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 […]
Last year Royal Mail had a very extreme shake up of their services. The headlines focused on the increase in price of First and Second Class letters, however in all honesty those increases were not unreasonable. What was totally overlooked by the media was the removal of all weight bands below 750g for small parcels. […]
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 […]
We are being informed by our supplier that our hardware shipment should be completed on Monday. Hopefully that will mean arrival here before next weekend, although with time difference/DHL scheduling/the law of sod we can’t swear to it! Similarly, we are hearing from Mighty Mite that the latest container (which was originally due at the […]
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 […]
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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 […]
A new addition to our store, we have had these made to be direct replacements for modern Fender USA/Mexican Standard pickguards. Based on Fender 57 Reissue Stratocaster specs but with the mount hole by the switch relocated to match modern pickguards. These will directly retrofit modern USA and Mexican Standard Stratocaster without the need to […]
A little update on Esquire #1 after a week of living/playing. I’m still very happy with it! I’m used to my US Std partscaster at 8 1/2 lbs, so I thought the very light Esquire may feel like a toy. Not so. The weight is fantastic, and the guitar is well balanced. Like the US […]
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