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I'll consider trades (cash is king though)

Add $7 shipping and paypal whether you buy 1 or all:

- RAT 2 in LIKE NEW shape: $55 OR BEST OFFER

- Boss OC2 (newer taiwan silver label and PSA adapter sticker) in EXCELLENT shape: $50

- Boss OC2 (older taiwan black label and ACA adapter sticker) has many scuffs but still works FINE: only $40

- Boss FDR1 LIKE NEW IN THE BOX WITH PAPERS: $75

- Boss HR2 in very good shape (just some minor nicking): only $105

- Boss DD3 in EXCELLENT shape (just a couplesmall nicks) MADE IN JAPAN BLUE LABEL fully intact (missing battery tray sticker): only $65

- Boss OS2 in LIKE NEW shape: $40

- Danelectro No Hum 9v ac: $7
 
Free 9v batteries or FREE Generic 9v AC power supply I'll throw in for FREE if you buy any pedal (or I can throw in for free any of the following: 9v battery, free ME6 instruction manual & shipping box or a free FV-500H manual or a dissected Boss CE1 switch (in case anyone is restoring an old Boss pedal)

I bought about 10 ft of spiral wrap and put a few inches of it every 2-3 ft. Works fine and allows me to use two differnt looking cords so I can keep track of which is which.

Is the Voltage out of a Variac a different sine wave or what? ie: how does tha amp know it's a variac.... not 115 volts and 1965? just curious...I hat lugging the Variac around and in fact use that amp less now days because of that...I'll check out Ted's Browner and see what it is....

If you just want to bundle cables together, another option would be to use those velcro cable ties (the ones that you use to wrap up your cables).  Easy to take apart when you're done, or to add more cables to the bundle.

Al

A sig10 alnico sounds divine in my Kzoo Model2. I then tried a sig12 alnico in a more powerful amp and was disappointed by lack of volume and it farting out too early. But I think in a low watter at practice volumes it's great. I like the ceramic version too.

TD that,s the reason I remember as well. Yes caps do have a memory which is why running them up to operating voltage using a variac is recommended to reform them for proper operation. Old caps that have not been in use , NOS off the shelf and even those run at present power levels but not for some time can be off spec till " reformed " . Not suure how far to trust reformed caps but plenty of techs did it for a long time so might not be as iffy as some think it is just more likely to fail possibly than new caps of the same or different type.

I'm thinkin' that the change to the 5u4g might be the way to go as well now that it has been suggested then see what the results are.
Still shoulld be a way to get her right without changing from stock values as long as she sounds right and no harm follows.

b   

Hate to say it 'cause I do like most of his songs , but Neil Young has a much Whineyer voice than James Taylor......

But it's hard to top Barry Manilow who writes really good songs but should be banned from singing for life in my humble opinion.....  

b

Two 6V6's,  Rectifier tube (can't read label), octal preamp tube. Hinged cab looks like there might have been a turntable inside. Pilot light comes on and tube lights up. Triad power transfomer. $85.00 shipped OBO.  Dickerson brand, magnatone tag on bottom of cab. No speaker

Nice discription Doc. Thanks again for your help.      G

You hit the nail on the head with this call, Dr. Bob!  James Taylor's voice is one of the flimsiest, whiniest, do-goodiest, fall-into-a-coma-iest in the last few decades of pop music.  I don't hold it against him, personally - he seems like a very, very nice guy.  Certainly too nice, to apply to the reality I encounter day-to-day. 

I'd vote him a prime candidate for a round of pin a pair on the donkey 

I can think of a lot of more irritating voices of singer songwriters with Barry Manilow on the top of the list...... 

Yes - I agree Billy.  BM tops the list.  I am music, and I write the songs?  Puhleeeeeze

 - T