That it is.

Thanks very much.

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Bill

Thanks. I purchased an O-Scope and audio signal generator from E-Bay last night. I also ordered the Weber dummy load.

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Thanks.

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Bill

You gotta admit, you lived an exciting life knowing what
you know. Gotta say pretty damn cool, I have a couple of buddies in NASA
and don't think they have your clearance level.

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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

oogway, kungfu panda 2008

Classified info remains classified. Sometimes forever.
Declassification can happen but it depends on the nature of what it involves.

Even if you leave the employer holding your classification, you cannot divulge information.

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-T

"You can't spend what you ain't got, you can't lose what you ain't never had" ~ McKinley Morganfield

Seems we're into 'if I told you then I'd have to kill you' or vice-versa territory. Perhaps we shouldn't go there.

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"Another day in paradise!"

Best Wishes Bluesky for success in divergent avenues...I mean that !!..

A friend of ours is an electrical engineer but builds custom amps in his spare time....He actually is having trouble keeping up with demand as small boutique amps tailored to the player are becoming increasingly in demand....I will probably have him build me one in the near future, I'll build the cabinet then deliver it for component install...( that is actually his demise, building the cabinetry is quite time-consuming and thus takes up the timeline of the components..)
I'm thinking of a variable wattage 15 to 40, One 12 Celestion, reverb, vibrato, as for tubes he knows best as he is also an excellent guitarist, plays in the House Combo @ Nic-a Nee's every monday night.....
Other than having a custom amp built I can't seem to hear a production amp that closely resembles my old Magnatone... ( I know about the Phil-X Evil Robot ) It's an option but having something special built by local craftsmen is unbeatable....

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"C'est parti mon Kiki "

I have seen some really cool stuff in my career. Some really scary stuff too. I told my wife I would tell her what I really did when one of us is on our death bed ..... If I could remember!

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Bill

Yep.

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Or go to jail for a very long time.

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I am seriously looking at this. As noted earlier, I have purchased a scope, sig gen and dummy load. "Bob" my luthier friend has said he would work with me once I get things set up. This would only be a very limited, part time venture for now, probably doing basic repairs and such. I'm going to contact Weber and ask them about being one of the people they refer out to for those that don't want to build a Weber kit themselves. We'll see what happens. Maybe nothing, maybe a second career. Who knows.

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......you never know where and when the next shoe will drop.

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"Another day in paradise!"

It helps if Wife also has an issued Top Secret/SCI. Though you are not supposed to make common knowledge of possession which is why the wearing of badges in public when leaving site is a big no no. The only time you acknowledge is if asked by Fed Officer or if in possession of material at which time you must also have a couriers card which means material in possession can not be searched except by like clearance individual with need. If listed compartment sensitive no one outside department may see.
When leaving a job you are supposed to be debriefed and sign a non discloser just like the one you sign when granted.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

This is what must be known as The Bourne Legacy.

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"Another day in paradise!"

Today I worked on an old Teisco Del Ray. The complaint was that one position of the Rythmn/Solo switch didn't work. No wiring diagram to be found. Turned out that the entire guitar was wired backwards from the markings on the switch selectors (the pickups were off when the switch was set to "On"), and the tone control had a major impact on the Rythmn/Solo switch. After tracing everything through, we concluded that it was working as designed, which was a very weird design. I didn't change anything and just put it back together.

I also rewired an old Hofner bass. It needed a new output jack and a general cleaning of the electronics. The pots had fuzz growing on them.

The mother of the owner of the Epiphone bass that I replaced the battery connector on yesterday came in to pick it up. When we plugged it in to show it to her, it didn't work. The volume came up real loud then died to nothing. "Bob" was convinced (again) that the preamp was fried. I poked around in it and discovered that one of the tone pots had twisted so that the outer terminal was touching the shielding paint and had bent in and was also touching the center lug. How I missed it yesterday, I don't know. I loosened the pot, rotated it away from the body wall and separated the lugs. A little electrical tape on the inner wall just in case and everyone was happy.

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