Hi,

So sorry I did not see your reply. Unfortunately I am leaving the country so I am only interested in a sale at this stage.

Regards,
Gideon

Hi,

I am selling my 1983 Washburn Falcon model C. Comes with the original hard case. The guitar is in good condition. Only problem I am aware of is the selector sometimes doesn't select. Selling for R6000 ONCO.

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Hi Paul,

I don't have pics at the moment, I'll take some when I get it back. The USB port has (don't know how else to describe it) imploded. The port itself is loose inside of the microphone.

Good day all. I have a Samson meteor microphone which I dropped. The USB port on the mic broke. According to the Samson technicians the whole circuit board on which it is mounted needs to be replaced. This will apparently cost more than a new mic.

So that brings me to the question: Can anybody refer me to an alternative technician that will work on Samson mics? Preferably in Pretoria area.

Kind regards,
Rossgve

Thank you makepeace, this seems interesting. Do you perhaps know what the axis labels should be for the graphs?

Attila, those Bourns pots aren't as expensive as I thought they would be and they have comprehensive spec sheets showing the taper of the pots, quite cool.

I went a-measuring on some pots and wire here at home and these are the results:
Resistance of multimeter wires: 1.5 Ohm (this value was subtracted from the actual readings of the following components)
Unbranded 100kOhm logarithmic pot turned down: 1.3 Ohm. (0.0013% of the pot value)
Unbranded 100kOhm logarithmic pot turned Up: 99.7 kOhm. (0.3% error)
Other unbranded 100kOhm logarithmic pot turned Up: 100.5 kOhm. (0.5% error)
Unbranded 50kOhm logarithmic pot turned Up: 49.7 kOhm. (0.6% error)
1m long, 1mm thick wire: 0.1 Ohm.

Even if a CTS pot reads zero when turned down, it differs very little from other brands of pots and one cannot justify the huge difference in cost. I understand that the taper of the pot is important especially if you do volume swells, but this is why manufacturers make logarithmic taper pots. The values of the respective components have a much more direct impact than the quality of the part. As for reliability; over the years I've had only one selector switch break. Corrosion isn't an issue because we use rosin core solder.

Thank you for your input Allen. I fail to see how it can be scientifically explained that the quality of the components make any difference in the sound whatsoever. Can someone please explain what makes a high quality jack high quality?

With regards to the switch: It didn't make proper contact so I've already replaced it, but thank you anyway for the advice.

Donovan, you're completely right. I wasn't comparing apples to apples. So I'll compare my oranges to oranges. A while ago I replaced all the electronics in my squier with a wiring kit from stewmac, and it was exactly the same as it was before the rewiring. Recently the CRL switch also started giving me trouble. +- R230 wasted? Yes I think so.

In my opinion, it is bad advice to replace anything (except your pickups). I would agree that pickups make a big difference in the sound of your guitar. Pots, capacitors, jacks, wiring and switches only need replacing if broken or noisy. I have the cheapest components in my guitars, they sound great and they're not noisy. The capacitor only works as a low-pass filter when the tone pot is engaged. How often do you actually use your pots? I know I only use my volume pot to shut my guitar up.

case study: My brother bought a Tokai LS160 with all those 'wonderful' goodies such as switchcraft jacks, cts pots and sprague orange drop capasitors and in all honesty it makes no difference. We both prefer my washburn raven with no-name electronics and my 2003 squier with garage wound pickups.

Thank you Nico. Paraffin wax is also available at Jimnettes (I think it is Sasol's dcw1 paraffin wax according to the code on their price list).

Hi,
Can anyone refer me to businesses which sell beeswax and paraffinwax in the Pretoria area.

Regards

Hi,
I'm Gideon, I live in Pretoria. My current gear is a 2003 Squier Affinity series strat, a 1981 Washbrun Raven and a Crate GLX212. My brother and I play in a rock-orientated cover band. He owns a 2010 Tokai LS160, 1963 Yamaha SG-2A, Yamaha Pacifica 112, Crate GLX212 and an Elk Stageman.