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Yep, those barrels go bad. Simple to replace them. I recall using the Switchcraft replacement, but someone here might have a better suggestion. Amazon.com: Switchcraft 151 1/4-Inch Mono Thick PNL MT Jack : Musical Instruments Once they start giving fits it only gets worse.

I'm remembering Heil. Did Electro Harmonix make one? For some reason I'm remembering messing with an EH box back around '82, but it could have been a Heil.

I checked those out way back when Lerxst was running H&K's (Snakes & Arrows?). I had no interest in the 100w version, but these seemed to get the sound without blowing out windows.

The college bar we hung out at in the '80's was a dance club in a strip center, but they decided at some point to expand into the unoccupied space next door. They knocked a door through the wall and set up a stage for harder rock / metal. They brought in great bands from Memphis and Nashville, and it seemed the requirement to load in was at least one Marshall stack per guitarist and they were being run like you said, cranked until they got the sound. I've never had the privilege of plugging into a real one but was deafened many a night by those guys. Great times and great tones!

Listening in the shower through a cranked iPhone, I didn't do well at all. I was able to get EVH and SRV. I got out of the shower just as he was starting to go over them and I recognized Gilmour without all the white noise. He could have played the entire UK album and I might have eventually guessed Holdsworth - just not something I've listened to. Amazing chops and I understand the influence on EVH but it's just not my thing.

Apparently the Arizona warehouse operation is even larger. I didn't even know about the expansion until I tracked the synth I bought last month. It came from AZ, which led me to quite a rabbit hole. Distribution Center | Tour Sweetwater

Quick! Somebody warn @diablo175 to stay away from the thread: this thing has THREE blade switches. He might not recover! ETA: beautiful guitar!

Amazing playing, especially considering he is obviously suffering from Digitalis Bratwurstus Giganticus!

I've been on a 335 variant quest for several years. I got close on one of the new Gibson plant guitars but the neck measurements seem to be all over the place and rarely are the actual measurements disclosed ("rounded C," gee, thanks...). One of the reasons I follow @currypowder on Reverb is he (you) are always great to disclose the weight and neck measurement. I agree that M3 is fantastic, but like @Jakeboy, the screw holes and humbuckers kill it for me.

That is a great memory, but I was being sarcastic after recalling a post on the 'Al Jarreau IBS' thread. Turned out for the better then. 🙂

Easy: I'll add this just because @kizanski is such a Jarreau fan:

Not too difficult to check it. I bought one of these years ago making it super easy: https://www.eurotubes.com/product/bias-probe-head-only/ $30 for an Octal unit. The EL84 is $57, but I've never had an EL84 amp that wasn't Cathode Biased.

SHHHHHHH!

Would someone please define, "heartacquire?" I am unfamiliar with the term, but then again, I have rarely never forked over $15,000 for anything that did not either pay a dividend, have four wheels or have a crop growing on the surface.

Wow! Nothing on Reverb anywhere near you: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=Dr Z MAZ 18 Junior&postal_code=33904&distance=100&sort=proximity|asc&condition=used&product_type=amps

No idea of price, but that's spectacular! I really like the PTB circuit, as well. I wired an iteration of my partscaster with PTB and everyone that tried it asked why all guitars weren't wired that way. Fantastic for playing in a band setting.

The Hawthorne Effect. Studied it in nerd school. I went to college the second year of MTV and it was a constant staple in the fraternity house. For me it was a chance to see people playing instruments (or typically pretending to do so). My introduction to MTV coincided with my introduction to "the rest of music," i.e., not-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-or-Bob-Seger-or-38-Special-etc. and it was mind blowing. So much different music! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. I left college around the time MTV left their original MO, so it worked out great. I still enjoy the original VJays on XM 80's. Fond memories.

No affiliation, but I had to post as I can't image the opportunity to buy all this comes up very often. https://reverb.com/item/93803451-hamer-b8s-b12s-bridge-saddles-string-anchors

There are 17 in stock presently: Ready To Ship Guitars – RS Guitarworks Unfortunately for me, all of the production guitars seem to have standardized on the 63C neck spec (0.84" first fret IIRC).

Here's a Reverb list sorted by geography closest to you: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=Fender Pro Jr Amp&product_type=amps&category=guitar-combos&postal_code=65301&sort=proximity|asc Best I got.

A favorite: As far as the Christmas song, Nat and Ella are great, but the Velvet Fog wins (no extra credit for writing the thing required):

Well, it could have led you to get a perm... OTOH, something about that picture reminds me of these guys

Hog. Notice the open grain requiring filler. Maple won't have that. Cool interweb picture I found with them side by side:

Makes three of us. I started to comment about the pictures being upside down, but then I noticed there was no "L" and thought better of it. 🤣