Nah, it's all good, and I agree with you 100% here. I'm also a big fan of Leo's. Just look at how many Fender guitars and amps are still in use after 50 years.billyz wrote:I apologize if this discussion has disintegrated due to my side comments. It was originally about the merits of CF an MF type resistors. I pointed out that I have found not all CF or MF are constructed the same and do not sound the same.
Many old cheap amps were made, just like today, But old Fenders were not Cheaply made. Actually a very good balance of quality, construction and cost control. The same can be said for most other professional models, like Standel, Ampeg, Traynor, And even the quirky british models.
A single component is not the holey grail of all tone, capacitor, transformer, wire, chassis, construction, layout, pot, tube, or resistor.
I am glad there is not one consensus on the correct part for the building of amplifiers. I left the Flatland many years ago.
It might be easy enough to set up a simple listening test for resistors: Make up a 10:1 voltage divider with a switch so that two or more resistor types or brands of the same value can be switched in as the series leg. Then, drive it with a hi-fi and listen to the output with headphones.