Bombeat 40 -- on it's journey home.

[redbenjoe]

must admit--
that i just cant be cool about this gem

cant wait to see and hear it from 50 yards away --
when its jumping waves -- out on my kids jet ski !!! :'-(

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yet it still has this one long trip to survive --
with norms famous packing --it should be a not-to-worry deal

but still --
we have some risks -

fire , theft, earthquakes. mudslides, plane jacks, tornadoes, tsunamis, shoe bombers
and bad stuff , too

so ..." lets pray..till we make it today "

 

[Superduper]

Those are nothing. When you get it and see how it was packed, you'll see. The ONLY thing my packing can't protect against -- theft and misdelivery. TELL your delivery guy to expect this and NOT send it to the wrong place.

I don't have time right now to tell the whole story but basically, a boombox that was sent to me, by a memeber, a grail, no less, was sent to the wrong street, and the wrong street number .... 'Tis true.

 

[Fatdog]

*sticky*

 

[monchito]

thank you norm for an awesome job ,, i remember when ira got that box it was a real basket case,, i had mentioned that it looked like a bad switch all i could do was deoxit the hell out of it but at least it worked somewhat then the deck a real disaster missing gear so i had to invent something which i know you saw and laughed but hey that was all i could think of but i was glad that it went to your hands it was going to be a lot of work and i know you are man for the job you did it finished it and brought it back 100% which is more than great

 

[Radio raheem]

must admit--
that i just cant be cool about this gem

cant wait to see and hear it from 50 yards away --
when its jumping waves -- out on my kids jet ski !!! :'-(

------------------------
yet it still has this one long trip to survive --
with norms famous packing --it should be a not-to-worry deal

but still --
we have some risks -

fire , theft, earthquakes. mudslides, plane jacks, tornadoes, tsunamis, shoe bombers
and bad stuff , too

so ..." lets pray..till we make it today "

Instead of risking all the above redbenjoe just send her to me, you have enough GRAILS already

 

[Ghettoboom767]

It's people like Norm who make this world still a cool place to live!!
I wish we had more people like him!
Ira-Your cool to!

Just another incredible story but this one is special!
Have a great weekend-GB.

 

[MONOLITHIC]

so ...............the tosh sounds beautiful //wonderful and all that
up to a semi- loud point --
but the fabulous m90 is still the undisputed KING of the one piece power-house grails

Sorry, I won't believe it until you officially confirm it with your own review/comparo.

Would also like to hear how it stacks up to an S90.

_________________________________________

Speaking of 40/S90 comparisons, I noticed a long time ago that the back of both boxes were made from the same mold...

which means that the BomBeat 40 shares the same dimensions with the S90 despite it having 8" woofers.

 

[vladi123456]

Norm, amazing work

 

[Superduper]

FOUND IT! On a different SD card. I thought my memory was failing me. I could've sworn I snapped some photos.

Here is the re-capping images. For YOUR records, Ira.

In the background, you can just see the soldering setup I use for almost all my work. Highly recommended but costs an arm, leg, cornea and 2 kidneys (it's really much larger than it would seem in the pic)

 

[SINISTER]

i gotta few for ya......

 

[AZA]

i gotta few for ya......

Same ! Im just grouping mine together now


The work on this 40 has been amazing, and well done to all involved
What an incredible looking machine Congrats Ira !

 

[ford93]

Not even Jose could pull this off.

Well Ira you have a new toy to play with.

 

[Radio raheem]

Yea congrats ira where are you ol chap? are ya gunna chime in lad

 

[redbenjoe]

thanks for all the cool comments--
it may be back here in 3 days !!

 

[Superduper]

TODAY is wednesday, Ira.

 

[redbenjoe]

you are way out there on that odd pacific time zone

 

[Superduper]

you are way out there on that odd pacific time zone

Yes sir, I am. But 3 hours AFTER you, not BEFORE!

 

[redbenjoe]

your time zone still has leftover beatniks and hippies

 

[wonderlust]

Wow -- just read through this thread and can't wait to see the results on my next trip down to FLA!!!

Look forward to hearing it too Ira!


(sorry to all that I've been outta touch -- I just finished shooting another book project for a camera manufacturer -- but managed so fit a few days of boombox chatting in with jameswp67 who was in NYC for a quick trip last week -- will post a few pictures when I get a minute too!)

I hope everyone is well!

 

[redbenjoe]

welcome back lyle

and yes - the tosh 40 will be here -ready to fire up
on your next visit --

this one --truly deserves your special photo treatments !!