i acquired a freedom amp back in ’75, just weeks before shipping out to navy bootcamp. i was in my girlfriend’s garage on a hot august day. at the time i had a ’61 les paul (double cutaway precursor to the sg), and a flanger stompbox. the freedom amp was cranked and i was jamming robin trower with myself at top volume. after about an hour of entertaining myself, i started to smell that smell of burning wire. i turned to look at the amp and a wisp of blue smoke was rising from the back of the amp and it quit. assuming it was fried, i disconnected everything and put it up in the rafters of the garage, and that was the last time i ever saw the amp. the sg was sold to a friend who used it for parts on a ’58 melody maker.
i would give anything to have the amp and guitar back again……