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Down and Outman wrote:Never sell your stuff.

I hear that! Two items I wish I could get back:

1) The Fender Bassman 100 head I let go for $100 about 20 years ago

2) The '69 Fender Twin Reverb I sold to my brother-in-law about 10 years ago.

--Steve

Hmmm - Thread Hijack Number 2: I have a Marshall VS65R (12AX7A preamp, everything else SS, with a 12" Marshall Gold-back speaker, spring reverb). It's a great little amp, but in the last year it has developed an occasional rather loud snap-crackle-pop that makes it no longer very useful. When i...

I bet the Phat Cats sound killer! She looks great Steve. Nice work! :D Thanks! Yes, she does sound good. One thing about this guitar - the customer has really big hands, so he wanted a 1-7/8" wide nut, and a fat boat neck profile. It felt like I was holding a LOG in my hand - almost like the n...

Finally finished and shipped the gold-top SG today. Here's some pix:

I love Peaveys, especially their bass amps. For several years my bass rig was a Peavey 1820 cabinet (1 x 18" black widow + 2 x 10" Scorpions) driven by a Peavey bass preamp and a Peavey 8.5C power amp in biamp mode. Sounded great, and handled loads of power, but too *(^$%#$ heavy for mere...

I bought a Peavey Classic 30 amp about 3 years ago, and while it was a darn good amp for the money, the speaker just didn't quite make it. It was a "Blue Marvel" which (I'm guessing) means a bottom-of-the line speaker made by Eminence. I don't have any other way to describe the sound but t...

Dave;

The Strat looks great - and I love that spalted maple. Would love to see more pictures!

Question for ya: how did you cut the slot for the selector switch?

Yeah Steve I know what you mean. Took me 45 guitars just to get simple translucent colors down. Burst are tougher yet, but I got em nailed now. Yeah the Gold on a SG with the Bigs is Killer!! Nice work. Thanks! Here's another one I finished about a year and a half ago. 4-string fretless bass, my ow...