It wasn't me, ref "HAMB roast"

Deckofficer - I know what you mean about going back to school later in life. I was 37 when I graduated from Nursing school 11 years ago. My mom too never made it to my graduation as she had died from cancer 4 years earlier. Funny enough I was a marine biologist and a first mate in former careers, and miss the Sea. Working in a hospital has it's ups and downs, including idiots in manangement just like everywhere else in life. I guess it's a matter of furrowing your sails, or heading directly into the storm sometimes.:eek::cool:

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Don thanks for the pickers tip. We like the American Pickers show. We can't for the life of us figure out how they make any money other than from the television producers, since their cost to travel have to exceed their profits(unless they sleep in tents!) Those two lovely gals would definately be a welcome addition here!http://www.webtvwire.com/wp-content/...sters-logo.JPG

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We've wondered the same thing, just as with Mike and Frank on AP. They will drive from Iowa to Florida and pick up a couple of items and call it a day. How much can they pack in that truck anyway to make it worthwhile to drive cross country? :confused:

What is funny is that those two chicks get a lot better reception and prices than Mike and Frank. When they walk up to some old farmer and ask what he has for sale the guy always has this dumb smile on his face like he hasn't seen a pretty girl in years. Then he sells them stuff for $ 15 that M and F would pay $ 400 for ! :LOL:

Yeah, we're all idiots when you put a nice looking gal in front of us. :LOL:

Don

We get American Pickers down here..A great show,,but dont always see it cos its on mid afternoon,or has been..Will be keeping an eye open(wide)for this show though..Yes Don..Its amazing how a pretty girl can (sometimes) do better than a regular guy at a job like that..:cool::cool:

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Deckofficer - I know what you mean about going back to school later in life. I was 37 when I graduated from Nursing school 11 years ago. My mom too never made it to my graduation as she had died from cancer 4 years earlier. Funny enough I was a marine biologist and a first mate in former careers, and miss the Sea. Working in a hospital has it's ups and downs, including idiots in manangement just like everywhere else in life. I guess it's a matter of furrowing your sails, or heading directly into the storm sometimes.:eek::cool:

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Were you the typical one month on/one month off schedule? It always made for missed family gatherings, and the time you have off doesn't match that of your friends, interests, and family.

Bob actually then it was a seasonal job, not related to merchant marine or navy, but yes I do miss a ton of family events due to my schedule then and now!

My early training as a mechanic was pre teens(I'm 64 yrs old in Sept)in a repair shop on a country corner about a mile away from where I lived.The guy that owned that was Paul Weaver who was a tough world war II motor pool mechanic.If he taught you sometime,you damm well have better learned it the first time.That and my father was a machine machinist.From that foundation I went threw a series of employers and then was sent threw cert training along with drag racing since I was 17 yrs old.

When I was a kid,I had it just the best.Intertwined with cars,I was a sound reinforcement tech mixing sound on tours in stadiums and theaters so I had rock music and hot rods.Not very conducive of a family life.Prove of that is twice a batter up and twice stuck out.Lucky for me two boys from the first time and some grand kids.

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When I was a kid,I had it just the best.Intertwined with cars,I was a sound reinforcement tech mixing sound on tours in stadiums and theaters so I had rock music and hot rods.Not very conducive of a family life.Prove of that is twice a batter up and twice stuck out.Lucky for me two boys from the first time and some grand kids.

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Small world, but you did it first. In the 70's I worked for ESS Corp, who was using Dr. Oscar Heil's (he also invented the FET) air motion transformer, a pleated with conductor diaphram that was in the flux path of some massive magnets. We bought the patent and called it the Heil Air Motion Transformer for reproducing upper mid-range to 25K. ESS speakers are where you would find this tweeter. We also did sound reinforcement for the Wilson Sisters (Nancy and ?) and Jackson Brown. You could find me working behind the scenes at the CES both Chicago and Las Vegas. In between, I was at my desk (notice the hang gliding calander) working as a Senior Lab Tech in accoustic R&D. Besides pink noise and a sweep of frequencies, I'd use Fleetmac to test line samples. I was so young back then.

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I think Dick Sacarri(sp) mixed sound for the Wilson's.

Not a pic of the rig I worked,but a like type.I think it was Clair Bros out of PA.

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Those are called Karlson coupler.

What happened to Sugarland just isn't common.The level of riggers involved in staging is as professional as those used anywhere.Well it was when I retired from that business in 1985.

Some of Clair's tech was borrowed for NASA in the ribbon wiring they developed.

We weren't roadies, we designed and built the high freq drivers. Much more pleasing than compression drivers to listen to, but at least 6db less eff. The sound guys would have to employ 8 times as many drivers and wattage to reach the same SPL. The Wilsons and Jackson Brown both cared enough about their concert's sound, they hauled a lot of sound reinforcement equipment instead of using local to the event gear.

LOL-hell no. Not me as a roadie.I traveled with the band.Never touched much in road cases.Clair was a national pro sound company doing tours all over the country.Tractor trailers of sound and lighting equipment.There was two huge companies,one was Clair and the other who's name I can't remember was out of Texas and was owned by CBS.The one out of Texas did all the Stones tours at the time.A promoter at the time out of Buffalo has a pc of a Stones show at Rich Stadium which is where the Bills play.The promoter name was Harvey & Corkey and I was friends with their stage manager John Wolf.Back stage at that show was 8 tractor trailers of amps all lined with row after row of Crown amps.Then another 4 tractor trailers of lighting.Just a kick a$$ system.I think it was 30k per side if memory serves me correctly.

Didn't the Wilson's use Sunhuirsers(SP) 441's for vocals??.

I was on the consuner end, Mike Thompson was the EE and my boss. Tim Johnson headed up the pro side, and he dealt with the artists. I was certain he put together a system for the Wilsons, but you working in field would know what was set up. I never even made any of the concerts, only met them when they were at our facility.

Did you ever see or have experiance with the "Blue Ox" Heil Pro ? Large blue horn and pricey alnico magnets. Would have been used 5kHz~20kHz.

As I remember it,the style of driver your talking about was cut short by JBL ceramic drivers.Minimum distortion from 7k all the way up to 20k.The crossovers from those systems had adjustable over lapping slopes and where built not for sale by either of those two companies.Same for the mixing boards,built not bought.The competition for bid contacts of the tours was based on their development of the electronics,some far before their time.

I worked to a tour company for hire to solely mix the music.LOL-yeah it was a outstanding pay,but we all know how expensive it is to be on the road.:whacked:;):LOL::LOL:

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I was on the consuner end, Mike Thompson was the EE and my boss. Tim Johnson headed up the pro side, and he dealt with the artists. I was certain he put together a system for the Wilsons, but you working in field would know what was set up. I never even made any of the concerts, only met them when they were at our facility.

Did you ever see or have experiance with the "Blue Ox" Heil Pro ? Large blue horn and pricey alnico magnets. Would have been used 5kHz~20kHz.

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I think I listened to a system like that in a recording studio.

Well one day I woke up and couldn't remember what city I was in.Those tours are 16 hr days leading up to 70 mins of a show.That was enough of that and settled back in Buffalo,NY working for a local sound company that had a system in a Club called the Salty Dog.We did shows with Kim Michale,Blood,Sweat and Tears,Striper,The Romones,The Good rats,Greg Almond,etc.

Well bottom line is I guess I have live a fast pace charmed life.The drag racing side of it I admit I have been more than just lucky.