It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment.

Many moons ago, I sold Bang & Olufsen gear. A week after a
client purchased a $1200 cassette deck (1982 dollars!),
he returned, deck in hand, wearing one of the more pitiful, pained expressions I've witnessed. Alarmed at such high-end piece coming back in the door, I instantly asked why.
He simply placed the unit on the counter, and pushed the eject button. The lid very slowly opened and oozed out a
gooey pudding like substance. He then mumbled painfully that his 3 year old son managed to compact an entire
Chiquita banana into the transport. B & O's repair estimate, "A bunch". Danish humor I guess.

Lots of cool looking tube gear these days that looks like it could have come from Frankenstein's lab.

There is even an amp called 'Frankenstein".

OOOh..scary stuff!!

Here you go.
2 days ago was my bad and terrible day with so much of
bad and terrible luck. Turned TV on hoping to find mental
retreat, but all I saw is police, shooting, war here war
there, bombs, terrorists also Kardashians and other
stupid bullshit.
So I took my 11" hunting blade and stuck it all the
way through onto the 46" LG TV and watched BBQ
instead. The lighting like lines had been seen on the
screen. Pretty entertaining with some smoke too. Don't
try that at home if you prone to panic.

Mapman - I think you may have set the record for reviving this 14 year old thread. Congrats.

It's a dirty job but.......