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The great Roger Miller used to put his EH16 on a music stand. Between that, a Big Muff, and the wonderful Boss RPS-10, he could do all kinds of sonic damage!! ~Tim www.myspace.com/timmungenast www.cdbaby.com/all/timgoat > [Original Message] > From: tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 4/1/2006 6:19:23 PM > Subject: Re: vintage eh16 > > Stan, > > Yeah. there used to be a Vietnamese guy in NYC who repaired them > too. I did my homework (just in case). I think he used to work in Mike > Matthews' former downtown tenement /hole/factory building as > assembly/tech/QC staff or something. Vic Van Tran something > or other . . . I forget. Very asian name and heavy accent. > > Nels has used his 16 for a long time. Used to set it on top of an amp > (or a stool) > at the side to keep it handy -- nobody likes to bend over. We all > figure out > ways around it. Hehehe. My MO was to use the footpedal and keep the > EH16 in a waist-high "desk" of sorts that I made to house all my EH FX > -- I liked to work the sliders and the modulation controls as well. > > Nels used to have a regular gig in L.A. (Santa Monica actually) down > at a place called the Alligator Lounge. Jeff Kaiser and I used to go > there > all the time. I played there a time or two too. New Music Mondays I > think > is what they called it. Jeff Kaiser has played there a few times as > well. > Them was the days. Hehehe. I've probably seen Nels a dozen times > and shared the same stage on a couple. > > He was always someone who we/everyone said shoulda be BIG. But wasn't > for some reason at the time. Now he's with Wilco and on the cover of GP > and finally well and fairly acknowledged. He deserves avery bit of it. > > He's a nice guy. I was feeling really, REALLY depressed at the bar after > a totally "crap" set at the Alligator once and he came up spontaneously > and volunteered some very kind and encouraging words. I'll never forget > that. > > Cheers, > > tEd ® kiLLiAn > > On Apr 1, 2006, at 2:03 PM, stanitarium wrote: > > > hey ted thanx fer the props! > > back@cha. > > yeah i got the footcontroller for the EH16DDL too-very cool idea they > > had > > for that. > > i never use it tho'...i see the unit as a hand held device-and as far > > as > > repair-nonexistant afaik- > > i have talked to NelsCline about repair and he said "its tuff, there > > used to > > be a guy in Texas, but..." > > "Different is not always better, but better is always different" > > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html > http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian > http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html > http://www.garageband.com/artist/ArsOcarina > http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2845073 > http://www.netmusic.com/web/album.aspx?a_id=CBNM_17314 > http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 > http://www.loopers-delight.com/cgi-bin/profiles.cgi? > step=view_profile&id=121197000042 > > Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at: Apple iTunes, > BuyMusic, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, MusicNet, DiscLogic, Napster, > AudioLunchbox, Lindows, QTRnote, Music4Cents, Etherstream, > RuleRadio, EMEPE3, Sony Connect, CatchMusic, Puretracks, > and Viztas. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah. So???