Re: Say it out loud , I`m a geek and...

[Tom Lambrecht <hideo@concentric.net>]

At 02:24 PM 11/22/97 +0100, you wrote:
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>Hi , folks!   I have a gear question (sorry Kim ,I need this).
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>A year back I bought a secondhand Roland SRE 555 Chorus Echo. A friend of
>mine had just bought one and his was amazing; no noise ,no tape flutter 
>and
>it looked mint. Needless to say, mine sucks. The reverb is dead , noise is
>plentiful and the echo is destroyed by a stuttering/fluttering which makes
>it useless. And I mean destroyed , not like a minor problem "like one must
>expect" from an analog tape-delay. No , something is really wrong      
>and its
>killing me!    "why wait a year before fixing it?" I hear you muttering,
>beneath the tape hiss. Coz I have been in a state of emotional and 
>physical
>apathy. Picture this: young boy moves to the big city , and after settling
>in comes across a genuine tape-echo , the machine of his dreams!! After
>parting with his hard-borrowed money he takes his Holy Grail home by 
>subway
>and foot. It was a dark and rainy night , my friends. Moist and cold , his
>trembling hands struggled to keep



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 needs digital , anyway?" I
>laughed out loud. Then I heard the gurgled sounds that came out , and I
>haven`t laughed since. 
>I fell into an abyss , all energy and willpower sucked out. I went school 
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>practised , played in bands , made polite conversation , but inside I was
>hollow. An empty shell.
>I spent the following months slowly returning to life , rebuilding my
>personality , waiting for the day that I could walk on stage and play
>through my Roland SRE 555.
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>Then I found you.
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>The last piece fell into place. The color returned to my cheeks , strenght
>was restored , hope revived. I was suddenly able to confront the problems,
>ask the questions that needed to be asked. Like , "how does one clean the
>tape-heads?" . Or rather, "Where are the tape-heads?". But most of all ,
>"what the heck is a tape head?" . I found myself pondering over those
>eternal questions ; "Can I fix the reverb?" , "Is there a site on the net
>devoted to Tape-delays?" , "Where can I get new tapes?" And of course ,
>this is where you fellow loopers come in. Now you have a unique chance to
>help someone , do something that matters, make a change in the world!
>
>My destiny rests in your mailbox , may it not go unnoticed. 
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>Yours truly, Thomas W
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Thomas:

I went through the same thing, 'cept it was my girlfriend, not my tape
delay. Your poignant narrative makes my experience seem shallow by
comparison  ;)

" A Boy and his Roland". Tonight, I'll say a little prayer for you, man.

drone on~~~~~~~~~~Tom
Tom Lambrecht  hideo@concentric.net