, then put the label back on the tube? Perhaps it was just a factory "re-neck" ?
jr

I've seen the tubes. The one with the weld on the neck definitely looks like a old rebuild. Or a "re-neck" but what's a re-neck? This is the second one I've seen like that. Untested unless Dave A or someone gets over there, but I can vouch that they're absolutely for real and lookin' good.

--Dave Sica

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Dave S

I've seen the tubes. The one with the weld on the neck definitely looks like a old rebuild. Or a "re-neck" but what's a re-neck? This is the second one I've seen like that. Untested unless Dave A or someone gets over there, but I can vouch that they're absolutely for real and lookin' good.

--Dave Sica

What I am calling a "re-neck" is something that occurs at the factory. For example, something goes wrong after the gun is sealed to the funnel, say a broken stem or a poorly annealed seal that cracks, or a defect is discovered in the gun... something like that. It is very easy at that point to simply remove the gun, seal on a new section of glass neck tubing and insert a new gun/stem assembly for a second try. If the labels on the tube look factory original, but the tube has an extra neck weld, I usually assume that it is a factory rework rather than a "rebuild".

jr