Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Greetings all -

I have an older Gorilla 35W amp from 1985 that's been sitting unused for some time.  It's by far a great sounding amp but it's small and does the job for practice.  It has master volume, tube crunch, and the 3 tone controls.  Trying to resurrect it recently, I found that all the pots except the bass and mid get crackly and cut out until I fool with them a bit, after that they usually have a mind of their own, often sporadically cutting in and out with loud pops and whatnot.  I think the jack is giving me some flack as well, but can't be to sure with all the other crackles.

I took a look inside everything looked and felt snug and tidy.  My initial thought was to simply repair the offending pots with new ones, but it occurred to me there might be something more to it than that.  I've never opened up an amp before and aren't sure on what else could be a factor in this problem other than pots gone bad. 

Any ideas on what, if anything I could/should take into consideration before making repair attempts?  I've heard pots need to be cleaned every now and then, it couldn't be that simple could it?  Last question is, with amp unplugged of course, could I still get shocked from fiddling around inside of a ss amp?