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Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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There were some tasty old Marshall heads with estimates that didn't look too bad.. (imo)
No one ever died of hard work.. but why take the risk..

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jeremyb wrote:Some interesting stuff in here!

http://www.juliensauctions.com/images/a ... talog.html
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man I can't believe I went through every single page (well double page)....shit that they had all the music stuff at the end. It was like 180 pages of ugly arse shit before the good stuff :rofl: ...I mean seriously $200-$400 for a titty mug :wtf:
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Titty mug be damned; JB did you miss lot 63? :wtf:

No wonder Zappa never did drugs if he lived in freakshow decor like that. :sick:
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He never did drugs???? WTF!!!!!!!! How could you have that kinda taste when you were straight all the time?!??!??!
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jeremyb wrote:He never did drugs???? WTF!!!!!!!! How could you have that kinda taste when you were straight all the time?!??!??!
the real comment should be "oh now I see why he never did drugs...he is clearly insane already" :rofl:
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Slowy wrote:
No wonder Zappa never did drugs if he lived in freakshow decor like that. :sick:
Yeah you'd never guess that music originated in Chinatown.
Given Frank shuffled off a while ago now maybe we should blame his missus for the gaudy $2 shop bling.
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I love the hippy rococo style. But the house got overstuffed. The wife must be a hoarder.
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Dharmajester wrote:
Slowy wrote:
No wonder Zappa never did drugs if he lived in freakshow decor like that. :sick:
Yeah you'd never guess that music originated in Chinatown.
Given Frank shuffled off a while ago now maybe we should blame his missus for the gaudy $2 shop bling.
Wealthy woman with absent husband (always on tour) and plenty of time to fill? Looks like a stunning house and some of the pieces in isolation are fantastic, but it's madness clutter central.

A very interesting guy, Mr Zappa, very much in a good way. His music is too much for my tastes, but I've always enjoyed everything I've read about him or from him.
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Pretty nice collection towards the end, Frank obviously liked Marshall's by the looks of it.

Neve studio consoles are the gold standard from everything I've read and heard, not sure how realistic the $30-$40k pricetag is considering it comes 'unassembled' ?!

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Neve studio consoles are the gold standard from everything I've read and heard, not sure how realistic the $30-$40k pricetag is considering it comes 'unassembled' ?!
They were always mentioned in hushed tones of awe when I was doing my audio engineering course at SAE. Way too long ago to remember the details, but there was apparently a particular valve-based Neve console that could pretty much guarantee a studio's success, if they had one. And of course the Abbey Road association helps, seem to remember a couple of 1/2 decent albums have been recorded there... :lol:
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Pretty nice collection towards the end, Frank obviously liked Marshall's by the looks of it.

Neve studio consoles are the gold standard from everything I've read and heard, not sure how realistic the $30-$40k pricetag is considering it comes 'unassembled' ?!
You need to disassemble them to move them anyway ;)
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