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Fender Blues Jr Once upon a time I bought a used Fender Blues Jr.  It was an okay amp, but I wasn't happy with it.  I did some online research and discovered Bill M's mods for Blues Jr amps.  This was before Bill M's mods were available as kits; all that was provided was information on what parts to buy and directions how to do the mod.  I also learned that I had a second generation circuit board, which apparently was a good thing.  Anyway, my favorite mods were upgrading the output transformer and switching from EL84 tubes to 6V6 tubes.  I also put a Celestion G12H30 Anniversary speaker in the cabinet.  I was able to squeeze some good sounds out of that amp. Eventually, some of the knobs started to go out and when I tried to replace them I messed up and killed the amp.  Marshall DSL15C On a whim, I decided to try a Marshall DSL15C (used) to replace the Blues Jr.  I had to do some mods to the ultra-gain channel to tame it a bit and remove some of the bite.  Other  changes I

Frankie Who? Frankie is a guitar. Before Frankie became Frankie, it started life as an Aims Telecaster.  It was a gift from a drummer in a band I played in back in 1980.  Here is what the guitar looked like before it became Frankie, when it was an Aims Telecaster, with and with out the ashtray guard.  These aren't pics of the guitar I had, but they look exactly like it.   Frankie Rises Frankie 1 The first life of Frankie happened when I took out the Telecaster lead pickup and put in a Dimarzio Super Distortion humbucker.  I used a skill saw with a steel cutting blade to hack out the tailpiece plate so a humbucker would fit. I also bypassed everything and put in mini toggle switch so the guitar was either on or off.  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures. Frankie 2 & 3 I decided to bring Frankie back as a Fenderish Telecaster.  That meant a  lipstick neck pickup and a single coil Telecast bridge pickup.  The lipstick was a standard Seymour Duncan pickup.  The neck was jus