Indeed it does--and by decade has s different bouquet.

This was demonstrated by the SB-303/401 pair brought home yesterday. The 303 being old solid state is ever so slight as it warms up--but has a very characteristic aroma under the case. The 401 is full-blast, not fired up in years.

Smell is our most powerful memory trigger. As that transmitter warmed up I was transported back 40 years, thinking about long summer nights--people, places and things long gone. There is more nostalgia to these old rigs than just the owning and operating of them...