Magnatone 480A Bias + Plate issue

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FPALB

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I have this 480A that just came in that the owner says is red plating after playing for a half hour or so.

I put in some 1ohm resistors to check the cathode currents and put in a bias pot replacing the 47K resistor in the bias circuit.

The funny thing im seeing is that the plate voltage is changing when I adjust the bias - haven't seen this before.

Any ideas here?

100k grid to bias resistors are spot on
Changed the coupling caps
 

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