Re: [Harp-L] Re: The 410

["scooter" <10hole@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let me chime in here. It's no secret that I build some of Sonny's chassies 
for him. Before I knew Sonny
I thought that he was an arrogant a-hole (sorry dude, it's true). I've been 
doing business with him for almost
3 years now and I'll stand up for him all day long. He's one of the most 
genuine people I know. I have had requests
for his parts and so called secrets and the answer is alway's the same, 
"call HIM". I have had people tell me
that I'm an a-hole because I wouldnt send them a schematic of my amp. Sorry, 
that's not the way it works. I
will tell you all that the parts in the SJ410 are absolutely not outsourced 
import goods. He and I have alway's
agreed on the fact that the highest quality parts available are the only 
thing that will set you apart from the
competition, guarantee trouble free performance and maintain your 
reputation. We use a lot of the same
manufacturers and share our sources with each other. We're friends and 
that's just the way it works. The trannies
that we both use are CUSTOM. That means that we provide the spec's and they 
wind them per order the
way we want them. It's expensive but it's what works the best in the end.

Sonny is my friend AND my competition. We both stay too busy to worry about 
the potential customers and
send customers to each other if their needs may be better matched. It's not 
a big profitable business so being
greedy will never pay off. It's all about the love of hearing someone tell 
you that they love the sound you created.

Peace,
Scooter




> Due to the amount of builders that seem to think what I do is easy and 
> want
> to just copy it, like many other companies, some information on an initial
> inquiry is proprietary, even though the company I use is famous, my parts 
> are
> custom built for me and are not sold to the general public. When I got 
> this
> inquiry from a fellow who would not let up on where I got my transformers 
> from,
> I told him I tried Mercury and did not like the harshness of their sound, 
> and
> I  do not use outsourced to Asia transformers from Weber. Many of you have
> gotten  to know a bit about my character from this list, so to get a 
> response
> from Ed  such as:
> "
> The fact that you don't disclose the manufacturing of the transformer only
> means one thing:
> You use "cheap" transformers. Your statement about Mercury Magnetics is 
> bull
> s***t. They are the best transformer for tweed amps and you know that. My
> guess  is that you have copied this amp design from a reputable amp 
> builder then
> "cloned" a bunch using cheap parts. You should be ashamed of yourself."
> Ed Everest.
> This really is not a way to start a new year, and I don't  think I deserve
> this as someone scratching and clawing to make a product for all  harp 
> players.
> Having extremely sensitive ears, and also having the original 
> transformers
> from bassmans right in front of me to test my amp against, I think  I have 
> done
> enough homework to discern what is "the best" for my amp. So please  don't 
> be
> offended if I do not disclose every single aspect of what I do. It  would 
> be
> like asking Scott for a schematic of his Meteor that he spent 3 years  to
> design, does that make sense? Being in this business for 10 years I 
> actually  did
> get many requests from guys to just send them my Sonny Jr 1 or 2 schematic 
> and
> got some of these same responses when I would not. Have a great New Year
> everyone, and be safe.
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