Jug of tanning oil, bottle of roids, and 3 phasers..........

[TeleBlaster]

Man, love that Tele!!
Wonder if that's the same one here? Looks like it.

 

[TeleBlaster]

...Any info on that Tele would be appreciated, particularly which bridge Tele pickup and WRHB in the neck...
Thanks!

 

[scary groove]

From an older thread about the pickups:

"Anyone know what pickups George is using in his Tele?
specially designed by Lindy Fralin for this guitar, for Linhof Guitars"

That's all I could find. The Tele is actually a Linhof with and ESP decal. Maybe Linhof Guitars could help (?)

 

[rockstah]

The truth is that this forum has some of the biggest douche bags around that bought every modder's products, ripped them apart, and now sell "their own mod"....................THAT is the beginning of the $3000 marshall clone I speak of. Members here were SO smart they left their Photo-Bucket accounts open that showed "X" amp's guts and then a clone of it from another builder that posts here. I post once about seeing someone's photobucket being open and yes it was locked down later that day.

Who are these people? Are you sure they didn't start with these other builder's mods and then tweak them to their own taste and flavor? What proof do you have that they are taking identical mods and re-selling them. And how do you know where the original modders got them in the first place? Also, how is that different than if the original modders started with a stock Marshall and tweaked it? I dunno man - as I said, all of these circuits and mods are out there - public domain, unpatentable and basically can be used by anyone who wants to. I'm sorry, but there are no real "secrets" to hide anymore. Anyone who wants the information can get it by searching forums, even without buying and copying someone else's mod.

And if you are talking about Jerry and the Mod 5 thing - the complete spec for that was developed with lots of help/input from forum members over at Metro, is basically a small preamp and filtering change and a PPIMV and had been publicly posted at Metro forever... All of these things have been done before in other amps and there is no invention or rocket science here in my mind. Wouldn't see why Jerry couldn't do that mod for folks, although using the term "Mod 5" in reference to it might have been a bad idea.

I can only tell you what I am thinking and you can come to your own conclusion but the fact is that Brad is not on my mind when I say $3000 marshall clone. He bought the rights to the name. Yeah I still do not agree with the Atomica name though

No, I believe you, but he does sell Marshall-based amps with mods/tweaks that are ground up builds and cost nearly $3K. You do take a lot of swipes at him though as my "orange marshall" example points out...

If you want to chat about this further let me know and no I do not have any hard feeling towards you for the post, you are still one of my favorite forum members here with great taste in Mission style furniture and hardwood floors.

I actually didn't think you would and the feeling is mutual regardless of my thoughts on this particular issue...

Steve

Jerry and the mod5 thing? Jerry who?

the complete spec was developed my metroamp members? (this is such a one sided comment. as if to forget what i contributed at that forum.)

...someone learns how to work on cars by working on cars, reading about cars and talking with other mechanics and then develops from their experience the ability to work on cars. then they decides they are going to offer their services working on cars. they open a shop on the same street with many shops because they want to work on cars. then someone comes along long after years of them researching, trying, learning experimenting on cars and says they are ripping off so and so because they are now have a shop working on cars.

that's mod5 and my work. to come along and discredit what i offer comes from ignorance on the subject on working and modifying amps. lets be real here everyone learns from somewhere.

to see someone ignorant on the subject and just repeating false info is one thing but so to see an amp builder try and make it out like i'm offering something that's someone else's.... of all people they should understand what it takes...

i may have learned about amps from forums and the internet and many books read. ( i guess i ripped Kevin O'connor off after reading all of his TUT's.) even discussions with amp gurus like Dave F. and John S. but its my time energy and money that went into what i do. i would never offer or claim a mod or spec that through those discussions with John or Dave that wasn't mine to offer.

if talking with John, or Dave, or even someone on a forum gave me an understanding on a circuit, and how it works so i could tweak it, i would use that info as a base and tweak from there. this is why someone like Dave or Johns amps sound different. its the amp modders/builders taste in circuits and how they tweak them.
FYI its a a guitar amp...its either a fender or a marshall and tweaked from there.

I guess that's what gets me the most is that its an attack on my personal integrity and a passion for what i do. i have something offer and its not ripping someone off.

the simple truth is anyone can do this but they are going to have to put in the work at the shop. not everyone wants to know how, or even cares, to work on their car and not everyone wants to sniff solder.

not that I even care about this kind of BS but i thought i should add some food for thought,

Mark

 

[Digital Jams]

I hope you are not speaking to me because I stated I have no clue what mod5 mark5 whatever 5 is..............................

 

[rockstah]

I hope you are not speaking to me because I stated I have no clue what mod5 mark5 whatever 5 is..............................

i simply added food for thought on the false implication of where it came from.

 

[Anonymous]

Jerry and the mod5 thing? Jerry who?

There was a minor blowup here between you and Jerry Dyer at Surreal Amps about the Mod 5. If you don't remember it, you can search and find the thread. That was what I was referring to.

the complete spec was developed my metroamp members? (this is such a one sided comment. as if to forget what i contributed at that forum.)

Where did I say that the complete spec was developed by metroamp members? I did not say or imply that. All I was implying was that you, as well as many others, including me, learned a lot from being on metro and all the tweaking and working on amps by many folks on metro. And, of course, you were a major contributor and provided a lot of experimentation and work there as well. I've never said you didn't. Look, you even provided the complete spec at some point and it is still there in posts. Also, it is all there in all it's glory, complete with pictures of the mod, schematics by Larry, complete descriptions of how to do it, etc. in the EVH forum. My belief is that there are no secret formulas out there anymore with tube amps. That is why I provide my schems/layouts and anything people want to know. There are going to be those that want to do it themselves and those who will seek out modders and there is no way you, me or anyone else can stop someone from going into business copying your mods/amps with the advent of the internet. You know it and I know it. So you have to offer something more that people want than just the circuit or market yourself better.

...someone learns how to work on cars by working on cars, reading about cars and talking with other mechanics and then develops from their experience the ability to work on cars. then they decides they are going to offer their services working on cars. they open a shop on the same street with many shops because they want to work on cars. then someone comes along long after years of them researching, trying, learning experimenting on cars and says they are ripping off so and so because they are now have a shop working on cars.

Ok. I agree.

that's mod5 and my work. to come along and discredit what i offer comes from ignorance on the subject on working and modifying amps. lets be real here everyone learns from somewhere.

I haven't discredited anything. In fact I agree. You (and I and every other amp builder out there) learned from working, listening, reading about other's paths and attempts, etc. I get it. All that aside, the bottom line is that regardless of what you've assembled, it isn't rocket science and it isn't patentable since 99.99999% of what is in every tube amp out there has been done by someone else already. All of this stuff is easy to copy and there is no lack of people out there who will set up shop copying others mods. And they can do it with impunity. So, as I said, you can't control it, all you can do is get a trademark on Mod 5 (good luck on that, I can tell ya from experience) and stop people from using that name and even then, it'll be implied, if you've done a good enough job of marketing yourself. You either have to offer the buyer more in some way (packaging, etc.) or market yourself better. That is the only way to do well in this game. Simply putting together some mod that sounds good isn't going to cut it for the very reasons I've mentioned...

to see someone ignorant on the subject and just repeating false info is one thing but so to see an amp builder try and make it out like i'm offering something that's someone else's.... of all people they should understand what it takes...

Let's get this straight, I haven't repeated any false info. I've made my own observations and you are incredibly sensitive on this subject for no reason. We are ALL offering SOME (at least) of someone else's work here, perhaps packaged differently, with different features and options and slightly tweaked components, BECAUSE there is really nothing new under the sun here and you can't protect anything you've done anyway. Wanna win and build a sustainable business, offer the consumer something more and/or market yourself better.

i may have learned about amps from forums and the internet and many books read. ( i guess i ripped Kevin O'connor off after reading all of his TUT's.) even discussions with amp gurus like Dave F. and John S. but its my time energy and money that went into what i do. i would never offer or claim a mod or spec that through those discussions with John or Dave that wasn't mine to offer.

Once again, your sensitivity on this subject is driving your response. You're not looking at this reasonably or objectively.

Hey, I'm sure TUT has launched many an amp company. I certainly have all the volumes. You're making my point for me. Also, whatever "spec or mod" that people offer that I have seen to a large degree just combines elements that people have been doing for years. In some cases the changes are incredibly small. And once again, no matter what your time, energy or money spent was, you can't protect the output, so you better figure out some other way to make money in this business as I said. Putting together a few circuit changes into a package and making it sound good can take time and patience, but it is not rocket science. There are many people on metro who could have put together a mod that would have been almost identical to what you have and put it out as a product and how could you say that they didn't own it just as much as anyone else?

if talking with John, or Dave, or even someone on a forum gave me an understanding on a circuit, and how it works so i could tweak it, i would use that info as a base and tweak from there. this is why someone like Dave or Johns amps sound different. its the amp modders/builders taste in circuits and how they tweak them.

Great. You can't protect any of it though and chances are someone else has done (and may even be selling) something similar...

FYI its a a guitar amp...its either a fender or a marshall and tweaked from there.

Once again you're making my point for you.

I guess that's what gets me the most is that its an attack on my personal integrity and a passion for what i do. i have something offer and its not ripping someone off.

Oh please... Stop it will you. I've not attacked your integrity, passion, offering or suggested that you ripped anything off. You're being a baby, here and it's just silly...

the simple truth is anyone can do this but they are going to have to put in the work at the shop. not everyone wants to know how, or even cares, to work on their car and not everyone wants to sniff solder.

Not everyone does, but as I said, you are still wrong because there are plenty of folks who won't do the work and will just wait for YOU to put in the work, get pictures/schematics of your work and set up shop copying it with another name. What are you going to do about it? I've give you that answer: whine about and do nothing because without patent protection, trademark protection and the money to use it, you can't do a damn thing. Oh... and you'll never get the patent protection anyway... 'cause there isn't anything new under sun... You've got to put together a total package that people just have to have that offers the buyer more (tone/sound, features, support, packaging, etc. ) and you've got to do a great job of marketing yourself... Maybe this response will piss off some amp builders/modders pedaling their gooped "secret sauce" mods, but I'm sure more than a few would admit this out of the public eye. BTW - gooped, "secret sauce" circuits ARE clever marketing.... so carry on with that...

not that I even care about this kind of BS but i thought i should add some food for thought,

You sure seem to care a lot, otherwise why bother with this erroneous, butthurt missive?

Steve

 

[ejecta]

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are.

Steve

 

[ejecta]

Yes. They are.

Steve

As a fellow nerd I'm glad you saw the humor in that.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are.

Steve

As a fellow nerd I'm glad you saw the humor in that.

I always say it is best not to takes one's self to seriously...

Steve

 

[rockstah]

Jerry and the mod5 thing? Jerry who?

There was a minor blowup here between you and Jerry Dyer at Surreal Amps about the Mod 5. If you don't remember it, you can search and find the thread. That was what I was referring to.

the complete spec was developed my metroamp members? (this is such a one sided comment. as if to forget what i contributed at that forum.)

Where did I say that the complete spec was developed by metroamp members? I did not say or imply that. All I was implying was that you, as well as many others, including me, learned a lot from being on metro and all the tweaking and working on amps by many folks on metro. And, of course, you were a major contributor and provided a lot of experimentation and work there as well. I've never said you didn't. Look, you even provided the complete spec at some point and it is still there in posts. Also, it is all there in all it's glory, complete with pictures of the mod, schematics by Larry, complete descriptions of how to do it, etc. in the EVH forum. My belief is that there are no secret formulas out there anymore with tube amps. That is why I provide my schems/layouts and anything people want to know. There are going to be those that want to do it themselves and those who will seek out modders and there is no way you, me or anyone else can stop someone from going into business copying your mods/amps with the advent of the internet. You know it and I know it. So you have to offer something more that people want than just the circuit or market yourself better.

...someone learns how to work on cars by working on cars, reading about cars and talking with other mechanics and then develops from their experience the ability to work on cars. then they decides they are going to offer their services working on cars. they open a shop on the same street with many shops because they want to work on cars. then someone comes along long after years of them researching, trying, learning experimenting on cars and says they are ripping off so and so because they are now have a shop working on cars.

Ok. I agree.

that's mod5 and my work. to come along and discredit what i offer comes from ignorance on the subject on working and modifying amps. lets be real here everyone learns from somewhere.

I haven't discredited anything. In fact I agree. You (and I and every other amp builder out there) learned from working, listening, reading about other's paths and attempts, etc. I get it. All that aside, the bottom line is that regardless of what you've assembled, it isn't rocket science and it isn't patentable since 99.99999% of what is in every tube amp out there has been done by someone else already. All of this stuff is easy to copy and there is no lack of people out there who will set up shop copying others mods. And they can do it with impunity. So, as I said, you can't control it, all you can do is get a trademark on Mod 5 (good luck on that, I can tell ya from experience) and stop people from using that name and even then, it'll be implied, if you've done a good enough job of marketing yourself. You either have to offer the buyer more in some way (packaging, etc.) or market yourself better. That is the only way to do well in this game. Simply putting together some mod that sounds good isn't going to cut it for the very reasons I've mentioned...

to see someone ignorant on the subject and just repeating false info is one thing but so to see an amp builder try and make it out like i'm offering something that's someone else's.... of all people they should understand what it takes...

Let's get this straight, I haven't repeated any false info. I've made my own observations and you are incredibly sensitive on this subject for no reason. We are ALL offering SOME (at least) of someone else's work here, perhaps packaged differently, with different features and options and slightly tweaked components, BECAUSE there is really nothing new under the sun here and you can't protect anything you've done anyway. Wanna win and build a sustainable business, offer the consumer something more and/or market yourself better.

i may have learned about amps from forums and the internet and many books read. ( i guess i ripped Kevin O'connor off after reading all of his TUT's.) even discussions with amp gurus like Dave F. and John S. but its my time energy and money that went into what i do. i would never offer or claim a mod or spec that through those discussions with John or Dave that wasn't mine to offer.

Once again, your sensitivity on this subject is driving your response. You're not looking at this reasonably or objectively.

Hey, I'm sure TUT has launched many an amp company. I certainly have all the volumes. You're making my point for me. Also, whatever "spec or mod" that people offer that I have seen to a large degree just combines elements that people have been doing for years. In some cases the changes are incredibly small. And once again, no matter what your time, energy or money spent was, you can't protect the output, so you better figure out some other way to make money in this business as I said. Putting together a few circuit changes into a package and making it sound good can take time and patience, but it is not rocket science. There are many people on metro who could have put together a mod that would have been almost identical to what you have and put it out as a product and how could you say that they didn't own it just as much as anyone else?

if talking with John, or Dave, or even someone on a forum gave me an understanding on a circuit, and how it works so i could tweak it, i would use that info as a base and tweak from there. this is why someone like Dave or Johns amps sound different. its the amp modders/builders taste in circuits and how they tweak them.

Great. You can't protect any of it though and chances are someone else has done (and may even be selling) something similar...

FYI its a a guitar amp...its either a fender or a marshall and tweaked from there.

Once again you're making my point for you.

I guess that's what gets me the most is that its an attack on my personal integrity and a passion for what i do. i have something offer and its not ripping someone off.

Oh please... Stop it will you. I've not attacked your integrity, passion, offering or suggested that you ripped anything off. You're being a baby, here and it's just silly...

the simple truth is anyone can do this but they are going to have to put in the work at the shop. not everyone wants to know how, or even cares, to work on their car and not everyone wants to sniff solder.

Not everyone does, but as I said, you are still wrong because there are plenty of folks who won't do the work and will just wait for YOU to put in the work, get pictures/schematics of your work and set up shop copying it with another name. What are you going to do about it? I've give you that answer: whine about and do nothing because without patent protection, trademark protection and the money to use it, you can't do a damn thing. Oh... and you'll never get the patent protection anyway... 'cause there isn't anything new under sun... You've got to put together a total package that people just have to have that offers the buyer more (tone/sound, features, support, packaging, etc. ) and you've got to do a great job of marketing yourself... Maybe this response will piss off some amp builders/modders pedaling their gooped "secret sauce" mods, but I'm sure more than a few would admit this out of the public eye. BTW - gooped, "secret sauce" circuits ARE clever marketing.... so carry on with that...

not that I even care about this kind of BS but i thought i should add some food for thought,

You sure seem to care a lot, otherwise why bother with this erroneous, butthurt missive?

Steve

okay Steve.

 

[Anonymous]

Jerry and the mod5 thing? Jerry who?

There was a minor blowup here between you and Jerry Dyer at Surreal Amps about the Mod 5. If you don't remember it, you can search and find the thread. That was what I was referring to.

the complete spec was developed my metroamp members? (this is such a one sided comment. as if to forget what i contributed at that forum.)

Where did I say that the complete spec was developed by metroamp members? I did not say or imply that. All I was implying was that you, as well as many others, including me, learned a lot from being on metro and all the tweaking and working on amps by many folks on metro. And, of course, you were a major contributor and provided a lot of experimentation and work there as well. I've never said you didn't. Look, you even provided the complete spec at some point and it is still there in posts. Also, it is all there in all it's glory, complete with pictures of the mod, schematics by Larry, complete descriptions of how to do it, etc. in the EVH forum. My belief is that there are no secret formulas out there anymore with tube amps. That is why I provide my schems/layouts and anything people want to know. There are going to be those that want to do it themselves and those who will seek out modders and there is no way you, me or anyone else can stop someone from going into business copying your mods/amps with the advent of the internet. You know it and I know it. So you have to offer something more that people want than just the circuit or market yourself better.

...someone learns how to work on cars by working on cars, reading about cars and talking with other mechanics and then develops from their experience the ability to work on cars. then they decides they are going to offer their services working on cars. they open a shop on the same street with many shops because they want to work on cars. then someone comes along long after years of them researching, trying, learning experimenting on cars and says they are ripping off so and so because they are now have a shop working on cars.

Ok. I agree.

that's mod5 and my work. to come along and discredit what i offer comes from ignorance on the subject on working and modifying amps. lets be real here everyone learns from somewhere.

I haven't discredited anything. In fact I agree. You (and I and every other amp builder out there) learned from working, listening, reading about other's paths and attempts, etc. I get it. All that aside, the bottom line is that regardless of what you've assembled, it isn't rocket science and it isn't patentable since 99.99999% of what is in every tube amp out there has been done by someone else already. All of this stuff is easy to copy and there is no lack of people out there who will set up shop copying others mods. And they can do it with impunity. So, as I said, you can't control it, all you can do is get a trademark on Mod 5 (good luck on that, I can tell ya from experience) and stop people from using that name and even then, it'll be implied, if you've done a good enough job of marketing yourself. You either have to offer the buyer more in some way (packaging, etc.) or market yourself better. That is the only way to do well in this game. Simply putting together some mod that sounds good isn't going to cut it for the very reasons I've mentioned...

to see someone ignorant on the subject and just repeating false info is one thing but so to see an amp builder try and make it out like i'm offering something that's someone else's.... of all people they should understand what it takes...

Let's get this straight, I haven't repeated any false info. I've made my own observations and you are incredibly sensitive on this subject for no reason. We are ALL offering SOME (at least) of someone else's work here, perhaps packaged differently, with different features and options and slightly tweaked components, BECAUSE there is really nothing new under the sun here and you can't protect anything you've done anyway. Wanna win and build a sustainable business, offer the consumer something more and/or market yourself better.

i may have learned about amps from forums and the internet and many books read. ( i guess i ripped Kevin O'connor off after reading all of his TUT's.) even discussions with amp gurus like Dave F. and John S. but its my time energy and money that went into what i do. i would never offer or claim a mod or spec that through those discussions with John or Dave that wasn't mine to offer.

Once again, your sensitivity on this subject is driving your response. You're not looking at this reasonably or objectively.

Hey, I'm sure TUT has launched many an amp company. I certainly have all the volumes. You're making my point for me. Also, whatever "spec or mod" that people offer that I have seen to a large degree just combines elements that people have been doing for years. In some cases the changes are incredibly small. And once again, no matter what your time, energy or money spent was, you can't protect the output, so you better figure out some other way to make money in this business as I said. Putting together a few circuit changes into a package and making it sound good can take time and patience, but it is not rocket science. There are many people on metro who could have put together a mod that would have been almost identical to what you have and put it out as a product and how could you say that they didn't own it just as much as anyone else?

if talking with John, or Dave, or even someone on a forum gave me an understanding on a circuit, and how it works so i could tweak it, i would use that info as a base and tweak from there. this is why someone like Dave or Johns amps sound different. its the amp modders/builders taste in circuits and how they tweak them.

Great. You can't protect any of it though and chances are someone else has done (and may even be selling) something similar...

FYI its a a guitar amp...its either a fender or a marshall and tweaked from there.

Once again you're making my point for you.

I guess that's what gets me the most is that its an attack on my personal integrity and a passion for what i do. i have something offer and its not ripping someone off.

Oh please... Stop it will you. I've not attacked your integrity, passion, offering or suggested that you ripped anything off. You're being a baby, here and it's just silly...

the simple truth is anyone can do this but they are going to have to put in the work at the shop. not everyone wants to know how, or even cares, to work on their car and not everyone wants to sniff solder.

Not everyone does, but as I said, you are still wrong because there are plenty of folks who won't do the work and will just wait for YOU to put in the work, get pictures/schematics of your work and set up shop copying it with another name. What are you going to do about it? I've give you that answer: whine about and do nothing because without patent protection, trademark protection and the money to use it, you can't do a damn thing. Oh... and you'll never get the patent protection anyway... 'cause there isn't anything new under sun... You've got to put together a total package that people just have to have that offers the buyer more (tone/sound, features, support, packaging, etc. ) and you've got to do a great job of marketing yourself... Maybe this response will piss off some amp builders/modders pedaling their gooped "secret sauce" mods, but I'm sure more than a few would admit this out of the public eye. BTW - gooped, "secret sauce" circuits ARE clever marketing.... so carry on with that...

not that I even care about this kind of BS but i thought i should add some food for thought,

You sure seem to care a lot, otherwise why bother with this erroneous, butthurt missive?

Steve

okay Steve.

Great! I'm glad we've been able to put this to bed and can move on. I appreciate your thoughtful, deeply considered response to my points...

Steve

 

[rockstah]

Steve,
i figured we put enough energy into the bs. done.
Mark

 

[Anonymous]

Steve,
i figured we put enough energy into the bs. done.
Mark

Fair enough...

I just thought it was kind of an interesting discussion that I would like to hear your thoughts (and other's) on, although the tone on both of our sides wasn't particularly friendly... For the record, I think you are a very talented guy - you're a great guitar player, have a phenomenal ear for tone and do a nice job of coaxing the tones you like with a soldering iron. I commend all your work and contributions at metro. I never said or meant to imply that you were stealing other's work (except in the esoteric discussion I put forth around all amp builders, including myself above) and I'm sorry you took it that way.

I've always enjoyed reading your stuff and hearing your great clips and have never had a problem with you (well... a long time ago at metro you did slightly bag on my VH riffing, which did tweak me for second since I think my clips prove I do a pretty decent job with that stuff, but I've long forgiven you for that in my own mind. ) I really hope that you take this into consideration in our future interactions, because I have nothing but respect for your playing and amp tweaking and if you think anything else, it just isn't the case... FWIW...

Steve

 

[Heritage Softail]

I just want to hear a complete tone test on the Henning amp. It looks hot shit sexy.

Did you copy Soldano a bit?



Oh, and Lynch is an established cool cat. He was getting his U2 SnapBack vibe on. Give a brother a chance to diversify.

 

[Anonymous]

I just want to hear a complete tone test on the Henning amp. It looks hot shit sexy.

Thanks, I'm working on it!

Did you copy Soldano a bit?

I sure stole the idea of the powder coated, silk screened chassis with no plexi panels from Soldano...

Steve

 

[rlord1974]

Did you get inspired by Soldano a bit?

I sure borrowed the idea of the powder coated, silk screened chassis with no plexi panels from Soldano...

Steve

FIXED

 

[Heritage Softail]

I just want to hear a complete tone test on the Henning amp. It looks hot shit sexy.

Thanks, I'm working on it!

Did you copy Soldano a bit?

I sure stole the idea of the powder coated, silk screened chassis with no plexi panels from Soldano...

Steve

Hey man, somebody has to stir things up.

Don't be gettin all sensitive on me now. I like the white amp face. My 5153 has it. Your amp could have led backlit working. It has the clean layout to pull that off.

But you better put a little hook or something on it to hang my official George Lynch playing glove.

 

[Anonymous]

I just want to hear a complete tone test on the Henning amp. It looks hot shit sexy.

Thanks, I'm working on it!

Did you copy Soldano a bit?

I sure stole the idea of the powder coated, silk screened chassis with no plexi panels from Soldano...

Steve

Hey man, somebody has to stir things up.

Don't be gettin all sensitive on me now. I like the white amp face. My 5153 has it. Your amp could have led backlit working. It has the clean layout to pull that off.

But you better put a little hook or something on it to hang my official George Lynch playing glove.

HA! How'd ya get the impression I was sensitive about the Soldano comment? I really did get the idea for the chassis from the SLO...

Steve