Chadd

Sunny and 90 again here today in Aruba, I really don't want to come home

I had one of the original v-twins (serial #50), fantastic pedal. I would prefer the rack mount to the pedal though as you get a full set of knobs for each channel.

damn, some kids are way too sheltered these days

I believe there is some diode clipping, like the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe.

Just got this email from the league admin. Hate to see things like this happen and all the more reason to wear a visor or cage. Obviously, I've removed the names to protect their privacy.

I love goat palms, second only to the kangaroo palms for me.

I've never heard a solid state pre-amp that has decent distorted tone. I had an old Music Man combo with SS-pre and tube power, but it only sounded decent with a tune preamp into the return of the effects loop. I have heard tube pre's with SS power amps that sounded great. Then again, a mesa triaxis sounds great with just about any type of power amp.

The AVTs are much better than the original valvestate amps. I melted the power transistors in two rack amps and two 100w heads from the original series.

I'm always on the lookout for a cheap one. I miss mine, it was a great car.

Truss rod adjustment?

I love the local rum, I brought back five bottles.

I stayed at the one with the casino (not the time shares) last March, nice place. Best place to catch hockey, if you care, if Busters Garage. It's down in the buildings next to the Hard Rock, on the far end. If you have time, hit Wacky Wahoos for dinner. It's my favorite restaurant on the island and maybe 1/4 mile inland from Busters. Just past that, next to the Valero, is Linda's Pancakes and Pizza. Dutch pancakes are like crepes, great for breakfast or a light lunch. Fishes n More is another place we try to hit, food is good and service is usually excellent. It's a small place, next to Casa Tua and Salt and Pepper, just before you get to the Hard Rock on the main street. Casa Tua has great pizza by the way. Also a big fan of Dushi bagels and burgers for a quick lunch, it's across the street from Texas de Brazil and Sbarro. There's some great snorkeling about a mile up the road towards the lighthouse. Go early enough and you can see/swim with turtles. Once the boats get up there, forget about it. The natural bridge is a bit of a tourist trap, but the scenery on that side of the island is nice, very rugged. Get out and explore the island, the locals are pretty nice and it's not hard to get around if you can read a map at all. If the waves aren't bad sign up for one of the snorkeling trips to the Antilla, it's starting to collapse but you don't often see such a large shipwreck in relatively shallow waters.

It always is. Where are you staying? I'll give you a list of places to hit.

Ideally, you should be sharpening your skates before they lose their edge anyway. I do and never have to deal with the issue of going from dull to sharp edges that so many people complain about.

They all look the same on the score sheet too.

It's not Chicago that you need to worry about, it's Luongo.

I tend to look at the edges every time, even if I did sharpen them last. If they appear off at all with a quick look or a razor blade across the top, I will whip out an edge checking tool.

In most cases, they're just lazy. Witness marks will help you get it just as level as it was before, the problem is knowing if it was level in the first place.

People that say "we" when talking about a professional sports team and they are not on the roster nor have they ever played a game for them.

I have an old Traynor Guitarmate 3 in a closet somewhere. I've been thinking about doing a master volume mod on it to get the old marshall tones. Those things really rock but they're loud as hell.

Thanks, I've had that one since about '94, back when it was only 18 years old (and I wasn't much older). It's a bit disturbing to see how much my collection has grown over the last couple years. I'm finally taking pics for the insurance company, I've been putting that off way too long. The really sad thing is that I have enough parts to put another couple together. I ran out of warm temps last fall and still have to put the clear nitro on the one I was refinishing. http://modsquadhockey.com/pics/chadd/4-9guitars.jpg

Most people don't believe it's a recto when they hear it the first time. I have an 85 thinline in the collection, really nice guitar. Scuba diving isn't a cheap hobby either, thankfully I haven't been playing much golf lately or the wife would kill me.

Mostly my Mesa single rectifier and H&K 4x12 with greenbacks.

Nice pickup, those are really similar to the old Ibanez Ghostriders that I've always loved. here she is:

New Les Paul, oh yeah