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That is a great memory, but I was being sarcastic after recalling a post on the 'Al Jarreau IBS' thread. Turned out for the better then. 🙂

Easy: I'll add this just because @kizanski is such a Jarreau fan:

Not too difficult to check it. I bought one of these years ago making it super easy: https://www.eurotubes.com/product/bias-probe-head-only/ $30 for an Octal unit. The EL84 is $57, but I've never had an EL84 amp that wasn't Cathode Biased.

SHHHHHHH!

Would someone please define, "heartacquire?" I am unfamiliar with the term, but then again, I have rarely never forked over $15,000 for anything that did not either pay a dividend, have four wheels or have a crop growing on the surface.

Wow! Nothing on Reverb anywhere near you: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=Dr Z MAZ 18 Junior&postal_code=33904&distance=100&sort=proximity|asc&condition=used&product_type=amps

No idea of price, but that's spectacular! I really like the PTB circuit, as well. I wired an iteration of my partscaster with PTB and everyone that tried it asked why all guitars weren't wired that way. Fantastic for playing in a band setting.

The Hawthorne Effect. Studied it in nerd school. I went to college the second year of MTV and it was a constant staple in the fraternity house. For me it was a chance to see people playing instruments (or typically pretending to do so). My introduction to MTV coincided with my introduction to "the rest of music," i.e., not-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-or-Bob-Seger-or-38-Special-etc. and it was mind blowing. So much different music! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. I left college around the time MTV left their original MO, so it worked out great. I still enjoy the original VJays on XM 80's. Fond memories.

No affiliation, but I had to post as I can't image the opportunity to buy all this comes up very often. https://reverb.com/item/93803451-hamer-b8s-b12s-bridge-saddles-string-anchors

There are 17 in stock presently: Ready To Ship Guitars – RS Guitarworks Unfortunately for me, all of the production guitars seem to have standardized on the 63C neck spec (0.84" first fret IIRC).

Here's a Reverb list sorted by geography closest to you: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=Fender Pro Jr Amp&product_type=amps&category=guitar-combos&postal_code=65301&sort=proximity|asc Best I got.

A favorite: As far as the Christmas song, Nat and Ella are great, but the Velvet Fog wins (no extra credit for writing the thing required):

Well, it could have led you to get a perm... OTOH, something about that picture reminds me of these guys

Hog. Notice the open grain requiring filler. Maple won't have that. Cool interweb picture I found with them side by side:

Makes three of us. I started to comment about the pictures being upside down, but then I noticed there was no "L" and thought better of it. 🤣

Yep. The article I read said he had cancelled a bunch of shows after receiving the diagnosis. Not a rocker, but absolutely a big part of my 70's childhood and a huge talent.

^^Those are absolutely fabulous^^ Magical, even... as you said, "always on" I prolly need to pick another up as I sold mine when I went through my 'gear divestiture madness' (GDM).

I just gate them at the board. Pretty cool if the FOH board doesn't have that capability though.

0000 has one. Can't find a picture, but Martin Barre's 0002, as well. Those were pretty early.

Maybe @JGravelin needs to develop the "Aficionado package." Just spit-balling... Bobbins formed from genuine 50's Melamine treated with UV until horribly yellowed, soaked in a bath of hydrogen peroxide to whiten, then coated in a special patented yellowing agent to relic Bobbins wound with Western Electric 42 AWG swallowed by a cat, collected on excretion, subsequently wiped gently with one pass with Seth Lover's handkerchief. Scatter winding performed on the machine Tesla used to create his first Tesla coil with the wire being handled by a direct descendent of David Graybeard, the first chimp observed by Jane Goodall using tools in the wild. Maple (of course) spacer quarter sawn from the last remaining bowling pin from the alley installed in the White House by Harry S. Truman, lightly covered in dewaxed shellac to bring out the natural chatoyance. German silver pickup covers hammered from pieces of a 17th century Puja Thali set, individually aged over liver of sulfur, polished to a bright lustre then aged again with a special proprietary process developed in Paris by Nicolas Flamel. All fasteners individually machined on Eli Whitney's original mill (c.1819) using materials recycled from recovered Soviet-era space vehicles. $1,500 each. Ten year waiting list ($500 deposit required) Can you tell today is the Company Christmas party / lunch? 🤣

Exactly! I think I recall giving $250 a piece for the Imperials I put in the Howard Roberts Fusion. They definitely sound better than the 490 set that came out of it and probably the incremental-difference-in-price better (if that makes sense), but could I ever hear enough difference to warrant that kind of outlay? Okay, what about after the drums and bass kick in? The rest of the band? OTOH, I applaud the ThroBak guy for finding a fantastic market segment scratching the itch of those with the funds and discernment to appreciate his wares.

Watched this earlier when it popped up on my feed (Subscribe!) - added this to the "more gear I know nothing about" list and immediately started Googling to see what it was. Very interested! Always enjoy your videos.

I'd be far more concerned with the propeller.

Just ran across this. Very entertaining and he still shreds in an always unique and interesting way.

At the risk of non-guitar-gear-posting excommunication, here's the only significant haul of the year: Sitting on the couch Sunday I get a surprise notification from FedEx - a delivery! It was around 24 degrees, so I go to the door, poke my head out and survey the empty front porch. I then, at great risk of hypothermia and/or frostbite, step out onto the front porch, peer to the north and see a large box on the driveway next to the garage door. I suppose it was too much to require the driver to comprehend the (surely) French marking "Fragile" (fra-GEE-lay) on the box. I wasn't holding out a great deal of hope for the contents. I let it acclimate for a day before opening (or to be more precise, finish opening). It was saved by the superior Roland box inside. I sold my JD-Xi a couple of years back - great synth but the mini keys were a bummer. This has full-sized keys and a useful feature set. Sweetwater had them $200 off. I had been not-buying a Fantom for quite a few years ($$$$). This does all I'd want to do with the Fantom at a fraction of the price. And to answer the obvious follow-up question - yes, despite the gaping hole and packing material excreted into the Japanese maple, the Sweetwater candy packet was safely inside.