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Like, totally lush.

I'm glad that they seemed to work. I am looking forward to actually getting my hands on ours. We are having supply chain problems.

It's working nicely. The spacing is obviously TIGHT, but it is not a huge issue. The screw head on the G+D side is knackered so I will have to get into that with something proper, but for an outlay of frankly pennies I am very happy with it..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOPPING-NX1-Portable-Headphone-Amplifier-with-USB-Rechargeable-Battery-/400641800915?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item5d481cbad3 kind of thing.

There is a headphone out on your PJB. One ear of a pair of walkman headphones and it is job done. They will not seal your ears so you will not lose contact and you will hear yourself. If you have no independent vol control on the amp, get a very small mixer or even a headphone amp off ebay to regulate volume.

Hmmm, one in a footpedal with a tuner out, a mute switch and a passive roll off!

[url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00124_zpslrhpgobg.jpg.html"][/url] Filling in the original bridge holes with dowelling (AKA matches) [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00125_zpsbybfw5ms.jpg.html"][/url] New machine head. If I knew what I was doing then I would have put it somewhere where the G would run straight after the nut. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00127_zpsshgy3t0t.jpg.html"][/url] Finished bridge. The A unit happened to sit in the right place using and original screw hole so I bodged the rest around that one. [url="http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM00128_zpslg7ltu2g.jpg.html"][/url] Finished headstock. Dodgy string alignment. Do I care? No. The pickup seems to be fine, but the G+D side is quieter than the B+E+D side. I will raise it up to see what difference that makes. The strings are old spare until I get it working properly. It took about 2 hours, and I am the bodgiest of the bodgers and it was OK. String spacing is a bit tight, but nothing I cannot work with. Good times!

I have specced one up to use in Church and tried one out in situ. The room is a 450 seater and during set up we gave it some beans to see what happened. It got pretty loud! I am still waiting for delivery so cannot comment definitively, but it would certainly be worth your hiring one to see how it works for you. It is hassle free to rig and packs down easily. I have friend in Cardiff who you could hire. He runs his with a loud soul band with 4 piece horn section having come from the standard RCF on poles tyoe of set up and is more than happy.

Lush beyond!

You can never have too much headroom. Is there anything about the Puma you dislike? If the rig works, don't fix it. If you need something to sweeten a piezo pick up buy an fdeck preamp.

The woodwork is done, including some heavy chambering. It is now going to Paul Nield (retro169 on Facebook) for an Oly White reliced finish, including matching headstock. I am getting a decal made which will read something along the lines of Ffendar Jass in a Fender script. This will be absolutely hilarious if you are a Welsh speaking musician from North Wales, but probably less so if you are not.

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