Thanks, its a pretty simple take on it, danish oil rub on the base and hammered grey on the bell, matches the rest of my system. Here is a pick of the build, just a couple simple upgrades. I used some socket cap hardware as a slight cosmetic upgrade, and upgraded the coupling caps and shunt regulator caps to Jantzen Silver Z-caps, but still might experiment with some other options.
My system at the moment is the Eros -> Smash w/ Smash-up -> Paramours w/ Iron&Cap upgrade -> Straight 8s w/ Peavey RD 1.6 Tweeter. Changed things up enough I'm going back and re-listening to all sorts of stuff, best setup I've had by far. Now what's going to be next?
Tim