Mentaltossflycoon
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I like his little rat bag.
Lab Rat build!
- Thread starter drgonzo1969
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Betty Wont
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Thank you!! I make them myself. Fleece rat pocket sacks. They love them. I’ve had rats that live 90% of their lives chilling in the sack. Every one I’ve lost gets buried in his favorite sack.
vigilante398
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Got pics for the Lab Rat build doc tonight. Still need to put it all together, but should be able to get it done tomorrow.
drgonzo1969
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sexy knobs!
Phil hodson
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Sexy amp behind it too!!!! 
drgonzo1969
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Oh shit! is that a snakeskin Soldano? that looks sexy as hell with those red chickenhead knobs on there.
vigilante398
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Not an authentic Soldano, it's one I built, but yep
I looked for actual SLO knobs for a while, but decided I liked the look of the red chickenheads better anyway. Just need to convince my wife that the new head deserves a new matching snakeskin cab as well 
Betty Wont
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I had a snakeskin astroverb for a while. I hated that amp so much. I ripped off the tolex and stained and varnished the cab wood underneath.Not an authentic Soldano, it's one I built, but yep
drgonzo1969
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Nice! Looks killer!
drgonzo1969
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I don’t normally go for snakeskin but it looks good on soldanos
vigilante398
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My feelings exactly. I had a friend that had a Fender Hot Rod that he had modded and recovered in snakeskin tolex, and I thought it was the ugliest amp I had ever seen.
But for some reason being on an SLO makes it okay. When I was ordering the cab I was debating between the plain black and the more daring purple, but when I saw the snakeskin something about it just looked right.
Erik S
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The rats felt the same way.
vigilante398
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Remember that time I made it sound like the Lab Rat was going to be available super soon, then I got distracted for like 3 days?
Well I'm finishing up the build doc right now and I will get these posted TONIGHT. I promise this time.
Well I'm finishing up the build doc right now and I will get these posted TONIGHT. I promise this time.
vigilante398
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drgonzo1969
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Super excited for this one! thank you for making it available as a DIY PCB. I grabbed a particle accelerator as well. cant wait to build these!
Phil hodson
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Ouch. Feel an order coming in soon 
Mentaltossflycoon
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Ordered.
Should I troll the font nerds with my build?
Should I troll the font nerds with my build?
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Betty Wont
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I’m still super excited about this one. It’s cool to see people getting theirs. Mine still taking a long way tour around Illinois 
. I’m not usually a mojo gal, but this one has a metal can LM301 waiting for it. And I plan to do three-way clipping with an on off on.
. I’m not usually a mojo gal, but this one has a metal can LM301 waiting for it. And I plan to do three-way clipping with an on off on.
Mentaltossflycoon
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I'll be yoinking my mojo chip that @fig sent me that's from the early 80's. My slow loris will sound just fine with an OP07. I mostly prefer the turbo rat sounds so I was thinking of just installing leds and labeling it the "Tubro Rat." We'll see, you've got me thinking an on-off-on could be dandy too.I’m still super excited about this one. It’s cool to see people getting theirs. Mine still taking a long way tour around Illinois
