I was going to suggest what about getting the Tom Petersen (spelling?) signature model from Gretsch as it's still in production. Then I looked and at $13000 I can see why not!
Given that the mark 1 is just a black (orange, kind of crispy) box, if it works why not leave it as is and use it?
You may start a trend for melty stompboxes...
By Thor's hairy beard Smanth. Glad you're physically OK at lest, take your time over the trauma, don't try and rush things because everyone else thinks you should just woman up over it.