So, As you know, the West Coast Meet was today. (Details here)
Miles, who lives in Los Angeles brought me a HUGE surprise....Hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself...
A few years ago, I made a trade with member Blasterpunk for a J1 747 Super Jumbo. The box is flawless, looks like it just came out of the shipping box. It powered up, all the lights worked, but no sound!
Last year while at the Lasonic factory for the filming of Miles' "Boombox Creators" documentary I was speaking with Albert, the owner of Lasonic. Somehow the conversation rolled around to my J1 and the fact that it was not working. He told me to bring it down and he would have his tech (also named Albert) have a look at it. Albert (Lasonic Tech) tracked down a faulty amp chip. I purchased a brand new, old stock chip and mailed it off to Lasonic. That was months ago. Being busy myself, I haven't had time to think about it.
Then with this meet coming up I thought it would be nice to have the J1, working or not at the meet for everyone to see. I asked Miles if he could stop by Lasonic which is semi close to his work, to pick it up if he was coming to the meet.
Miles showed up today, not only with the J1, BUT WITH IT FULLY REPAIRED!
I am absolutely FLOORED!
Albert told Miles not to tell me it was fixed, Miles said NOTHING and I was drop jawed!
You know that feeling....the feeling of getting a new box! TODAY I had that feeling mixed with a surprise!
To Miles,
Bro, you are one of a kind! Your passion for the Boombox is as strong as the strongest members on this site and beyond. THANK YOU so much for going out of your way and making this happen. This has been 2 years in the making and because of your documentary and the hard work you do, I now have a fully working J1.
To Albert & Albert at Lasonic,
You guys are amazing. The fact that you would work on a non Lasonic box for me and get it fully working just goes to show once again how dedicated your whole family is to the culture and freedom that Boomboxes provide us all. I don't know what I can do to thank you, but I will figure something out! We all love our radio's, but you guys LIVE it, it is your family, it is your business and I will always support Lasonic!
Today is one of the best day's I have ever had Blasting!
Of course the first thing I did was put my Blu_Fuz universal boombox strap on the handle and ROCKED IT
(Picture courtesy of Mac Daddy Freshness)
Miles, who lives in Los Angeles brought me a HUGE surprise....Hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself...
A few years ago, I made a trade with member Blasterpunk for a J1 747 Super Jumbo. The box is flawless, looks like it just came out of the shipping box. It powered up, all the lights worked, but no sound!
Last year while at the Lasonic factory for the filming of Miles' "Boombox Creators" documentary I was speaking with Albert, the owner of Lasonic. Somehow the conversation rolled around to my J1 and the fact that it was not working. He told me to bring it down and he would have his tech (also named Albert) have a look at it. Albert (Lasonic Tech) tracked down a faulty amp chip. I purchased a brand new, old stock chip and mailed it off to Lasonic. That was months ago. Being busy myself, I haven't had time to think about it.
Then with this meet coming up I thought it would be nice to have the J1, working or not at the meet for everyone to see. I asked Miles if he could stop by Lasonic which is semi close to his work, to pick it up if he was coming to the meet.
Miles showed up today, not only with the J1, BUT WITH IT FULLY REPAIRED!
I am absolutely FLOORED!
Albert told Miles not to tell me it was fixed, Miles said NOTHING and I was drop jawed!
You know that feeling....the feeling of getting a new box! TODAY I had that feeling mixed with a surprise!
To Miles,
Bro, you are one of a kind! Your passion for the Boombox is as strong as the strongest members on this site and beyond. THANK YOU so much for going out of your way and making this happen. This has been 2 years in the making and because of your documentary and the hard work you do, I now have a fully working J1.
To Albert & Albert at Lasonic,
You guys are amazing. The fact that you would work on a non Lasonic box for me and get it fully working just goes to show once again how dedicated your whole family is to the culture and freedom that Boomboxes provide us all. I don't know what I can do to thank you, but I will figure something out! We all love our radio's, but you guys LIVE it, it is your family, it is your business and I will always support Lasonic!
Today is one of the best day's I have ever had Blasting!
Of course the first thing I did was put my Blu_Fuz universal boombox strap on the handle and ROCKED IT
(Picture courtesy of Mac Daddy Freshness)
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