Meade Lightbridge/GSO Dob Parts

FYI:
Hardware kits for meade lightbridge truss dobs appear to fit GSO/Hardin dobs.
Scopestuff sells replacement collimation knobs,similar to Bobs knobs along with replacement springs and collimation knobs for the mirror cell of the 12" meade lightbridge. The pictures on the scopestuff website looked similar to the spider and mirror cell of my 10" hardin knob so I took a chance and ordered them. They fit my 10" hardin dob, made by GSO, like a glove. It's possible they may not fit early model 10" hardin/GSO dobs since the spiders and cells were modified in the later models like mine. Mine is a few years old.
More presumptive evidence of what we already suspected: the meade lightbridge appears to be manufactured by GSO.

Rod:

I guess I have not been keeping up on the forums lately. I did not know there was debate over the manufacturer of the Lightbridge. I was a Hardin dealer for several years and I have owned literally dozens of different GSO scopes. The minute the box arrived with my 12" lightbridge I knew it was GSO. Almost everything in it is exactly the same as my last 12" DSO's except the center section, (now a truss) and a few significant Meade changes. (base, eyepiece, metal Alt bearings, label,etc.)

I don't know how old of a model DSO you might be referring to but almost everything is interchangeable from DSO's to Lightbridge, I'm even using my Hardin 90 degree finder on my Lightbridge occasionally.

I'm just anxious to see what GSO does with the 16". (mine is on order by the way)

Steve Fisher