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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,...