On Mar 11, 10:11*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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On Mar 11, 9:00 am, "Eisboch" wrote:





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I agree, a real Les Paul is a thing of beauty, as is a real Strat.
Knockoffs are okay sometimes, sometimes not. Believe it or not, I've
recently aquired a Chinese made Strat that sounds quite good. Not as
good as my old made in the U.S.A. Strat, but not a bad knock around
guitar.

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One of the nicest sounding (and easiest to play) guitar in my growing
collection is an old, Peavey "Strat" clone that Mrs.E. bought many years
ago. It sat around unused for years. I put new strings on it, tuned it up
in open "G" and am having a blast goofing around with it.

Mrs.E. prefers it's sound to the sound of the Eric CLapton "Blackie".

Eisboch

Here's a goody, too. I've got an amp. It's a Heathkit of all things!
Built in the early 70's as near as I can get. I bought the thing at a
flea market in Chattanooga, TN, the volume knob needed a wire soldered
back on. It actually has a really nice sound. One of the guys I jam
with loves plugging his old Peavey into it and cranking up the reverb!!

Some of the old Heathkits had some well designed electronics as I recall.
My first real audio amp was a kit from Lafayette Radio. *5 watt tube amp..
I ended up building two, so I could build my first "stereo". * One worked.
The other just "hummed". *I never figured out what I screwed up.

Long out of business now.

Before that, I "built" systems using old TV chassis. *Very often it was a
shocking experience.

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My brother used to build a lot of Heathkit stuff when he was in high
school, then went on to become an electrical engineer. We lived in
western NY, got two fuzzy TV channels up in the valley. He got a
shortwave Heathkit radio, put it together and it was like a window to
the world to us! We used to sit in his room late at night and listen
to broadcasts from all over the world. We could also get AM skip and
listen to WWVA in Wheeling, WV. That was SO exotic to us!