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Recent content by JLee

  1. J

    MkII SCB Tone Bender replica from BEANIES FUZZ

    Simone is a master of the MKI circuit. I had a MKI built into a gold MKII enclosure. It’s beautiful looking and sounding. One of my favorite pedals.
  2. J

    Supa Fuzz MkI Replica from Beanies Fuzz

    Looks amazing! I’ve owned a Castledine and a Pigdog Supa Fuzz MKI. Currently own a Circle Electric in the Olivetti enclosure. The Circle is one of the best sounding fuzzes in my collection, but I would love a Beanies replica. Simone does amazing, amazing work!
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    MkII SCB Tone Bender replica from BEANIES FUZZ

    Looks amazing! I recently received my MKI Goldie from Simone. He does beautiful work! I own a Pigdog shortboard. It’s my second shortboard from Steve. I regrettably sold the first one long ago, but I do own a long board MKII and a MKI from Steve as well. The MKIIs are in 90s Sola Sound MKII...
  4. J

    MkII Tone Bender replica from BEANIES FUZZ

    Stunning! I saw that one on Instagram. Looks like an oldie!
  5. J

    Need help installing new pickups!

    Sounds like you wired the pickups out of phase. The hot and ground (live and earth) wires need to be reversed. I don’t know the Gibson color schemes, so can’t help there.
  6. J

    Speaker recommendations for 66 Vox AC50

    Celestion has the new Alnico 100 speaker. 30 watts and utilizing their new speaker cone that allegedly reproduces the tone of the pre-Rola cones.
  7. J

    a Tonebender is a thing of beauty .....

    Cancel culture? lol. They were found guilty of producing and selling fake amps and guitars over the course of twenty years.
  8. J

    Putting pickups out of phase -- wiring vs magnetic reversal

    I’ve had pickups that were allegedly wound in reverse, Bare Knuckle and Shed. I’ve also flipped a ton of magnets and currently own Throbak PG-102s. I’ve never noticed any differences in how the controls respond or how the out of phase tones sound.
  9. J

    a Tonebender is a thing of beauty .....

    The biggest issue with the British Pedal Company is that it is owned and operated by Justin and Richard Harrison, formerly of Music Ground on Denmark St.
  10. J

    Installing pup covers

    Raise the polepieces a fair amount. You want to use them to guide the cover in place. Clamp the cover to the pickup to prevent gaps between the cover and the pickup. This is important to prevent microphonics. Most hardware stores sell small enough plastic clamps to clamp down the cover. Apply...
  11. J

    CTS Low-Torque Pots, 500-550K, 10% Taper

    Forgot about Bareknuckle. Seems they now offer 3 different tapers, 10, 20 & 30%.
  12. J

    CTS Low-Torque Pots, 500-550K, 10% Taper

    have you tried The Art Of Tone pots? Not sure how the torque is, but they’re CTS with a 10% taper.
  13. J

    Lets' Talk About Out-of-Phase Quack

    I’ve had a variety of A4, A2 and A5 sets with a flipped magnet. Not sure I heard more quack with one set or another. I think the actual guitars they were in had more of an affect.
  14. J

    Throbak DT102 mxv

    I thought about the DT-102 set for an SG. Ultimately, decided to go with my original plan of installing a set of ESG-102Bs. Found a never installed set for a price I couldn’t pass up. I own the PG-102, Koss-301 and ER Customs. Love them all. Only set of Throbaks I wasn’t a big fan of was the...
  15. J

    Help in identify Humbucker Pickups Please -INFO FOUND- MAXON. ANYONE WANT TO TALK MAXON PICKUPS?

    I have a set of PU-2 pickups in a ‘81 Greco SG. Decent sounding, but not as dynamic as my Throbaks or other high end makers like Wizz, OX4, etc…they don’t clean up as nicely with the volume pot.
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