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[jimilee]

Made kind of a silly low offer for this brand new unopened. Now I have one. I gotta stop doing that.

 

[jwin615]

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Made kind of a silly low offer for this brand new unopened. Now I have one. I gotta stop doing that.

DAMN IT! IT.... IT...... It.... it... it... it

 

[MobyOctopad]

Don't bother. 16/32 either wouldn't read as transistors(some read as jfets!), or had 1-4hfe. One had 26hfe and 995uA!
4/32 had somewhat usable gain/leakages with 1 at 250hfe and low leakage.
10 had high leakage but worked. Most in the 45-85 hfe range.
So 4-5 possibly usable PNPs for $11. Add in the dried shrimp smell and God knows what's in the corrosion on these legs that I had to steel wool off...
And I only bought 20 and they sent me 32...
The 3ax31c were all bad.
2/3 of the 3ax31a functioned but only 1 "good" one.
3ax31d had a few "good" ones and the rest were diodes, caps and jfets.

And here I was going to ask you how you got a hold of the same NOS OC75s and SFT337s Warm Audio used in the Warm Bender

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

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Made kind of a silly low offer for this brand new unopened. Now I have one. I gotta stop doing that.

A buddy of mine recently replaced his beloved but tired dl4 with the recent updated version and he said it's "not doing it" for him. You likely made the right choice.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Technically it just got here, but it WAS in the mailbox a few moments ago. My new open frame desktop 8U adjustable angle rack

 

[jwin615]

Technically it just got here, but it WAS in the mailbox a few moments ago. My new open frame desktop 8U adjustable angle rack

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I totally thought that said POUND TOWN at first glance.
I love the encapsulated nuts and adjustable. Well, until I would have to remove a piece of gear to get the nut out from behind it. Those guys can get way more top heavy than you'd think.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

I totally thought that said POUND TOWN at first glance.
I love the encapsulated nuts and adjustable. Well, until I would have to remove a piece of gear to get the nut out from behind it. Those guys can get way more top heavy than you'd think.

My older 8U weighs about 30 pounds empty. Carpet covered particle board. I can carry this with one hand unloaded. My older one has a power amp, really old mixer, and power conditioner and is in mothballs with the rest of my now unused PA equipment (JBL JRX125'S)

This is for my mixer I use for recording, and a couple preamps, so it'll be fairly low weight.....

 

[DeadAirMD]

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Made kind of a silly low offer for this brand new unopened. Now I have one. I gotta stop doing that.

Definitely not totally "tough as nails". It's definitely a brick though. Back when looping pedals didn't exist and the dl4 was basically the only option, I broke the 1st foot switch on 2 separate dl4's due to looping so much. When you take it apart and look inside, it's such a stupid design. Luckily we all know how to solder and source components, so upgrading to better switches is easy.

Man do I LOVE the Sweep Echo on that thing!

 

[jimilee]

Tube reverb is amazing. I’m really digging this, so far. It sits somewhere between my blues jr and my blues deluxe. Like all the others, the volume pot is rather sensitive.

 

[Giorfida]

Tube reverb is amazing. I’m really digging this, so far. It sits somewhere between my blues jr and my blues deluxe. Like all the others, the volume pot is rather sensitive.

As someone who primarily plays at home now, the Princeton gets the most love out of all of my amps. In fact, im seriously considering thinning the herd and just keeping the Princeton. As long as I keep it clean I love it… just don’t like how they break up when cranked- of course that would get me evicted anyways.. and hey I got pedals if I want dirt!

 

[jimilee]

As someone who primarily plays at home now, the Princeton gets the most love out of all of my amps. In fact, im seriously considering thinning the herd and just keeping the Princeton. As long as I keep it clean I love it… just don’t like how they break up when cranked- of course that would get me evicted anyways.. and hey I got pedals if I want dirt!

Same, the blues deluxe is overkill, for me. There are some mods to create more headroom to prevent early breakup. However, I too live in an apartment, so probably won’t ever get that loud.

 

[synthesiserror]

Fresh off the boat from Indiana. I had been looking at these for a while, and when Sweetwater finally got a new stock, I snapped this one up. It was the only one they had with a figured neck/headstock.

 

[jwin615]

Nice specs for the price! Roasted figured maple and rosewood to boot! How is the setup and fret finishing?

 

[Erik S]

I’m deep in a synthesizer repair project and using that as an excuse to step into some new bench gear. Got a digital scope and a desoldering gun in the mail today.

 

[synthesiserror]

How is the setup and fret finishing?

The fret finishing 100% lives up to the hype. Beautifully crafted neck. I’m really pleased with the overall build quality.

It’s going to need some setup work. Action is a little high, and the string spacing is a little off.

The stock pickups sound surprisingly good to my ear, and they’re dead quiet.

 

[DGWVI]

A 12ax7 for the Lab Rat, some stealth chicken heads I forgot were in my cart, an impulse buy, and a replacement for the Attack Decay I seem to have lost in the move

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

A 12ax7 for the Lab Rat, some stealth chicken heads I forgot were in my cart, an impulse buy, and a replacement for the Attack Decay I seem to have lost in the move

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I love that mosky's are sporting nice knobs, amp jewels and top jacks these days. It's got a fancier exterior than most of the boutique brands out there.

 

[pbrommer]

I succumbed to the PCB sale... More for the pile!

In all honesty, my daughter is very interested in what I do building pedals and wants to help. So, I ordered a few smaller circuits we can work on together. Trembling Loon, Hotcakes, and a Slow Gear (because I want to send a delay line through a slow gear for some reason).

 

[DGWVI]

I love that mosky's are sporting nice knobs, amp jewels and top jacks these days. It's got a fancier exterior than most of the boutique brands out there.

It definitely feels more solid than some of the other budget pedals I've used, too.

I also like that you can see the LED clippers react through the jewel when you set it to Turbo

 

[Giorfida]

I succumbed to the PCB sale... More for the pile!

In all honesty, my daughter is very interested in what I do building pedals and wants to help. So, I ordered a few smaller circuits we can work on together. Trembling Loon, Hotcakes, and a Slow Gear (because I want to send a delay line through a slow gear for some reason).

When you see a couple boards you’ve been waiting for finally come in at the same time as a sale, you can’t help but buy! I think I ended up with about a dozen boards and a dozen switch breakouts.
Looks like Tayda, Mouser and SBP orders being made sometime over the next week or so!