[Freddy]

Thanks! Been speaking with Wayne about a new strap and will pick his brain
a bit. As for the rectifier modification, I haven't decided yet. I want to keep
it period enough and from my reading I understand that doing this
will cut down on the on-time (warm-up).
As to the switch, it looks to be in good working order but will have
to look at it. But doing the battery from what I have seen is kind of a
pain in the rear and might leave the switch but direct connect it.
Hoping I do not have to replace any coils.
For now, I'm going to do some documentation as to various component
values and see what I need to order.

If the audio transformer turns out to be bad, where do you recommend
I go. I haven't found much (yet) as to sources.

Take care!