This little gofer-looking dude shows up with an Ampeg V4BH and tubes, and wants it biased. No problem. Next day he calls me wanting to know what the bill is. I tell him I had not gotten to it yet. The following day with some consternation, I wrestle that big chassis out of the cab, and place it on my bench. First thing I do is measure the four cathode fuses and find one open. It's a 250mA, and I don't have one, but Radio Shack says they do, so I take a short trip over there to find out they actually do not.
So I text the situation to the guy how I will have to order the fuse and it is taking about 10 days now. He calls me saying he has a gig in a few days and he is going to use it with only three tubes. I explain that isn't a very good idea, but he says he is in my neighborhood and is going to swing by and grab it anyway. I tell him it is still on my bench, so give me a chance to put it back together. He shows up, scratching his butt about what to do, put it on ebay, put it in mothballs and get another amp, or should he fix it. Back and forth for several minutes. Finally, he decides to leave it here so I can fix it. I offer to loan him a solid state Ampeg head, and he marches right into my shop uninvited. (I have been conducting all business in my driveway). And did I mention he is abiding by no distancing at all, he even keeps walking closer to me as I back away! Then I couldn't get him out. He walked around looking at stuff, making comments. At one point I went outside hoping he would follow me, which finally he did.
Man, oh man. So now I get to take this big amp apart again, which I just LOVE doing. I guess it just never occurred to this guy that he could be intruding, imposing or inconveniencing me. How do some people just not get it as bad as that? I have not had another person in my shop in 4 months, yet this guy waltzes right in.
Rant over.
So I text the situation to the guy how I will have to order the fuse and it is taking about 10 days now. He calls me saying he has a gig in a few days and he is going to use it with only three tubes. I explain that isn't a very good idea, but he says he is in my neighborhood and is going to swing by and grab it anyway. I tell him it is still on my bench, so give me a chance to put it back together. He shows up, scratching his butt about what to do, put it on ebay, put it in mothballs and get another amp, or should he fix it. Back and forth for several minutes. Finally, he decides to leave it here so I can fix it. I offer to loan him a solid state Ampeg head, and he marches right into my shop uninvited. (I have been conducting all business in my driveway). And did I mention he is abiding by no distancing at all, he even keeps walking closer to me as I back away! Then I couldn't get him out. He walked around looking at stuff, making comments. At one point I went outside hoping he would follow me, which finally he did.
Man, oh man. So now I get to take this big amp apart again, which I just LOVE doing. I guess it just never occurred to this guy that he could be intruding, imposing or inconveniencing me. How do some people just not get it as bad as that? I have not had another person in my shop in 4 months, yet this guy waltzes right in.
Rant over.
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