[/quote]To take the chassis out, by visual inspection I'd guess this means 1) remove the nuts from all the knobs and switches, and pull the handles off the EQ sliders, 2) disconnect the fan and reverb wires, 3) remove all the tubes to avoid breaking them, 4) remove the four screws on the top of the head, 5) slide the chassis out.
Is that it? Are all of the front panel controls physically mounted to the chassis? Or are some of them connected by cable?[/quote]
You don't need to remove the nuts from the knobs and switches or the eq sliders. Simply remove the four screws on top,
disconnect fan and reverb cables and slide the amp chassis backwards out from the cabinet. You may want to remove the power tubes but you can leave the preamp tubes beacuse the amp stands on it´s transformers on a flat surface.
The front panel controls are all mounted to the chassis so everything comes out in one piece.