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1/16/2000 2:58 AM

Good Hunting

Hi all,
Good hunting today. I bagged a Maestro Phaser (the one that looks like a Barbie Treadmill with the Balls and Speed foot knobs) for $15 at a local pawn shop. I plugged it in..it didn't work. Asked the overbusy sales-guy for a new battery to try, and he gave me one. Well, this time sound came THROUGH it, but it still didn't do it's swooshy thing. "Well" I told him, "Doesn't seem to work....what'll you take for it?" "15" he says. Took it over to my buddy's, popped in a new battery....the thing KICKS!!! I LOVE PAWN SHOPS!!.
Bought some '60's vintage Altecs at a yard sale last year. 416A 15", 825? horns, and crossovers...for $50. Well, these things are HIGHLY efficient, and I don't wanna put too much bass through them, being as they are 30W nominal..100W peak speakers. Been looking for a crossover for awhile, so I can run the bass through the pawnshop 800W Ramsa through subs, and just run mids and highs through the Ashly or Alesis into the Altecs.
Walked into Music-Go-Round and they had a DOD 2/3 way crossover for $49.95!!! "Huh", I asked myself. Seems they screwed up, and sold the one THAT tag went to, and some idiot put the tag on the good one. They at first thought I switched tags, but that was the only DOD Xover in the place, it was in a rack, so I couldn't see the original $135 price sticker on it....and they admitted they screwed up. So the guy says "I'll split the difference...I'll take $60 plus tax for it." Seems they can't do math either...no wonder they have a problem...God bless their pointy little heads.
SO...I don't know where you look for stuff, but here the hunting is GOOD.
"Keep your eyes peeled...and wait....something good will come your way."
Brad

1/16/2000 3:09 AM

BTW,
Hope this doesn't sound like I'm gloating....I'm just amped. Does anyone have any killer tweaks for that Phaser? Sounds real clean and when you kick it on...you can't really hear the switching....which is good. Has a nice level kicked in or out. You oughtta hear one of these through a Magnatone 280 (or is that 260) with the Vibrato going. You get the pitch-shift of the Magnatone, AND the midrangy swoosh of the Maestro. Does KILLER on stacatto-y funky stuff. Who needs an Envelope Follower with a setup like that?
Welp, better get another beer....see ya!!
Brad (Sick, sick....oh well...enough of that)

1/17/2000 12:56 AM
marrk	Gloat on man! With a find like that you are entitled. Anyone that takes offense needs to start "hunting" for these goodies too! Enjoy, Mark

1/17/2000 5:00 AM
Rick	How 'bout a Shinei reverb in a junk store for $2.00 (Canadian, that's about US$1.50). Of course it did need a power cord...

1/17/2000 1:16 PM
Brad	Sounds like Rick won! BTW, what's a Shinei reverb? Never heard of one. ANY effect is worth $2. Brad

1/17/2000 3:50 PM
Rick	It's a little tinny sounding spring reverb in a pedal format. Strong metal box, two inputs with volume, one global depth control, stomp switch that actually is a power switch I may have spelled Shinei wrong, the unit's not in front of me.

1/17/2000 7:24 PM
John Greene	I bought a Dynaco amp from this guy a while ago that had the most 'dead-mint' MC-240 I have ever seen. It was the earliest model which has a different logo than the later ones. It was spotless. He picked it up in a thrift store in Venice for $50.00. Some guys have all the luck. --johng

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