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Ha Ha, yeah with my SG, the BB pro's replaced a Dirty fingers bridge, and what I think was a 490R. Not sure, but it was a horrible neck pu. Guitar sounds great now. Just goes to show it's all about the wood, and getting the right pu in the right guitar.

Yeah, I had a pair of BB pro's that came with a Les Paul, and they sucked donkey balls in that guitar. On a whim, I threw them in a 90's SG, and they sound great. They were the stock pickups in the LP, and mine are potted for sure ( I know because I tried swapping to an A2 magnet when they were...

EP-style boosts, in my opinion, sound best into relatively "thinner / brighter" sounding amps like a ^^^Super Lead^^^ :rock:, JCM800, or even an AC30. With the bass bump and smooth hi end most "EP" style pedals provide, they wouldn't be my first choice as a boost for smoother, thicker sounding...

Shipping with any carrier in North America appears to be a complete cluster-fuk right now. It's been addressed in other threads. Everyone is swamped with packages and has no staff...I get it.... but there's some strange shit going on... I had a package ship from PA ( Valvestorm ) on DEC 5...

1kv ceramic ( or 3 kv ceramic ) Silver mica is not recommended for 800 style builds

No problem & yes. :D Should also mention that it will still sound 800-ish. Just bigger and meaner. If you want to maintain the general vibe of an 800, then cool. If you are looking for something completely different, then maybe talk to Hopkins or Monomyth. But I'm getting the sense that you...

Lots of good techs out there doing their high gain mods to 800's. Hopkins and the Monomyth guy are 2 that frequent this forum and do quality work. May not be necessary to go down that road and spend the $$ just yet though. If your father in law built the amp, and is willing to spend 45 minutes...

Agree. Unless the filter caps are malfuctioning, just leave them Changing the coupling caps could theoreticaly change (improve) the tone, but in this case 1) the stock polyester film caps are decent & 2) the choices available with lead spacing that will fit the board are limited. When I did my...

So I think you need to make the distinction between the filtering setup for the 50 watt vs 100 watt amps. On the 100 watt amps, you can control the values for the mains, screens, and PI individually. On the 50 watt amps, there are only 3 cap cans. Typically, that means the mains filter cap can...

OK then...... No Bacon for you! :LOL:

Jeezus, I'm an idiot :doh::doh::doh: Found this from 2017. https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/zener-diode-changes-on-a-ceriatone-chupacabra-yeti.193681/ I even posted a pin out diagram and a portion of a CCV scheme in this old thread. Fuk me I'm getting old. I can't even remember what I had...

Thanks (y) I think you're right, and it doesn't matter if using 2 of the same type. Seems as though the most common config is the emitters connected together, and the bases connected to the MV and ground respectively. That's what is shown on a lot of the schematics I have, but you never know...

Huh????? WTF are you talking about?? :loco:

So when using these as clippers, we use the emitter and base connections. So far, so good..... Does it matter if the 2 transistors are connected together emitter to emitter or base to base? Is it better to do it one way for the MPSa06 and the other way for 2N5400? It's been a while since I...

Got ya :thumbsup: A minty '65 Super Reverb is the best "big three dimensional clean American sound" I've ever heard personally. It was for sale at a local shop, but had a small issue with the foot switch. They asked me to repair it, so I had it at my place for a bit. The clean sound was...

Yup! And pretty sure it's the same guy with the "prototype" Soldano iron for 4k as well. You know, the iron that was so good, they decided not to use it :LOL: :doh::doh::doh:

Yeah, this huckster is getting to be quite the legend on the Toronto KIJIJI. He has a couple different user names, but you can tell it's the same guy. Check out his other ads....:hys: Giving all us Canuckle-heads a bad rap :doh::doh::doh: I was thinking about contacting him, but I just can't be...

I was going to suggest the Marshall SC20 for low wattage vintage Hendrix tones, but the OP seemed stuck on Fender-ish stuff. A mini Dirty Shirley or Pink Taco could work as well. Hell, the Friedman master vol is so good, a regular Dirty Shirley would kill for this application and would still...

These guys are well regarded for their Fender style builds. Probably a better option than anything actually made by Fender these days. http://www.allenamps.com/index.html Also check out the Suhr Hombre. May be a little too Brown sounding though, but high quality Fender -inspired build with Trem...

Looks good with the black front panel vs the basketweave.