I’m ready for the change. I have just bought a set of scales from Lidl that weighs in 1 gram increments up to a max of 200 grams.
They say it’s for weighing spices but ya’ know … 
Balance de précision 5,99 euros
Lidl.fr search balance de précision or 100390933
Be aware that the software in cheap “precision” scales is often rigged to make them appear more accurate - anything that is “close” (say within 5g) to a round number like 100g will show as 100g.
That way you put a 100g calibration weight on the scale and it reads exactly 100,00 and you go “wow, that’s a really accurate scale” - when it isn’t.
Hopefully Lidl is above that sort of trickery
Think it’s 10mg or 0,01g
You’re right Billy.
Not having tested mine for anything where 1/10th of a gram might make a difference (cough! cough!) I had not realised these scales actually claim to measure down that small.
For the techies here’s the text
As you say, let’s see how precise, presumably China, has made it.
I’ll actually be using mine to weigh letters at home before sending when I eventually get set up to pay & print my own stamps on the La Poste website.
An amp builder! Great! Are you in France?
I have no other choice. (Unless I can pay you to convert my valve amplifiers from 110V to 220V.)
But I think it should be fine.
That was going to be my question. Do you know anyone (reliable) in France that does amp repairs?
With valuable vintage amps the cost calculation may be different, but I left my 110V Fender Pro Junior behind when I left Turks & Caicos because the cost of shipping it and having it converted to 220V in the UK was not worth it.
Yes, I will not be taking my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and Blues Junior amps for that same reason. And I may be purchasing a Pro Junior in France. Just wish they had reverb.
My 1968 Fender Twin Reverb amp has the original JBL D120F speakers and I must keep it.
Even though it does weigh a ton (or maybe just somewhere around 40 kg).
Prior to the Pro Junior I had a Cyber Deluxe - a ridiculous machine and much too big an amp for home use, and also way too complicated!! It was early days for digital modelling and it didn’t sound all that good either. But having had it shipped from Sam Ash in Florida and paid 33% import duty it wasn’t going back!
After a couple of years its electronics succumbed to the salt air in the Islands and it died! Hence the Pro Junior - much more practical, loud enough and much less to go wrong!
I was sad to leave the PJ behind but there was no point in bringing it to the UK…
Sorry, I’m in the UK. Also bear in mind it’s a hobby, and I’m not a pro with workshops and insurance.
There’s a good chance that if your amps were made for the international market then they would have multiple taps on the power transformer for different supplies, but US market models are almost certainly 115V only. Provided specs/schemas are available (no problem with Fender and many others) a PT swap isn’t difficult, but may be expensive.
Never seen one of those but I’m sure that the Pro Junior is much more practical. I’m trying to simplify more and more. And going for lower and lower wattages. But I do want to purchase a Vox AC30, hopefully I can find a vintage one once we’re there. Never had one before.
It was a 65W solid state 1x12" with a ton of digital presets:
For me it represents the perils of listening to a salesman in a guitar store! 
I have no idea what the cost would be, but I would much prefer that than having to carry around a transformer every time I move an amp. Though I do plan on purchasing a couple of amps in France and those will probably be the ones I would be moving around more often; and less heavy.
I wish I could go back and speak to some of those salesmen that I blindly listened to…
I think I was playing with someone last year with that same Fender amp. He had to constantly make adjustments. Way too complicated. And it never sounded as good as a tube (valve) amp.
Though it does look nice.
I still have the grey plate version that I bought used when I was 17, although it will need a recap now. If you’re playing gigs for a couple of hundred people then they’re great, but with the volume control below breakup point they’re actually a bit dry, unresponsive, not much fun. All the good stuff happens when cranked, and even the models with Greenbacks are rather loud at that point, never mind the ones with Blues (from memory, GB sound pressure is 97dB 1W/M, Blue is 101dB 1W/M). I’d played alongside guys with Marshall stacks and keeping up wasn’t a problem.
No reason not to buy one - you have a Twin after all - but they aren’t a home practice amp. 
Just to add that most of the time I’m using a home-built 5W design loosely based around the Epi Valve Junior with a negative feedback circuit to keep it a bit cleaner, and through an efficient 10" speaker it’s loud enough for most of my gigs. There’s also a couple of other 15/18 watt amps laying around when I need more volume.
Thanks again for that! Spoke with Kristin this morning for about an hour; she answered all of my questions and more. Our search for a moving company has ended.
I was thinking that I would have to go through our PCs, external hard drives, iPods and CDs and delete or throw out any music downloaded from YT or other sites, or discs that I had burned from songs on CDs that I no longer own. Kristin said that they won’t go through all that at customs.
Do you know if they went through data and discs when your shipment passed through customs?
I was not at all looking forward to spending my time combing through our PCs and external hard drives, and other devices. And I was going to throw out CDs that I had burned. Now I’m not sure what to do. Don’t want any problems with French customs!
I was glad to hear that they cover the pallets with shrink-wrap and with plain brown paper so that no one can see what valuables might be in the shipment!
Aren’t you the progressive one 
To infinity and beyond. Fair doos Karen, as we say.
Yes, it’s just that I’ve always wanted one.
But I would also like a Pro Junior and an amp with lower wattage, like a Vox AC4, a Fender '57 Custom Champ or a Supro Delta King. One of those may be irresistible.
But maybe you have recommendations for amps rated 20 watts and lower? I don’t know much, you’re the amp builder. Trying to explain to me what a negative feedback circuit is might be a waste of your time. I just know what sounds good to me.
The grey plate version of the Vox AC30 must be very rare. I guess from the early '60s?
Grey plate AC30 was an early - mid 70s version, with top boost and reverb, but wasn’t one of the best. It’s not special, and my wish for good tone at lower volume was why I started building.
Depending on budget there’s some great amps around: I like 18 watt clones based on the Marshall/Supro 18 watters. Mad Professor have a new valve design that will be good but spendy. At the other end of the price range Behringer make a little 5W combo that sounds good for a couple of hundred euros. Really there’s loads of things. YouTube can be your friend for an initial search.
I do feel the title of this thread needs changing, from Moving to France (from US) to
Moving to France (with amp, or not)
