RobB

Dude, I cannot wait to see this V!

Oh, yeah. '84-'90. Saw everybody there. Of note was a Mentors show that was unreal. Guitarist, Sickie Wifebeater, was ripping it up on top of their inherent silliness.

Savatage/Metal Church/Armored Saint. That's a dream bill we'll never see in the States. Ah, well...two outta three ain't bad.

Just traded my VN and another pedal for a Mad Professor 1 and a HBE Germanium Boost. The, “chewiness”, of the MDV is what sold me, along with the treadle control.

Any of the mid-line, small-bodied Taylors are a good choice, especially used. They are very durable, play easily and sound nice.

Sweet. Maybe you should change your handle to, "Onan the Barbarian."

Even though I have the Mini Deja-Vibe on my Uli/Trower board…

Ump DAT, bruv. There are so many better options out there at half the price.

After a weeks time, I can honestly say that I could actually live without the HFC. But it don’t mean I wanna live like that…

"If ya can't blind 'em with brilliance, bludgeon them with volume."

Nothing thumps like a 4x12. I miss my Bogner cab. That thing was a beastie.

Apparently playing all of my MIB pedals to notice the one I missed.

Dang! That li’l fella must have them amps CRANKED to use boulders to hold them in place!

I love the retro-styling of Carr amps. They look like 50's appliances. Is the 87 a JCM800 pedal?

I’m not Scott, but I approve of the above link.

Hey! Waitjussaminnit..!

Yep, the entire community of Paradise, CA, ceases to exist, thanks to our gas/elec utility, PG&E. They were responsible for two other major wildfires that year. Fuck them.

Right. Won’t take much to fill in the missing wood. An NFT OFR would kick ass with locking tuners.

Maybe then a Brass Factory bridge, and one of those doohickeys that convert an OFR nut shelf to a standard nut?

A candy red or Pelham blue would look good with that binding. Are you going to use one of those locking nut replacements? Or, just install a standard OFR?

Jay is awesome. I’ve never met him in person, but our worlds collided in many ways in California. He used to work the door at The Strand in Redondo Beach. We went to the same rock and metal clubs in Hollywood. He lived around the corner from me in the Berkeley Hills when he was going to school in the Bay Area. Though we never met face-to-face, I’m 99.9% sure that we interacted at some point (our HFC IMs seemed to bear this out…). I hope his journey to Valhalla is an easy one. Rest in power, Jay.

What @diablo175 said. Taking this TDC to heart, it sucks. When I was in grade/middle school, Wayne's shop was up on Arrow Highway in Azusa, CA. I wasn't playing guitar yet, but I have fond memories of riding my BMX there and just staring at all the guitars on the walls. Wayne and his employee were nice enough, mostly ignoring me as it was a business. First time I ever saw a Marshall full-stack...it scared me, lol! A few years later when I did start on guitar there were shops all over SoCal with Charvels, and they were expensive! Could never afford one then, and original PrePros are going for upwards of $10k these days. RIP, Wayne. You were a talented builder and a visionary.