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NO POLITICS HERE. Sorry to burst your bubble, this isn't a political post.   This article is about Fender Telecaster style right handed and left handed bridge plates.  It can apply to Fender Stratocaster style guitars too, but this article focuses on Telecaster style guitars. (Fender, Telecaster and Stratocaster are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) What Is The Difference? Have you ever looked closely at a Tele style bridge plate?   Have you ever wondered why the bridge pickup is at an angle?  Here are pictures of right handed and left handed Tele style bridge plates.  Take a look at the angles of the slot for the pickup. LEFT HANDED BRIDGE PLATE RIGHT HANDED BRIDGE PLATE           (The bridge plates pictures are Gotoh hardware sold by Warmoth Guitar Products) Why Angled? I have always thought the story behind the pickup angle is interesting, at least the version I've read about.  The Tele bridge pickup was designed

In the previous blog post, I talked about going all in with Tungsol Tubes, 12ax7 (pre-amp and phase inverter) and 6V6 power tubes in my little Marshall DSL15C combo. For me, while the Tungsol tubes in the preamp section are perfect, the Tungsol 6V6 power tubes didn't work out for me.  They sounded pretty good, but just didn't do it for me. As advertised the Tungsol 6V6 tubes broke up earlier, and they were kind of creamy.  At first, I enjoyed the sound.  After a few hours and some recording sessions, I noticed something about the creamy sound.  It was creamy like creamy grits with something gritty in the grits.  The next thing I realized is that the Tungsol 6V6 power tubes did not sustain notes very long. Notes faded away too fast for my playing style. So, I put JJ 6V6s tubes back in.  Ahhh... No more gritty grits.  The JJ 6V6s tubes are cleaner sounding than Tungsol 6V6 tubes, mainly because they don't break up as early or as much. Perhaps the biggest difference is