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Ella - right tube fiery orange glow

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Hello, i turned on ella just a while back - went to work on my pc while it warmed up and heard a fairly loud thud [even with the vol pot turned all the way down]. i turned around to see the first right tube turn a bright orange. quickly switched it off.
the ella has been with me for a long time [7 maybe 8 years] and sometime last year i think, with brian's help [thank you again brian], i gutted the amp and reworked it with point to point wiring.
i am a bit wary of turning it on again.
could anybody pls tell me what could have gone wrong and what i should be doing to fix it?
a caveat - i am not technically competent in any way so diagnosing the amp on my own is out unless i am guided on this. my soldering skills and ability to read a schematic is fairly ok i think. what i am essentially trying to say is that i would really appreciate a dummies' guide to fixing it. thanks very much.

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