Unboxing Issue: Scratched Transformer on New JP-2C

[Guitar Speed Trainer]

Hi everyone, I need your advice on my new JP-2C.

I just received my brand-new Mesa Boogie JP-2C, and while the package arrived in perfect condition (no damage to the box), I noticed something unusual on the transformer when I unboxed it. It’s completely scratched, as you can see in the photo below.

Is this something normal for a new amp, or should I be concerned? Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Darkstar2]

That just looks like leftover glue or some other industrial product from when the tranny laminations were put together. Lots of Mark transformers look like that, and I think I've seen other JP2C's with similar streaks. How does it sound? What's your serial number?

 

[Jay Omega]

Hi everyone, I need your advice on my new JP-2C.

I just received my brand-new Mesa Boogie JP-2C, and while the package arrived in perfect condition (no damage to the box), I noticed something unusual on the transformer when I unboxed it. It’s completely scratched, as you can see in the photo below.

Is this something normal for a new amp, or should I be concerned? Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

What you're looking at is varnish that they dip the transformers in after they're assembled. It is not scratched, this is completely normal and nothing to be concerned about

 

[DECEMBER]

I just got a new Badlander 50W and had the same thought about this. I took the pic just to have, but the amp has been great, so I'm not concerned.

 

[bandit2013]

Normal. It is just a cosmetic blemish from the dipping process as everyone else stated.

Look at the JP2C combo image for reference. That amp has the Schumacker transformers. The other versions (head/rack mount) are older images before the vendor change. I captured this from the Mesa website.

 

[Rbh]

I used to make transformers : those marks are from vacuum impregnated varnish in a dip tank and subsequent curing in an oven. ( This process is what keeps transformers quiet. )They always have drips that get cured and hardened. Depending on the orientation of the transformers on the drying rack, If they oriented it so the drips ran onto the feet - that causes a much bigger problem with clean-up and mounting - but the outside would " look nicer".

 

[ultra high gain]

Weird how decades go by and I never even noticed this sh**. It is now going to bug me forever, LOL. Nevertheless, thanks for the insight Rbh, it is now going to bug me less.