[sdiy] Way OT - Who's the oldest?

Pete Niedermayr pniedermayr at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 26 07:22:20 CET 2008


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--- mike ruberto <somnium7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anthony,
> 
> >
> >  My oscilloscope - a Beckman Industrial 9060 (Made
> by someone else) - is
> >  retired Navy. Served in the Naval Surface Warfare
> Center or Crane as
> >  everybody calls it. In fact a lot of the choicest
> gems that I have gleened
> >  parts from have served time in the Navy first.
> >
> 
> Same here, my Tektronix 465B and 90% of my other
> test equipment are
> all military surplus from either the Navy or the Air
> Force. I live
> right next to Norfolk Naval Station now so I keep an
> eye on those DRMO
> auctions.
> 
> >  That's something I'm working on too. I want to
> build a wild custom mixing
> >  desk in the spirit of the old dub producers from
> Jamaica. You know, King
> >  Tubby & Lee 'Scratch' Perry.
> 
> That sounds cool!
> I decided to soup-up an old obscure console, the Toa
> RX-7 32 channel.
> It's a beautiful example of "they don't build 'em
> like this anymore"!
> 
> >  To that end I've gathered up a lot of home
> electronics on eBay that are
> >  usually things that Radio Shack sold in the 80's.
> A tricked-out Realisic
> >  "Electronic Reverb" with a BL3208 in place of the
> stock MN3207 being the
> >  centerpiece, along with reverbs tanks from
> M-series Hammonds. And of course
> >  my many tube amps made from radio junk.
> >
> Don't gut the M series unless they are mostly
> trashed. I have a T
> series that I have pimped out and it's a fine
> sounding organ now. Not
> your average old Church-lady anymore ;-)
> 
> Since we are still on the subject I would also like
> to add that I
> enjoy long walks on the beach and romantic sunsets
> ;-)
> 
> Mike
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