Please can you experienced electronics expert mudcat mates advise..

Since the EEC harmonised appliance voltage at 230V
and modern Valve amp manufacturers have been supplying 220-240V
amps to UK shops,
there's been some confusion as to whether its safe to save a few quid

[or hundreds of £££s in some instances]

and buy Amps marked 220-230V or 230V
from European discount shops like Thomann.

Opinions on guitar forums vary wildly:

Some say its no real problem and modern valve amps should be robust enough
to cope with any voltage variables / fluctuations between 220V - 240V..

Others argue quite firmly that UK voltage will definitely damage 220 - 230V circuits and valves
and thus need to be modified by a qualified techie
to run safely at our higher voltage..
and therefore it's a false economy to buy cheap from Europe
if you factor in the cost of a qualified amp engineers fees.

What do you guys reckon, ?????

I'm more inclined to trust mudcats more 'mature' advice
than some spotty know all kid on an average guitarists forum...