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Larry Behm
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I dropped a new 17,000 ohm single coil into my 70’ PP after trying a 705 and a 409, both I liked a lot but with the 202 Toneblock I could not tame string 3. I am running the mids on full, which I could not do before as the indents were not to my liking.

Maybe now (for a week or two) I have found the juice.
'70 D10 Black fatback Emmons PP, Hilton VP, BJS bars, Boss GE-7 for Dobro effect, Zoom MS50G, Flamma Reverb, Planet Wave cables, Quilter 202 Toneblock, Telonics 15” speaker.

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Larry, are you saying it tamed the highs? Who is the maker of that pickup? Sounds interesting.
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Clay 267-463-6249
'70 D10 Black fatback Emmons PP, Hilton VP, BJS bars, Boss GE-7 for Dobro effect, Zoom MS50G, Flamma Reverb, Planet Wave cables, Quilter 202 Toneblock, Telonics 15” speaker.

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Thanks for the heads up and number.
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Post by Bobby D. Jones »

What kind of cables are you using from Steel, To VP, To amp?
Small George L cables made my steel sound picky sharp.

I changed to D'Addario Cables and they tamed the sharpness. I got one of Daddario's cable kits and made them.

There was a post topic in the Forums Electronic section about the problems small cables and some modern amps was causing. Just a few months ago.
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Post by Larry Behm »

Bobby, I use them with the 202, but the George L with my N400. Good post.
'70 D10 Black fatback Emmons PP, Hilton VP, BJS bars, Boss GE-7 for Dobro effect, Zoom MS50G, Flamma Reverb, Planet Wave cables, Quilter 202 Toneblock, Telonics 15” speaker.

Phone: 971-219-8533
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