not some relic from the 1960s, but a near new looking combo called an "AC15 HW1X". The HW indicates the deluxe "hand wired'" version - see pic.
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Features a bright blue, 12 inch Alnico magnet speaker, 2 x EL84s, 3 x ECC83 s and a 6CA4 rectifier - but no tremolo circuit and no pentodes in the prea mp so not a clone of the original AC15.
Usual assortment of faults including intermittent sound, cracking noises an d completely shot EL84s.
AC30 & AC15 amps of all ages run the EL84s deep into class A and way too ho t - so I normally change the wire wound cathode resistor to one of double the value and bypass it with a pair of 7.5V, 5W zeners in series. This chan ges it to class AB, similar to using grid bias. The 84s now run much cooler and put out a tad more power too.
As you can see from the pic, the tag board is wired with mainly carbon comp resistors - for a "vintage sound" no doubt. Should be no surprise that som e of them had gone high in value, one 220kohms reading 457kohms.
So, a fake v " Made in Vietnam ".
Tom Jennings must be rotating in his grave....
... Phil