searchfortone, I apologize for taking this thread off-topic but that seems to be pretty common around here so I hope you don't mind too much.

Topp, here's an article Randall Smith wrote about PTP vs PCB. I don't agree with all of Randall's opinions but I do agree with his opinion about PCB's. I may have given the impression that Mesa's are entirely PCB -- they're a mix of PCB's and "handwired" chassis-mounted pots and tube sockets. (Soldano, Diesel, and many other boutiques do use board-mounted tube sockets and board-mounted pots.)

http://www.mesaboogie.com/US/Smith/point-to-point.html

edited to add: I wish I had remembered that article back in the thread where they were stomping on you for misusing the term "PTP" -- Randall calls old tag-board Fenders "PTP" and it is a very common misuse of the precise meaning of "PTP".