i actually like the bar. i think it looks great. still easy to use too. i enjoy the differences in all my mods.Just think, no bar squonking
i find myself here a lot. i cant get over how nice they are. the brass should hit like a tank. has anyone done any voltage drop tests yet?
Got a little more done on Rob's...
Coming along nicely.![]()
Totally agree. My "bar mod" is terrific.For you "no bar" folks... perhaps it would be best to address your concerns in the relevant thread. CC's mods have no bar, right? All the more better, I guess. If you have an issue with mods with bars, don't buy them. No reason to sh*t on them in this thread.
That last statement may be challenged with the use of this product: Everbright.... Its a type of clear coat protection for pretty much all metals that tarnish. I brought this up a few weeks back... When I asked CC what he was using if anything to protect the finish.... I bought it for my tube mechs and after getting Into the bottom feeder scene, I kind of forgot about it.....until I saw one if these beauties! I used it on my brass Reo button about 10 days ago to test sample a small surface area and haven't seen any difference in color it's still as bright as the day I shined it up and applied it..... *I didn't use it on the bottom of the button for comparison purposes .... its a 3 step process I used a cap cod cloth (my preferred polish)I'm normally not much of a patina fan either -- to the point that I keep a tube of Simichrome on on both of the desks that I use the most. Normally, I would have polished it already, but that purple was kinda interesting, so I decided to let it go for as long as it looked cool. Well, it just looks cooler and cooler. Here's a pic I just took:
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Of course, the light has to be just so for it to look THAT purple, but still, I've never seen copper do quite that before. I have polished this mod once since I got it. After cleaning with Simichrome, it got a couple of coats of Renaissance Wax. Understand too that I'm literally a stone's throw from the ocean here, and the air is VERY salty. Stuff patinas, corrodes, or rusts at a horrendous rate here.
Anyway, I'm going to let it continue until I don't find it interesting anymore.
You folks ordering brass mods do realize that they won't look bright and shiny for very long without regular polishing, right?
I love all of my mods. They are all pieces of functional art. I am grateful for ecf having so many craftsmen here making top notch equipment for us all to enjoy.I would hate to see this thread become an, other squonker bashin', type thread. There are too many folks that have love for both.
If I didn't have the ability to make these squonkers,... I would own a couple of the other ones, no doubt...
Personal preference, and all that...![]()

