hypothetically tweaking a champ build

[cys]

If a Champ clone with the following gut shot hypothetically came into your possession, what would you change first and why? I don't own it (yet) but it has a reasonable noise floor and sounds like a Champ should. There are (many) things that bother me about this build, but I can't get away from how good it sounds.

(Since I don't have that many posts here, I'll add that I've done two scratch builds at this point, a TW Liverpool and a Dumble 183, both documented here on TAG, and I've done garden variety troubleshooting and repairing of my own amps through the years. I recently picked up a scope and used it to detect and fix a flyback transient issue that was consuming (shorting) power tubes on a new to me 64 Bassman head).

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[brewdude]

If it sounds that good, why do you want to change it?

[ChopSauce]

Yeah, just enjoy the creative workmanship...
(that being written, I usually can't help but changing some bolts'n nuts for fancy)

[cys]

I find interesting how much unique creativity went in to certain elements. I'm not completely opposed to leaving it alone.

[chris.lounsbury]

Tidy up the fuse holder and give the safety ground a dedicated mechanical chassis connection?

[cys]

My first pass will be to clean up joints as needed and look over the grounds. I'm going to avoid anything intrusive to preserve tone. The frayed wire joint on the fuse holder gets looked after first. It's the first thing I see when looking at the gut shot. Thanks. I did purchase the amp. So I'm moving beyond the hypothetical early next week when it hopefully shows up.