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MikeC wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:43 pm
rickenbackerkid wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:30 pm More tube amp bits, solder, wire strippers and a shiny new Hakko iron. Looking forward to this pro junior rebuild
I've got a Hakko too - very nice. Bought a "chisel" tip for it which makes it a very versatile iron. Found out that there are fake Hakkos - "Chakkos" if you will!
Here's how to spot the fakes... https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ ... Plcy10A438
If you buy it from this link you'd be pretty safe though, eh?

https://www.synergyelectronics.co.nz/st ... ng-station

Thinking about ordering one.
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Molly wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 4:40 pm
MikeC wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:43 pm
rickenbackerkid wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:30 pm More tube amp bits, solder, wire strippers and a shiny new Hakko iron. Looking forward to this pro junior rebuild
I've got a Hakko too - very nice. Bought a "chisel" tip for it which makes it a very versatile iron. Found out that there are fake Hakkos - "Chakkos" if you will!
Here's how to spot the fakes... https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ ... Plcy10A438
If you buy it from this link you'd be pretty safe though, eh?

https://www.synergyelectronics.co.nz/st ... ng-station

Thinking about ordering one.
That's where I got mine.
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Molly wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 4:40 pm
MikeC wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:43 pm
rickenbackerkid wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 2:30 pm More tube amp bits, solder, wire strippers and a shiny new Hakko iron. Looking forward to this pro junior rebuild
I've got a Hakko too - very nice. Bought a "chisel" tip for it which makes it a very versatile iron. Found out that there are fake Hakkos - "Chakkos" if you will!
Here's how to spot the fakes... https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ ... Plcy10A438
If you buy it from this link you'd be pretty safe though, eh?

https://www.synergyelectronics.co.nz/st ... ng-station

Thinking about ordering one.
Looks good to me!
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My Weller is 25yrs old and still going strong, well worth investing in good tools.
Tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958… amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modellers...
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This is a great option for amp and pedal work.

https://www.synergyelectronics.co.nz/st ... ng-station
Tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958… amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modellers...
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I got the Hakko from synergy. went with the FX600, not a station but a proper temp controlled, ceramic element jobbie at less than half the price. also got a cheap stand with cast iron base.
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robthemac wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:41 am
ChAoZ wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 9:04 am Another 80's MIJ superstrat, who would have thought 😆
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Mosky XP Booster, clone of the EP booster and a quarter of the price... should resolve my gain difference between single coils and humbuckers :-)
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Hopefully NGD tomorrow if DHL are as efficient as usual. :)
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Shoot loads. But mostly boring post theft replacement stuff. I do have one pointy guitar coming tho…
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GrantB wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:47 pm Shoot loads. But mostly boring post theft replacement stuff. I do have one pointy guitar coming tho…
Strats are pointy. Compared to Teles at least.
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GrantB wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:47 pm Shoot loads. But mostly boring post theft replacement stuff. I do have one pointy guitar coming tho…
I always knew you were a Kerry King fan :thumbup:
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Starfire wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 1:37 pm Hopefully NGD tomorrow if DHL are as efficient as usual. :)
Me too! Exciting times.
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