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Update: Well, I've finally finished building the new 8.2 Ohm/110W Dummy Load I've been working on, and here are a few pics so you can see how I...

I have managed to pick up (!?) a set of Benson Custom Gypsy St neck and bridge pickups from PBG with black covers. They sound good with a tap test!...

It is great. I's so infrequent with me, however, that even when I come up with the correct figure, I recheck ;-)

Update: Did some work on the Dummy Load, all the resistors are mounted in the case on their tagstrips, just out of curiosity, I measured the...

I've had a slight change of plans.... after spending all that effort making a guitar shape that has the most comfortable contours..... as a result of...

Yep, you can use it with Tube or Solid State amps, it won't hurt a Solid State amp at all, a Dummy Load is very useful because it provides a load for...

Helps when you stick a set of good sounding high-output hot wound humbuckers in it.

It'll be over 100 people for the party. It takes place in a neighborhood with active trick-or-treating going on so also lots of foot traffic. Set...

Is this useful for SS amps as well as tube amps. My impression is that SS and Class D amps don't need dummy loads...or are they still useful for...

That's with the new/restored Fuzz. Great combination. I don't think I have heard a Jackson sound quite like that. Very cool ;-)

Probably just the body.

Wow. So, what is left from the original guitar?

A street party sounds like lots of fun. How many, and what, songs are planning to play?

Update: I managed to get together all the bits and pieces I need to build the new 8.2 Ohm/110W Dummy Load, and will be building it this fortnight,...

Not really, phenolic is what was easily, and cheaply, available back when the Ram's Head Big Muffs were being made, I've been getting more into...

That may be why I like the sound of it. I tend to like the gut-punch of mids forward ;-) Cool looking PCB. Is there an advantage to phenolic vs...

I have two Perreaux C6000 300W Mosfet Pro PA Amplifiers that I'm going to be retrofitting with Speakon/NL4 sockets, they both currently use 3-pin XLR...

Update: I managed to buy most of the bits and pieces I need to finally start work on building the Stak In A Box kit, including the metal case, so,...