This month:

• Announcing our latest contest -- 101 Uses for Your Old Transformers. Send us your ideas or photos and you could win a complete set of Axiom® transformers for the amp of your choice. Up to a $1,000.00 value!

• A new Did You Know article by Sergio Hamernik writes about "Next-Generation Trannys: Vintage tone -- but more, more... MORE!"

• Continuation of the Epiphone Valve Jr. D.I.Y. transformer demonstration kit. We take a garden-variety, unexciting, basic tube amp and give it a serious kick in the tonal-butt. Those who have installed the Mercury Mod kit are blown-away by the recording-quality results. This is our first kit intended to demonstrate the value of good vs. bad transformer quality. The Valve Jr. kit features Axiom®-ized power, choke and output transformers. It includes photographic step-by-step instructions, plus everything you need to modify either your Valve Jr. combo or head. Foreign voltages are also available upon request. Special thanks goes out to Alan Cyr for his great work on this project. To order or find out more about the Mercury Mod kit, click here.

• Continuation of the Fender '57 Twin-Amp Give-away Contest (we're getting near the end of this one, make sure you've submitted to win!). Click here to find out more about it!

Here’s how to enter the 101 Users for Your Old Transformers Giveaway....

What's do you do with your amp's old transformers after they've been upgraded? Boat anchors? Paperweights? Coffee warmers? Gift-wrapped for Usama Bin Laden? Send us your best suggestions (email, letter... and especially photos!) and if we like your idea, we’ll send you a FREE set of our golden- voiced Axiom® upgrade transformers for your guitar amp! Each month we’ll feature at least one new photo or idea that shows a creative use for discarded, off-shore amp transformers.

To win a complete set of Axiom® transformers for an amp of your choice, here’s all ya gotta do:

1. Write down or photograph your best idea. It can be serious, humorous,
   outrageous—or just plain sick! Send us as many ideas as you like.*

2. Let us know the type of amp you would like to upgrade if we choose your entry.

3. Mail your ideas, along with your name & contact information, to:

Mercury Magnetics

101 Uses for Old Transformers Contest

9167 Independence Ave.

Chatsworth, CA 91311

Or via email to Contest@MercuryMagnetics.com.

*By-the-way, you’ll also get a credit in our ad.

Or, email your list using this address Contest@MercuryMagnetics.com.

Or for the quickest way to enter, follow this link to fill out the online form.

No phone calls or faxes, please.

Retail value: up to $1,000.00.

Here's the Rules: No purchase is necessary. You may enter as often as you wish, but each entry must be original -- duplicates will be discarded. Contest ends December 31st, 2006. Entries containing only contact information will be discarded, you must supply us with an original suggestion in writing, or photo, or both. Winners will be notified via telephone, writing or email. Number of winners is solely dependent upon the quality of the entrees. Mercury Magnetics will be selecting all winner arbitrarily (hint: the more outrageous your ideas, the more likely you are to win). If you are chosen, you may select any Axiom® transformer set for any amplifier that we currently inventory. Winners may be required to sign and return an affidavit of compliance with these rules and a release for the use of his/her name for publicity purposes without further consideration. Winner agrees to supply a photograph or be photographed with the contest giveaway and allow this photo to be used for publicity purposes by Mercury Magnetics. Photographic or artwork submissions must be your originals, or cleared for copyright. It is permitted to submit artwork that is not copyright cleared but you must indicate so in writing. This offer is void where prohibited by law, and is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial, and local regulations. Taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner. The 101 Uses for Your Old Transformers Contest is open to anyone even employees of Mercury Magnetics and participating dealers. Winner releases Mercury Magnetics, Gulf Enterprises Inc., Fender (FMIC), and its affiliates, agents, and employees from any responsibility or liability in connection with any loss, accident, or death incurred in connection with the use of this giveaway. These rules and conditions may change without prior notice.

Your feedback is always welcome.

For more information, assistance, quotes or inquiries:

9167 Independence Ave. • Chatsworth, CA 91311 • FAX (818) 998-7835
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