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RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13946
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What are the steel strips on the top of a Boogie amp there for?



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  • jellybellyjellybelly Frets: 760
    They distribute the weight of the chassis screws more evenly rather than all that weight being in 4 points. Some amps have plastic ones, some have lots of screws in different places instead, some probably don’t bother with the expense!

    Thats what I believe anyway... 
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 31632
    Yep, just a way of spreading the load on the screws the chassis hangs from. It's a Fender thing originally, adopted by Boogies. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13946
    Ah OK - thanks


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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72510
    Fender started doing it because the bolts could pull through the soft pine cabs they used if the amp was thrown about. It’s not necessary with a ply cabinet as long as there’s a decent-sized cup washer under the bolt head, but it’s become traditional as a sign of quality.

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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7344
    they are the Amp equivalent of Blakeys

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