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Here's the reading from the 10 caps; C1 - 4.40 2 - 3 - 4.40 4 - 5 - 6 - .65 7 - 4.40 8 - 8.50 9 - 8.83 10 - discharges to 0 I know C4 is a filter cap and from a modding standpoint, can be removed/replaced to change the sound. Not sure if C2 and 5 are like that. Then the OP Vcc is...

I'm assuming it got fried since I wasn't getting any reading from it, but would on the new diode.

If it's the diode that's D3(right next to the plug in and C9), yes it did.

My buddy asked if I could fix his MXR. He got it from his band mate, and when they went to show him it, plugged the pedal into the wrong plug(a 12v) and it popped the C9 cap. Its a 100uF cap from what I looked up and replaced with a 100uF 25v. Tested the pedal with a 9v battery then with a 9.6v...

For a few years, I've been using a few picks I got from Dragon Picks. My main is 6.7mm and the other 3 are at or close to 6mm. The Westone, Lotus, and HM have D'Addrio 10-46 XLs. The Ibby Pro Line has a set of 9-42s waiting. Then the Epi Explorer has always been strung with Ernie Ball Not So...

When I was looking at body blanks, I went with alder over ash. Main reason is ash needs to be filled in before painting/finishing since it's porous. I don't want to mess with that, so I snagged a piece of alder.

Most likely my Westone Spectrum I WE1400 .

I used to use Dava Controls, then V-Picks Screamers and Gravity Picks Stealths that were 3mm and 4mm. Then I got hooked on Dragon Picks. My main is 6.7mm while the others are 6mm or so. Unfortunately the guy that made them passed away. He seem to be a pretty nice guy had some really cool...

Getting ready to wire up the Pro Line's pick guard and it originally uses a push/pull pot. I have a CTS one and am not sure how to "translate" the original pot wiring to the CTS pot. *I did find an explanation on how the CTS pot operates.*

New custom guitar project day! At my wife's cousin's 40th party, his brother asked about the Ibby Pro Line project and I told him I needed a bigger drill press for the FR posts. He said his work has that and a CNC. He told me if I ever wanted to make a guitar, get a hold of him. A week later I...

Here's the low down on it. Dropped it off for a low volume and saturation issues. They fixed the low volume via replacing a bad cap, but could not figure out the saturation problem. They chatted with Peavey to no avail as they no longer have the parts there. Here's the saturation problem; when...

Basically, not bought at the same time. :p First up is a Lotus strat copy. Nothing fancy, but it has nice tuners, not the Jin Ho cheapos. Did take a couple hours to remove the nail polish stripes with non acetone polish remover. It now sports "ghost" stripes. The pseudo Bendmaster seperated from...

I'll toss in my old rack setup's iterations. The final form was pretty much the last pic minus the EQ. Modded my Rockmaster and that mod eliminated the need for it. Miss the rack, especially the Rockmaster.

I'll get those up later today. The reverb is mounted above the board, with a pad over the top. I guess I do have a teaser pic of it opened up.

Something is up with the reverb on the Kasino. Turn the knob up and I get a noise/hum. Once it's past 2, it gets louder the more I turn it up. I've read about testing the ohms of the input and output jacks on the box, but didn't find what ohm setting on a multimeter is needed. I'm figuring that...