Eisboch wrote:

Fender is marketing a "Jay Turner" model "Strat" in the US. I looked at
them yesterday at the local music shop I frequent.
Guitar and little Peavey practice amp is $199 dollars.

Richard, I think you're talking about "Jay Turser" which is a seperate
company that produces under license from Fender. The Turser quality is
a lot better than it used to be. They make some really good knock-
off's.

Interesting about "name brands" like:

Jay Turser
Carlo Robelli
J.D. Player

FAIK, those are all distributor brands and there are no such designer/
luthier-like people associated with the product names.

Now the cheap J. Reynolds brands. I Do know J. Reynolds. He worked
for Samuel Music/ Midco Int'l, in Effingham IL. for years. Midco Int'l
owns the Lotus Brand, was partners with Washburn for a while, Owns the
Arbor trademark, was the sole distributor of Hohner harmonicas in the
US, also introduced Yamaha band instruments back in the late 60's etc.
For a small office in a small mid-west town, they had warehouses all
across the US.

Reynolds just retired about 5 years ago after about 30+ years of
service, Dean Samuelthe owner, had Midco produce a guitar in his
honor. It's an inexpensive "Strat" copy, but plays pretty well.

cool, eh?

"Tim" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

Fender is marketing a "Jay Turner" model "Strat" in the US. I looked at
them yesterday at the local music shop I frequent.
Guitar and little Peavey practice amp is $199 dollars.

Richard, I think you're talking about "Jay Turser" which is a seperate
company that produces under license from Fender. The Turser quality is
a lot better than it used to be. They make some really good knock-
off's.



I am sure you are correct. My eyes don't always communicate 100 percent
with my head.
The owner of the shop said they were good guitars for the price .... made in
China.

Eisboch

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not
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Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...

wrote:
Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...

Probably needs the pots cleaned and connections checked. It's kind of
hard to tear up an old peavey. i won't say their bullet proof, but
close to it. you might check the plug-in and see if it's properly
grounded to the outlet. does it have a reverse polarity switch?
probably not. It sounds to me like itls in the connections and
ground.


also you could have a torn speaker cone. Interesting that before
Richie Blackmore started playing with Deep Purple, he couldn't afford
a "Good amp" with effects, so he took a razor blade and cut slices in
the speaker so he could get that "fuzz" tone.

Evidently it worked for him.

"Tim" wrote in message
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wrote:
Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...

Probably needs the pots cleaned and connections checked. It's kind of
hard to tear up an old peavey. i won't say their bullet proof, but
close to it. you might check the plug-in and see if it's properly
grounded to the outlet. does it have a reverse polarity switch?
probably not. It sounds to me like itls in the connections and
ground.


also you could have a torn speaker cone. Interesting that before
Richie Blackmore started playing with Deep Purple, he couldn't afford
a "Good amp" with effects, so he took a razor blade and cut slices in
the speaker so he could get that "fuzz" tone.

Evidently it worked for him.

Does the speaker have foam suspension? After some years that foam will
break down. I had some 15 year old speakers repaired and they sounded as
good as new.

"D.Duck" wrote in message
...




Does the speaker have foam suspension? After some years that foam will
break down. I had some 15 year old speakers repaired and they sounded as
good as new.


Doubtful that a guitar amp speaker would have foam suspension, particularly
one from the 80's. Even new ones are hard to the rim.

But, that doesn't mean the paper hasn't been torn or otherwise deteriorated
from it's mounting.

Eisboch

On Mar 22, 11:17*am, Tim wrote:
wrote:
Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...

Probably needs the pots cleaned and connections checked. It's kind of
hard to tear up an old peavey. i won't say their bullet proof, but
close to it. you might check the plug-in and see if it's properly
grounded to the outlet. does it have a reverse polarity switch?
probably not. *It sounds to me like itls in the connections and
ground.

also you could have a torn speaker cone. Interesting that before
Richie Blackmore started playing with Deep Purple, he couldn't afford
a "Good amp" with effects, so he took a razor blade and cut slices in
the speaker so he could get that "fuzz" tone.

Evidently it worked for him.

How do I clean the "pots" how do I identify them? It does have a
polarity switch and low and high gain inputs too. I am not sure if my
pickups are considered "hot", they are SD Pearly Gates. I cleaned a
bunch of the connections and can get a relatively clean sound in solo,
but as soon as I hit a chord, it really roughs up. Any help would be
apprecialted.

On Mar 22, 2:02*pm, wrote:
On Mar 22, 11:17*am, Tim wrote:





wrote:
Hey Tim, what do you know about crackly old amps? 1980's peavey sounds
like it is always playing through a buzz box...

Probably needs the pots cleaned and connections checked. It's kind of
hard to tear up an old peavey. i won't say their bullet proof, but
close to it. you might check the plug-in and see if it's properly
grounded to the outlet. does it have a reverse polarity switch?
probably not. *It sounds to me like itls in the connections and
ground.

also you could have a torn speaker cone. Interesting that before
Richie Blackmore started playing with Deep Purple, he couldn't afford
a "Good amp" with effects, so he took a razor blade and cut slices in
the speaker so he could get that "fuzz" tone.

Evidently it worked for him.

I cleaned a
bunch of the connections and can get a relatively clean sound in solo,
but as soon as I hit a chord, it really roughs up. Any help would be
apprecialted.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Turn down the gain? I'm sure you also tried the low side imput . It's
possible that your pickup[s] are too high/close to the strings as
well, and getting a harsh or too tight of an electrical field. (just
a thought)

Well, not looking at the amp I can't say much. but...

Plug it in, and flip the polarity switch, and see if the hum is
reduced. If not, then scratch that idea.

your pickups shouldn't have anything to do with what you're
describing, Scott. the pots (volume, tone, effects etc.) should be
accessable and there would or I'll say " should" be like a pin hole
or some say a vent hole on them, and usually a slight squirt of
siliconized electric contact cleaner in them should take care of
cleaning and lubricating them.

Outside of any of that, I'[m pretty well clueles.

you might check the guys at alt.guitar, alt.guitar.amps or even
alt.audio.pro

I'm sure there's those a lot better than I that could help.

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:29:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Hello
I want to drop you a quick note because I did not hear back from you
concerning the information I sent you the other day. Incase you did
not
receive the letter introducing my Intent. I am Susan Smith from London
....friend to Mr.Paul Getty,Born in California in 1932, Sir Paul was a
son of J. Paul Getty, the oil tycoon. You can view this site for
comfirmation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2956897.stm
I got your mail through my private search and out of Desperation I
decided to reach you through this medium. Mr.Paul Getty deposit USD$25
million in a bank here in London and I want to invest this money in
your
country, The need to move out this money arose when the Prime Minister
Gordon Brown said that some of the money held in dormant accounts
would
be used to fund youth and community projects for your confirmation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm
I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regard.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
(1)Can we completely trust you?
(2) We are ready to offer you 30% of this USD ($25000, 000) I hope
it
is acceptable by you? Please, consider this and get back to us as soon
as possible
Thank you so much. Susan Smith

Ask her to send some pictures of herself.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)