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raiken said:
Hey, Ed! How are you doing these days? Been a long time!

And yes, Michael Schenker is indeed my all-time favorite guitarist.
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All things considered I’m better than I’d expect. I’m recovering from accidentally putting my girlfriends apartment on fire.
Ended up in the ICU with hydrogen cyanide smoke poisoning.
Guess guitar finishes and synthetics/plastic are not meant to be burned and inhaled. ?

But it also reset my priorities.
Thankful to be around and able to start working again.

If you wanna read the full update, or watch a video of me talking about it go to

https://gofund.me/bfe48126

And scroll down to updates.

How about yourself?
It’s been a minute I’ve seen you but one does not forget the guys that love Schenker. ?
 
raiken said:
Hey, Ed! How are you doing these days? Been a long time!

And yes, Michael Schenker is indeed my all-time favorite guitarist.
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Knowing now is a little late. Sounds like I may have wanted one. Hope your parents are doing well.
 
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degenaro said:
All things considered I’m better than I’d expect. I’m recovering from accidentally putting my girlfriends apartment on fire.
Ended up in the ICU with hydrogen cyanide smoke poisoning.
Guess guitar finishes and synthetics/plastic are not meant to be burned and inhaled. ?

But it also reset my priorities.
Thankful to be around and able to start working again.

If you wanna read the full update, or watch a video of me talking about it go to

https://gofund.me/bfe48126

And scroll down to updates.

How about yourself?
It’s been a minute I’ve seen you but one does not forget the guys that love Schenker. ?
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Wow, Ed, that sounds terrible! I'm glad to hear you are recovering. Hopefully, you'll get back to some semblance of normal soon.

I'm doing fine, hoping to get back to building amps sometime in the near future, as my military avionics contract design work seems to finally be slowing down a bit. I'm slowly working on finishing out a new shop, hopefully there will still be a market for tube amps when I get it going again.

I finally got to see Michael Schenker for the first time in my life a few years ago on one of his Michael Schenker Fest tour stops in Atlanta. I really wanted to get the meet and greet tickets, but I was sick with a very high fever and figured I better not get anywhere near him. That didn't stop me from driving the six hour round trip down there to see the show, though, and it was well worth it. Hopefully, I'll get to meet him someday to thank him for all the great music and the impact he had on my life.
 
raiken said:
Wow, Ed, that sounds terrible! I'm glad to hear you are recovering. Hopefully, you'll get back to some semblance of normal soon.

I'm doing fine, hoping to get back to building amps sometime in the near future, as my military avionics contract design work seems to finally be slowing down a bit. I'm slowly working on finishing out a new shop, hopefully there will still be a market for tube amps when I get it going again.

I finally got to see Michael Schenker for the first time in my life a few years ago on one of his Michael Schenker Fest tour stops in Atlanta. I really wanted to get the meet and greet tickets, but I was sick with a very high fever and figured I better not get anywhere near him. That didn't stop me from driving the six hour round trip down there to see the show, though, and it was well worth it. Hopefully, I'll get to meet him someday to thank him for all the great music and the impact he had on my life.
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It seems Schenker is back to great form.
I’ve seen him a view times, and best I remember him was on the 78 Scorpions Love Drive tour. Followed by the 77 UFO Lights Out tour
I’ve met him in 88 and he was a mess.

Last I saw him about two years ago and he killed.

Glad to hear you’re getting back into amps.
And thank you so much for helping out!
 
I'm an hour away from there.
Ive been eyeing a Marshall cab from Oneida for a few weeks now.
Been thinking of going out and grabbing it.
 
Erock said:
I'm an hour and a half away. I would help an OG RT'er out if necessary. :thumbsup:
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Where 'bouts are you?
I'm an hour West of Oneida.

Wife and I basically raised boys at Sylvan Beach.
Fathers Day car show every year.
Though we really go for the old skee ball machines...
 
dcburn mk.ii said:
Where 'bouts are you?
I'm an hour West of Oneida.

Wife and I basically raised boys at Sylvan Beach.
Fathers Day car show every year.
Though we really go for the old skee ball machines...
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You're closer than me, I'm just north of Albany.
 
degenaro said:
All things considered I’m better than I’d expect. I’m recovering from accidentally putting my girlfriends apartment on fire.
Ended up in the ICU with hydrogen cyanide smoke poisoning.
Guess guitar finishes and synthetics/plastic are not meant to be burned and inhaled. ?

But it also reset my priorities.
Thankful to be around and able to start working again.

If you wanna read the full update, or watch a video of me talking about it go to

https://gofund.me/bfe48126

And scroll down to updates.

How about yourself?
It’s been a minute I’ve seen you but one does not forget the guys that love Schenker. ?
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Very sorry to hear what happened Ed, that sounds awful. Glad to hear you are recovering. I've been admiring your playing since the HC days. :cheers:

Did they ever find out what started it? Lately I've been trying to gather up and dispose of all the old lithium batteries that I've had laying around for years. I was heavily into vaping at one point, and had a ton of the stupid things. I'm finding them in old boxes, drawers, devices, etc., and stories like this make me super paranoid. :(
 
Erock said:
Very sorry to hear what happened Ed, that sounds awful. Glad to hear you are recovering. I've been admiring your playing since the HC days. :cheers:

Did they ever find out what started it? Lately I've been trying to gather up and dispose of all the old lithium batteries that I've had laying around for years. I was heavily into vaping at one point, and had a ton of the stupid things. I'm finding them in old boxes, drawers, devices, etc., and stories like this make me super paranoid. :(
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Yup, as they assumed it was the power strip next to the bed.
I think it said that on second to last update here…

https://gofund.me/33df9753

It’s still a good weeks of hotel before at least one room is finished. Timing because of the holidays is way behind.
But where id have been annoyed surviving this was a good priorities reset.
 
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