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yeah, what the hell, let's give it a presence knob too.

separate treble and bass knobs?

of course!

GoaT drive from grindcustoms!

that one has "just" an additional high-control

You got me! Let's do this thing.

yeah, what the hell, let's give it a presence knob too.

separate treble and bass knobs?

of course!

GoaT drive from grindcustoms!

yeah, what the hell, let's give it a presence knob too.

separate treble and bass knobs?

So like a presence knob?

Haberdsher has a great bluesbreaker with a few clipping options and a tone control. I love it.

yes, his seems quite nice. aion's cerulean seems also pretty cool. but I'd be interested in a bluesbreaker with full tone control.
so what do ye think about that idea? 

I think it gives it more versatility.

Haberdsher has a great bluesbreaker with a few clipping options and a tone control. I love it.

So I order from Small Bear yesterday and ask for local pickup (since I live a few miles from their mail drop). Per usual, I get an email around 5:00 saying the package can be had at the copy shop after 5:30. Awesome! Since I bike to work a lot of the time (midtown Manhattan—yes, it's insane) I can swing by on my way home and snag my swag.

I get to the copy shop at 6:40 and I'm waiting for the woman in front of me to ship her package when a guy rushes in and basically cuts to the front of the line (which is just me). Normally, being a long-time NY'er, I'd give this guy a piece of my mind and tell him to wait like everyone else. But for whatever reason, I was feeling pretty chill and very happy to be getting my parts so soon that I just let it go.

Without a word, the guy puts down a package and a $20 bill on the counter, and the copy dude rings him up, also without saying a word. Took all of 10 seconds. Copy dude then asks what I need and I say I'm there to pick up from Small Bear. Copy dude takes the package just paid for and slides it over to me. The "line cutter" was Steve from Small Bear, and he said he was worried that he was going to miss the drop off! I introduced myself and thanked him for being able to pick up same day and for his all around great service. He's just as nice as you'd imagine him to be! We then helped the woman in front of me with the location of the nearest police precinct and I was out of there.

As far as I'm concerned, and with the exception of some enclosures from PPP, a few thing from BLMS, and some SMD parts that Small Bear doesn't carry, Steve gets all my money. And i learned that sometimes it pays to STFU!

Wait wait wait, What was the deal with the Lady and the cops?

I am way late to this thread party. I just discovered it last night (Google Alerts doesn't actually seem to alert BTW). If I may, can I just add my 2 cents on this name thing?

The name: It just came to me, there was no thinking or trying to put words together. There was no list of keywords and phrases made. The second I thought, "I should sell 3PDT switches cheaper and faster and nicer than the other guys", the name popped into my head. It was so stupid and boyishly inappropriate and absurdly not connected to anything DIY or Hackerish or Music related that it kept me laughing. It was memorable, it had a small lyrical flow to it and it was funny in a silly, edgy way. Plus the domain was available. Easy. Done.

Would it offend anyone? I figured a couple of warriors for the downtrodden would be vocal about it but most people won't care. They might even find it funny. Creatively, I liked to the challenge of working around the name and coming up with ideas for it.

Is it offensive? I think a word needs context to be offensive. A dictionary is not misogynist because it has the word Bitch in it. Is a judge at a dog show wrong for using it? The reasonable would all say no, right?

So what if it has no context? If it just stands alone not connected to anything with a gender. In my eyes this is where it sits in the way I use it. Not really connected to anything other than parts to make cool stuff out of. It's now absurd. There has never been and will never be any women used in the marketing or design of BLMS.

Not because I want to stay sexist free, it's because I have more respect for the people that give me their money.

Let's talk about what offends me. I am offended when I see hot chicks used to sell stuff to me. Not because it's sexist, but because I don't want to give any one my money that thinks I am that dumb. The AXE body spray ads alone make me want to start a smelly riot.

The most important question is: were any actual woman hurt during the making of this little business of mine? I asked my wife, sisters, mom and my female friends before I went forward. All of them asked me why I was being a little bitch and worrying about what other people think. OK that didn't happen. I didn't even mention it to them, because none of them build guitar pedals and thus the name of my site has no effect on their life. And even if they did build, it has no effect on their life.

It may have turned out to be smart business move in the long run. It's a filter to let in the easy going, friendly, smart and relaxed folk. People with a sense of humor are my kind of people. The world is an easier place for them because it fills them with mirth and joy. A customer that won't buy from me because the name hurts their feelings is more likely to be a time and energy sucking grumbler who is victimized by the world at every moment. No thanks. SensitiveSteve'sPartsForAllInclusiveTone.com can have them.

-Lawrence "HBIC" Scaduto

Hey lawrence! Great to see you here finally!

There are some good pics of an original on eBay, you can pull it in to Inkscape, or you could create your own variation. You built it, why not use your your own decal?

Welcome! Now show us those pedals.

Solder bridges and have your tried a different pt2399?

Wow, so i read the first post on this thread and then the last 2.   

Cool man. I'll go with G&L for the bar then. I love the way this sounds, much warmer than my strat, but it still has the strat sound. That's what I was after. Hum isn't as bad either. Can't hear it until you go to bridge pickups, and even at that, I'm pretty sure it's the wiring in the house, some days I can't play bass it hums so loud. I could use a ground lift, but I'm too lazy.

Nice one Jimi.

You can pick the replacement arms up on their website;  while you're at it, make sure you pick up the set screws for it as well.  That's the only gripe I have with G&L, without the set screws (and you will lose one, they're tiny) the trem is useless.

I am currently debating buying this

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/141257438067?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

For some reason everytime I see it, I think "Jimilee-caster"

Sweet, but I bet it would be heavy. I have ony seen a handful of robin guitars, are they still around? Thanks for the tip too. I was hoping to find it for less somewhere, but I have in my shopping cart. Won't use it, but I'm ocd that ocd that way.

So I was looking at Strats and it hit that I've always wanted a G&L so I did some research and found that they are an ash body, and that's what I wanted if I was going to build one. So I found this deal for 299 shipped. I need a tremolo arm though if anyone has one. Sounds very warm and plays very well. Translucent blue with a pearloid pickguard. Very pretty to see as well.