What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦

Not a mailbox per se, but I brought some more stuff back from my trip back home..

A pair of old Boss boys.. got to love the HM-2 Dist knob.
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And an old amp comes back into rotation. This was a Carvin Legacy 2x12 combo which was waaay too heavy to take back on the plane. So I took out the speakers and sawed it in half like the savage I am. You haven't seen a rougher head outside that night with he/she who will not be named. Sounds great though!

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Don't worry, I will get a grill back on there and make it look nicer at some stage.
With A Bit Of Lovin':

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What’s special about the 353?
Nothing, really. But back during the 072 shortage/ price hike thing I started using these in their place because they're consistently cheaper, and the specs so similar, that for most pedal purposes the differences are pretty much non-existent. They're still considerably cheaper than the 072s.
As for NOS, if you can find a good vendor it helps ensure you're not getting fakes or factory rejects. And, generally, the older bits just look cooler 🤷‍♂️
 
Nothing, really. But back during the 072 shortage/ price hike thing I started using these in their place because they're consistently cheaper, and the specs so similar, that for most pedal purposes the differences are pretty much non-existent. They're still considerably cheaper than the 072s.
As for NOS, if you can find a good vendor it helps ensure you're not getting fakes or factory rejects. And, generally, the older bits just look cooler 🤷‍♂️
No one seems to have any love for the NE5532 anymore! That seemed to be everyone’s magic bullet around the turn of the millennium!
And I’ll be honest, I had good luck using them when I was modding and designing some circuits.
 
No one seems to have any love for the NE5532 anymore! That seemed to be everyone’s magic bullet around the turn of the millennium!
And I’ll be honest, I had good luck using them when I was modding and designing some circuits.

I have a bunch of the 5532s on hand, but admittedly don't use them too often.
I do still use the 5534s quite a bit, though. That one's great in the Hot Cake and Rat
 
Quite literally an embarrassment-of-riches has arrived.

@DGWVI was kind enough to send me Breakfast Audio’s Cronenberg (based on 4MS Noise Swash),
and then piled on SO. MUCH. MORE. More than kind...

But wait, there’s
MOAR !

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CRONENBERG, Johnny 5 Is Alive (3PDT), EM2 FLANGER, FUZZDOG BAXRAT, JimiLee SUPER-RAT, MBP RoadRages;
MOONN — Why Not More (swaps multiple transistors), Dice, GroSMaul, Clippity Clop, Why Not Both (Dual-Transistor Swapper), Hard Boost.
ICs HT8950, LM301AH, RAY T8418, IL709M, a couple Tesla GAZ51, and a slew of Ge D9k.
Also the 1590A, for good measure.

THANK YOU!😻
 
Quite literally an embarrassment-of-riches has arrived.

@DGWVI was kind enough to send me Breakfast Audio’s Cronenberg (based on 4MS Noise Swash),
and then piled on SO. MUCH. MORE. More than kind...

But wait, there’s
MOAR !

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CRONENBERG, Johnny 5 Is Alive (3PDT), EM2 FLANGER, FUZZDOG BAXRAT, JimiLee SUPER-RAT, MBP RoadRages;
MOONN — Why Not More (swaps multiple transistors), Dice, GroSMaul, Clippity Clop, Why Not Both (Dual-Transistor Swapper), Hard Boost.
ICs HT8950, LM301AH, RAY T8418, IL709M, a couple Tesla GAZ51, and a slew of Ge D9k.
Also the 1590A, for good measure.

THANK YOU!😻

I had to get my shipping costs worth 😅. Couldn't send the Cronenberg without some padding
 
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