Ampwares? good for parts?

[Ron Worley]

Here's the Ampwares part I spoke of...

Ron

[Ron Worley]

Here are some that I stumbled upon via a PM'd lead from Fishy here on the forum...

I bought all that they had. They fit perfectly- as you can see, they need to be 1.5" long total to work- the Mouser supplied Keystone and Amphenol lugs are both about 1/4" too short to fit around a PEC, AB or Clarostat pot casings.

Ron

[Omar]

I've set up a vendors page on the wiki with Preferred and Non-preferred Vendors:

http://ampgarage.com/wiki/Vendors

Thanks,
Omar

We need a sticky posted with the suppliers to beware of. Nothing harsh but maybe a few testimonials so that people get the picture. Ampwares is the one I have heard about the most, but have no personal experience with (due to the bad press, I stayed away)

Or coming at it another way, there could be a sticky of recommended suppliers. If you don't see Ampwares on it then you know to do some searching or ask ....

[guitarsnguns04]

thanks Omar.

[narapo]

Another very bad experience for Ampwares : in January I have placed an order with them to make myself a brown Vibroverb clone ; at the time they were the only one to offer some of the parts (for instance those 350K-70K tap pots) ; since the confirmation order, I got nothing, and no anwers to my emails, because their several email adresses (ffg@ampwares.com, webmaster@ampwares.com) don't seem to be valid anymore.

I kne from the forums they were slow in delivery but now it looks more like roberry, they took my money and you can't reach them either by phone or email !

[guitarsnguns04]

UPDATE>>>>>>>still no parts !!!!!

[narapo]

me neither

[rutledj]

I made the same mistake. I went as far as calling my credit card comp. to halt payment. Two days later I received the shipment. I'll never order from them again.

Rut

[guitarsnguns04]

I have to be fair...I got my parts today!! Well all but 2 150k res..but he did substitute from 1/2 w to 1w..so I guee I got it all. Long story short..
from order placed to parts in hand...30days exactly!

[narapo]

That's a bit of luck, guitarsnguns04, but my order is now more than two month old, and their email adresses are no longer valid it seems, so I am very afraid I will never get anything

[benoit]

Yup.. I'm still waiting on a book ordered in November as a Christmas present.

[guitarsnguns04]

I learned my lesson but I got the parts as well..last time for me though! I am trying out some other suppliers.

[Tweedguy]

I was forced to order from Ampwares several times. I even returned an item and had to wait AGAIN for the replacement. Here's the tip: I had my girlfriend call really early in the morning and she spoke to the guy who runs the one man operation. She got through on two separate occasions by calling very early, and it did speed things up.

[joebob]

Doug, from Hoffmanamps.com always ships same day. Unless you order past 430 pm.

Dave

[Tubetwang]

Doug, from Hoffmanamps.com always ships same day. Unless you order past 430 pm.

Dave

Doug is the man!