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Once again, it's time for the FNGT! If you don't know how this works, click this link. That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. NOTE: That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then you can donate.

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So he was building armatures for electric motors and things like that? That's cool. I bet he could make some awesome pick ups!

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He'd mill anything he needed and his lathe work was equally good. It was hell trying to figure out what he was doing because he'd do a step in the process that didn't make any sense until ten steps later. It's like his brain worked differently, with a good understanding of logic.

I still have an amp and 4 x 4 cab that I had him make for me way back in the 80s. We lost touch not long after I graduated and started my business. He lived in a giant old house that was definitely in need of repair and paint or siding. His machine shop was in an old barn. Both of those existed in what'd still be technically Boston, so I'm sure his taxes were outlandish even back then. The last time I drove by where he used to live, there was a couple of duplex looking things on the property. I'm sure the property is worth 7 figures - easily.

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Does the amp and cabinet he built for you rock?

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Damned right it did/does. I haven't used it in years. The cab's built with a weird back that's meant to push all the sound forward. The amp is pretty basic but supports two independent channels and you can do nifty things like flip a switch to have each of the channels using two different speakers in the cab. There's a basic knob EQ for both channels, each with their own volume, and even has RCA as an output option should you want to connect to a house PA system instead.

The amp itself is a combo, meaning it has a pair of speakers in it, but you turn those off when you're running a cabinet from it.

It's rated at 1000 watts and I've yet to so much as tear a speaker. I used it for years. I also haven't turned it on in years. I suspect it'd start right up - it was pretty slow to warm up being tube based. So, I suspect it'd power on and take a few minutes to really warm up. Worst case, I might have to throw in replacement tubes (but they were fine when I last used it) and maybe examine the board for a swollen capacitor or something.

I paid him like $500 for it back in the day. It was/is the perfect pedal platform.