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Album name: | eclipsislamps / Dodgy experiments |
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fitzgeralds were just a cheap rip off of the thorn pop pack, dont know how they got round thorns patent design?
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Me too.
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Both fitting were built to last though.
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They brought the design from thorn! There became a stage in the early 90s where the Fitzgerald LP became better quality than thorn and today is way better lol
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I would actually put myself on the line here and say the Fitzgerald lite pack is much better than the Pop pack from day 1
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Wouldn't say much better the 70s PPs were top notch with the gear they came with
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70s was ok but soon as they went to the plastic turn buckles that is when they went down hill.
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I have a Rather late LP20 and I tried fitting some twin lamp holders from a PP and it would not fit... the lamp holders where too shallow by the looks of it
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I'd guess Fitzgerald started producing these in 1982 when Thorn brought out the T8 PP. Previous Fitzys had the hexagon lampholders
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I tried this the other day on a LP20 and it did fit but there is a noticeable gap between the lamp holder and spine of the fitting. I used exact same thorn t12 holders as well.
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Originally, they were made by Thorn anyway, but then made in house on the old Thorn kit. Fitzy had the pop-pack production line off Thorn when the design changed. As such, Thorn lampholders fit these. The more modern version, with the rotary lampholders and coverplate twist buckles, incorporated a change to the design of the spine, the ends are now cut lower, so using a Thorn lampholder isn't an option on the newer ones as it leaves a gap.
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Ah so that would explain why I have a gap. My lp20 has t12 holders but it’s a turnbuckle coverplate so that’s probably why I have a gap. I have a few 8ft twin fitzys with the coverplate screws and twist lock holders. I wonder if the twin thorn holders same as these fit as I prefer the design of them th the fitzy twin t12.
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