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normantrophy · February 8th, 2007, 01:08 PM

I take it that's the RI unit? Either way, that's a sweet piece of equipment, and a pretty good deal on a blonde one, at that! I've got the "blackface" version, black tolex, silver grillecloth and a chrome "swoosh" logo that I got (minus the logo) for the same price. I later got the logo off Ebay for another $50 (grrrr...), but it's immaculate, works great, and NAILS the sound I wanted, which was that sproingy, "poink-poink-poink" sound that's so essential for playing surf guitar. I run a Kramer '62 Strat copy through it which I've not only wired for 7-way switching, but I have a push-pull tone pot which reverses the phase on the neck pickup, giving it sort of a Jaguar-Jazzmaster sound (think of the "2" and "4" strat positions, only with the neck and bridge pickups. It's a really amazing unit, I don't think you'll regret buying it, especially at that price!

February 8th, 2007, 01:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
normantrophy Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Albany, IN USA Age: 46 Posts: 129	I take it that's the RI unit? Either way, that's a sweet piece of equipment, and a pretty good deal on a blonde one, at that! I've got the "blackface" version, black tolex, silver grillecloth and a chrome "swoosh" logo that I got (minus the logo) for the same price. I later got the logo off Ebay for another $50 (grrrr...), but it's immaculate, works great, and NAILS the sound I wanted, which was that sproingy, "poink-poink-poink" sound that's so essential for playing surf guitar. I run a Kramer '62 Strat copy through it which I've not only wired for 7-way switching, but I have a push-pull tone pot which reverses the phase on the neck pickup, giving it sort of a Jaguar-Jazzmaster sound (think of the "2" and "4" strat positions, only with the neck and bridge pickups. It's a really amazing unit, I don't think you'll regret buying it, especially at that price!