In October 2012 SBE (Sprague Barre Electronics) sold the Orange Drop capacitor line to Cornell Dubilier. http://www.sbelectronics.com/2012/10…-dubilier-cde/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/10/prweb9965785.htm For the time being production stays at the SBE plant but in time will move to “other CDE manufacturing locations.” Brief SBE history “SB Electronics is a former Sprague Electric manufacturing plant. In 1986 SBE purchased the […]
The first of the new products to be put into use on one of my guitars is a 500k linear* push/push pot. I have been waiting for these to arrive to use on my La Cabronita S1 switch alternative wiring. The functionality/layout is identical to the push/pull pots with the added benefit of being easier […]
I will be posting about each new product individually over the coming week, but here is an overview of the new products we have received in this shipment. First a note that Wilkinson Deluxe Kluson style Machine Heads are back in stock in chrome. Now on to the new stuff. Staying with machine heads, we […]
The La Cabronita model introduced by Fender in August has been quite a hit, which is no surprise. A very cool looking and sounding guitar that a lot of players have been lusting after for a while. However there are a few things that can be done to improve it for minimal outlay. I’ve already […]
I assume that the blog has become a target for spambots due to the La Cabronita S1 switch alternate wiring post being linked on a few forums/blogs. This is great, as I am obviously getting some traffic from actual human beings from the links. It’s not so great that I’m getting 100+ spam comments a […]
The La Cabronita Especial from Fender has gone through a few changes since its launch. It started off as a Custom Shop Limited Edition, then a more “affordable” version was introduced as part of Fender’s “Telebration” series, and now finally Fender is producing a Mexican made “standard” version (to be released in the UK later […]
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