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  Chris Tinker December 22, 2010 at 9:17am

  dg. Main thing is the box I think - the oak neck ones are made from a more solid box. I think the neck probably makes a difference too. The other thing is the position of the Piezo's on the acorn and 2 string there's a gap between the neck and the piezo, wheras on the later ones I sandwiched the piezo tight between the neck and box which helps a lot. You live and learn!
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  dg December 20, 2010 at 5:01pm

  curious if you can pin point what makes each one differnent, scale, peizo, wood grade, ?????? i think its neat how you get wide range of distortion sounds from the same amp. I cant build an amp, wish I could.
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  bemuzic December 20, 2010 at 4:45pm

  ah right, I've used an MA3s amp module from guitar fuel...yeah they're stuff is very good!
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  Chris Tinker December 19, 2010 at 5:26pm

  Thanks bemuzic, I believe it was the sda kit http://www.guitarfuel.com/SDAT_Amp_Harness_BSLN.php it came with speaker etc. from ebay. I provided my own cigar box and drilled it etc. I was surprised at how good it sounds, well worth checking out.

   
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  bemuzic December 19, 2010 at 4:25pm

  some cool builds......and the amp sounds good, what kit was it you used?
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  HOLLOWBELLY December 19, 2010 at 11:51am

  Interesting stuff.
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  Chris Tinker December 19, 2010 at 11:17am

  I've managed to solve the sound problem with bartop blue mk II, I've screwed the box down a bit more and it's far more growling now.  Just in case anyone was interested why they're called Bar Top Blues - the neck is made from an old Mahogony bar from an RAF bar.