Recent content by BuzzBaloo

I’m not sure anyone makes a true clone because fuzz could be unpleasant and “hard”, most everyone, including Prescription (“Experience”), Fulltone (“Ultimate Octave”), and Danelectro (“French Toast” and “3699”), reworked the fuzz to be smoother. The original was deigned by Steve Ridinger, the...

There is no wrong choice of the bunch. Right now, my personal tastes swing toward the LPS. I started on the Ric 360, and I loved it's baseball bat neck and round fretboard radius,, but the plastic-y clear-coat rosewood board, a lot of fretwear, and a maddeningly wobbly bridge design were...

It's more than just those two caps that need work. This amp looks long overdo for some routine TLC.

I found a Ramble FX Twin Bender V2 for a very affordable price last week. Still hadn't a chance to try it out. I had been interested in these for a while, but their prices shot up when the builder passed. They've come down since but bought it a price that I doubt I'll see again. This doesn't...

Basic rule is make sure every input, speaker, etc. jack nut is tight (they ground through their connection to the chassis) and the tube sockets and tube pins are de-oxidized. But, honestly, take it to a good vintage amp tech. Time and heat takes it toll on components like electrolytic caps and...

These didn't stay on the market for long, but seem to have a dedicated cult following. Personally, I can't see 1.) having to bend with my pinky or 2.) how to keep either the whammy from moving or the the rest of the strings from going slack during a bend. It's not unusual for strings to go slack...

Wow, a beauty! The sparkle red and blue tops were a rare version of the LP Deluxe in '69-'70.

1954 White Model 80 (Princeton) 1960 Deluxe 1965 Super Reverb -- I only have the stuffed chassis (no cab), it's now a Vibroclone 1967 Champ 1968 Bronco 1973 Deluxe Reverb 1978 Deluxe Reverb 1978 Champ

I liked 1/3/5. 5 originally stood out as favorite, but I wonder whether it because 4 was the immediate reference. Jumping back and forth between the 1/3/5, I liked each for different reasons and would happy with any of the three. I did not like 2/4.

I bought one, I figured I would throw it under the Xmas tree for my teen.

Leo was still coming into work through '69, he had a retention contract to consult. Leo designed the bullet truss rod and 3-bolt micro-tilt neck plate that rolled out in 1970. Fender did go to flat poles in the mid-'70s, but the stagger poles came back with the 57/62 reissues that came out in...

I has nothing to do with the radius, the stagger poles were all about core width. And, yes, that math was thrown off every switched to Ernie ball and other light string sets in the late 1960s. But Strats and Teles the stagger pole/unwound G string is the combination used on so many classic...

Since most things I have tried buying from them was usually sold out, I would say hey just got fed up fighting the supply chain.

These mini amps are all designed made by Boutique Amp Distribution (BAD). BAD own Soldano, Tone King, and Egnator, plus have manufacturing and distribution deals with Friedman amps/pedals, Morgan amps/pedals, Wampler pedals, and Bogner pedals. Since BAD already designed and manufacture the...