Is there a solid fuse-like item that I can use in place of a fuse, to bypass it?

INCREDIBLY STUPID BY OP.

The fuse is there to protect your equipment, your home, your family and you from being burnt to death if the equipment fails or there is a surge on the line.

Not the first time this idiotic proposal has turned up here.

Get some school physics for God's sake.

And don't believe all this fuse nonsense.

If you insist on going ahead form a fuse shaped bar from solid copper, insert and stand back.  If you want the best sound quality you need to use gold instead of copper.

"Never seen amps catch on fire."  OK, you're the expert.  Must never happen anywhere else if you haven't experienced it yourself.  Stooopid.

In the animated GIF someone posted earlier in this thread (included below for convenience)...do you see how much the filament is resonating?! Yikes!

Now I can see why companies are filling the fuse canisters with sand/epoxy/oil or whatever, its to keep the damn thing from dancing.

Now I can see why companies are filling the fuse canisters with sand/epoxy/oil or whatever, its to keep the damn thing from dancing.

That dancing in the animated gif is actually an extreme version of electro-mechanical resonance.  This is another factor that affects sound quality.  The electro-mechanical resonance in the fuse creates a bright/harsh sound and can reduce bass.  The sand/power/oil filler is also to dampen this resonance and improve sound quality and current stability.

One reason all fuses sound different.

Electro mechanical fields are always in motion so they always generate resonance and vibration that attaches  interfering energy upon the originally  intended signal. Tom