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Well, an interesting chat I’ve just had with Bill, the builder of Optimus Prime. He’s been telling me for a while that he hasn’t got time to build an amp so was looking around for something that piqued his interest…we’re chatting away, he’s telling me about this amp he’s bought, then I clicked, it’...

High praise indeed, keep up the good work Mike. Sorry to read about the US drama, glad you had insurance which hopefully comes good and sorts it all out Will do! Yes... I paid extra for insurance (it cost me/the purchaser over $400.00 to ship to Alaska) but am still working through it with DHL's in...

MiniForklift wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 12:56 pm Got this a few days ago

Clone? Apologies if it's the "real thing"!!

Well, an interesting chat I’ve just had with Bill, the builder of Optimus Prime. He’s been telling me for a while that he hasn’t got time to build an amp so was looking around for something that piqued his interest…we’re chatting away, he’s telling me about this amp he’s bought, then I clicked, it’...

Recently acquired a collection of NOS parts yesterday dating back to the 70s. Enough to last me many years of amp making. From Philips resistors, Yellow mustards, Matsushita and National capacitors, terminals, fuses, solder, solder stations etc. A shop was closing down and I picked what I needed fo...

Jay wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 1:49 pm Guitar officially 2 gram lighter after Rounding the fretboard. Didn't realise it was growing hair as well


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Phwoar, I usually have to set my amp for hair and you've got it falling off your fretboard

That looks great, most impressive!

A talented man with a similar affliction to Benjamin Button's! I expect your avatar will be that of a boy next time I check.

Righto, an update of sorts. Have sold 3 more SRTs recently including my first to the USA (Ebay ad). Wanted this one to go like clockwork for all the reasons. I got me a DHL credit account but the freight cost is still hellish. So, built a 120VAC version, tested it for hours and freighted it to Alas...

Righto, an update of sorts. Have sold 3 more SRTs recently including my first to the USA (Ebay ad). Wanted this one to go like clockwork for all the reasons. I got me a DHL credit account but the freight cost is still hellish. So, built a 120VAC version, tested it for hours and freighted it to Alask...

Purely in the pursuit of knowledge this is a genuine question for those that selected "YES it improves the amplified tone".
To your ear in what way did the tone improve?

kdawg2a wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:05 am OIP (8).jpeg
I leave them on. Helps stop me from palm muting and accidentally playing teh brootz on my vintage strat.

Fair point, I should have said "Trem Spring Cover"!

blackstratblues wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:31 am My EJ strats all came without one as per artist spec

Was going to ask you and this reminded me.... what string gauge to you use on your Strats?

Mine stays on and I've elongated the holes to make string changes easier.

Thought I'd bung one of these on my Heritage H530 ( Casino ). Shipping being insanely expensive on small items I bought two. Joke's on me though as the Heritage has a somewhat unique bridge system which the bar is incompatible with. Soooo if anyone has a Bigsby they'd like to hold the strings down ...