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Here is an update. They should ship next week. They look great Heading for anodizing today

You can see that it's got original boards for meters from the pics.

If you mean did I put White Oak meter boards in it? No

HUH?

That too

Anytime Lee, thank you. I was honored to build you a new beast....

The face plate should be back tomorrow from the engraver and we can put this one in the books. Testing will start tomorrow. Just waiting on the Cabbage Case for special delivery

As the last build for a while, she got a special name.

Lee, Pay no attention to the Neighborhood watch sticker............... Really, I didn't steal it (Just borrowed sir).............

and storing properly has nothing to do with the grease/lube failing... It's age and some heat from use

The factory used grease on this stuff when built (it's all dried and nasty now) and there is a reason they lubed it.... Because it needs it. do the same when reassembly, it needs it.

If you do NOT use any lube, it won't last for shit.... I think guys who change their oil in their cars more than once in 20 years are anal..... (if it's mechanical, you have to use some lube...)

Get the old stuff out or you are wasting your time. The dried up stuff can cause issues and make your rig not work as desired. Clean everything and clean it again. I also use the Liquid bearings SPARINGLY but you do need a light grease.

The motors DO SUFFER... You may have not noticed but the bearings go tit's up with dried up grease and noisy commutators.... I could tell as soon as I appied power to it yesterday after getting them rebuilt. As far as heads, I have a new pair and since I did everything else to the machine, The...

I used to do the same thing. I had a Crate Stack and a killer Yamaha Ty Tabor (Kings X) Green Sunburst guitar and I can only play one power cord... If it wasn't for the special effects the amp could do, The cops would have thrown me in jail for impersonating an idiot!!!!! Like Freewheelin...