The Taira M90 - Heavy Duty Custom Dreamblaster
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The name Taira comes from the names of the two important members who orginally owned her before me.Master Z said:I just have one question.......
Who or what is Taira????
Henry Tai and Ira.
Taira!
As I posted on the previous page, Paul!
Rock On.
D'oh! 
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I actually went through this and the photoshoot thread to see if there was an explanation. Guess I missed it, my bad.
:nugget: I actually went through this and the photoshoot thread to see if there was an explanation. Guess I missed it, my bad.
Wow! Dropped in to see how that box turned out with the stripes and everything finished... it's even better than I thought it would be, from the original rendering. Nice work overcoming all the obstacles along the way; putting the stripes on backing, cutting and gluing each one on separately must have been tedious, and, as has already been said, a real labor of love. Just curious - do you carry this box while wearing those shoes (in the avatar)? And with clothes in similar colors? That sure must turn some heads! 
Oh, and thanks to those who posted them, for the nice "welcome back" comments. I'm flattered that anyone remembers me, after so long! Haven't seen any kids pissing on the streets lately.
What I did see on the street today (I don't want to thread-crap, but I can't hold this in just for myself!) was another Sharp GF-9000. Needless to say, it's mine now. 
Not a lot to report in-between about boomboxes, except that a couple months ago I scored a "dream score" of an M90 found "in the wild". What's wilder yet, is that someone had glued logo badges (I'm guessing they were taken off of speakers) from TEAC (TWO of those!), Marantz, and Sansui on it, in addition to the original JVC badge. I'm not sure what kind of glue they used (maybe superglue?), but I haven't figured out how to safely remove them, and in a way they add "character", so I'll probably just leave them on . Guess I probably have the only TEAC-Marantz-Sansui-JVC boombox in the world, unless someone else was strange enough to do the same thing to theirs! The only other find I had of note was a big Fisher 982, almost more of a music system thing than a boombox.. Not really any room left for more boomboxes here, so only something REALLY rare or special gets my attention any more... plus the market here is much quieter than it was a few years back, with a lot less good stuff available. Still some 777s showing up pretty regularly, but not as much else good, compared to before.
Glue, I like the name you picked, Taira... I know Henry here in Hong Kong (of course!), and must remember to congratulate him on having such a special box named (partly) after him!
Oh, and thanks to those who posted them, for the nice "welcome back" comments. I'm flattered that anyone remembers me, after so long! Haven't seen any kids pissing on the streets lately.
What I did see on the street today (I don't want to thread-crap, but I can't hold this in just for myself!) was another Sharp GF-9000. Needless to say, it's mine now. Not a lot to report in-between about boomboxes, except that a couple months ago I scored a "dream score" of an M90 found "in the wild". What's wilder yet, is that someone had glued logo badges (I'm guessing they were taken off of speakers) from TEAC (TWO of those!), Marantz, and Sansui on it, in addition to the original JVC badge. I'm not sure what kind of glue they used (maybe superglue?), but I haven't figured out how to safely remove them, and in a way they add "character", so I'll probably just leave them on . Guess I probably have the only TEAC-Marantz-Sansui-JVC boombox in the world, unless someone else was strange enough to do the same thing to theirs! The only other find I had of note was a big Fisher 982, almost more of a music system thing than a boombox.. Not really any room left for more boomboxes here, so only something REALLY rare or special gets my attention any more... plus the market here is much quieter than it was a few years back, with a lot less good stuff available. Still some 777s showing up pretty regularly, but not as much else good, compared to before.Glue, I like the name you picked, Taira... I know Henry here in Hong Kong (of course!), and must remember to congratulate him on having such a special box named (partly) after him!
Thanks so much, Arkay! Great to hear you're well and still actively collecting.
I do carry the Taira to and from work and wherever else I'm walking and I do wear pretty colourful gear, I'm also heavily tattooed, 6ft tall, have dreadlocks down to my knees and am about 250lbs (though I'm losing weight and getting down to a more 'regular size'). So it's not like people don't see me coming in general, with or without the Taira cranking!
Keep on rockin Arkay, hope to hear more from you!
Rock On.
I do carry the Taira to and from work and wherever else I'm walking and I do wear pretty colourful gear, I'm also heavily tattooed, 6ft tall, have dreadlocks down to my knees and am about 250lbs (though I'm losing weight and getting down to a more 'regular size'). So it's not like people don't see me coming in general, with or without the Taira cranking!
Keep on rockin Arkay, hope to hear more from you!
Rock On.
Hey Glue, You and I need to hit the streets with blasters in hand, dreads and beard flying in the wind....We'd be causing car crashes!Gluecifer said:
Gluecifer said:
Thanks, Gluecifer! From your description (I know I've seen you in the posted pics!), yeah, people would definitely see you comin'! Add the colors and the box, and there's no way you'd be missed - I think even guys at Harley conventions would show you respect, on appearances alone!
On my end, I got a double-shock the other day... when a SECOND GF-9000 shows up, just days after I brought home that one I mentioned above. What's even weirder is that this one has the exact same odd sticker on it as one of the first ones I found, a few years back, in the same place... but I don't think the sticker is original?! It has my mind twisting in pretzel-knots... so I posted about it separately, just to see if anyone knows about the stickers.
Anyway, congratulations again on the great job with your Taira, and keep it crankin'!
Glucifer:
You TOTALLY blow my mind in many ways...
Wouldn't it be fun to be in a parade? Kind of like a marching band, but all boomboxes?
It would either be really cool or really cheesy. I'm thinking cool, though.
You TOTALLY blow my mind in many ways...
Wouldn't it be fun to be in a parade? Kind of like a marching band, but all boomboxes?
It would either be really cool or really cheesy. I'm thinking cool, though.
Thanks Holly!
As I've gotten older I've seen the gap between 'cheese' and 'cool' become virtually non-existent.
For something to be cool it MUST have cheese elements as far as I'm concerned!
Rock On.
As I've gotten older I've seen the gap between 'cheese' and 'cool' become virtually non-existent.
For something to be cool it MUST have cheese elements as far as I'm concerned!
Rock On.
Yeah, I have to say cheese is my middle name in many ways, but cheese is GREAT!Gluecifer said:
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