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Post by Lesterstrat on May 10, 2020 22:03:46 GMT -5
I know some of you old timers have to remember Tony. Anyone have any info on him? Is he still around? I’d love to touch base with him. The man has/had a heart the size of Texas and was one of the most knowledgeable fellas I knew when it came to PAs.
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Post by Rick Knight on May 11, 2020 6:20:44 GMT -5
I certainly remember him. He had a lot of influence on putting together the PA for my old band. I will send him an email and let you know if he responds.
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Post by roly on May 11, 2020 13:35:52 GMT -5
Tony has posted here but not for some time.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on May 11, 2020 18:44:34 GMT -5
Tony is registered here as Fat Tony.
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Post by Lesterstrat on May 11, 2020 19:51:14 GMT -5
Tony is registered here as Fat Tony. Oh, okay. |
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Post by LTB on May 11, 2020 22:42:09 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Knight on May 12, 2020 6:02:28 GMT -5
I heard from Tony, who seems to be ok. He said he lost his password for this site.
Lesterstrat, I sent you a PM.
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Post by windmill on May 12, 2020 20:30:08 GMT -5
Glad to hear Tony is Ok
Hope he resumes posting here.
I have benefited from his good advice several times.
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Post by mikem on May 13, 2020 7:26:14 GMT -5
I have also reached out to Tony (Fat Tony) and he did lose his password.
I first came in contact with Tony through another sound-forum (Scott's - which has been off-line for a couple of years).
Similar to me, he is a performer that had been drawn-in by the "lure of live audio".
When I got serious about starting a local/small sound company I posted many questions (plus "what I used and what worked for me posts") on Scott's.
Tony's answers/suggestions were both constructive and helpful (unlike the condescending remarks I received on other more well-known live audio/sound boards).
Many of us run sound as a by-product of having a band...it's just part of our scene.
Tony's experience/suggestions have answered many questions for me regarding small-band sound.
Hopefully he comes back.
Mike M
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Post by LTB on May 13, 2020 9:03:49 GMT -5
Mike M , it shouldn't be a problem for him to reset his password for this forum. Should be able to click on Lost Password
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Post by Fat Tony on May 13, 2020 11:14:21 GMT -5
Thanks to those who played "Where's Waldo"...er....uhhh, Where's Fat Tony.
Apparently I was blind and could not recognize the path to reset my password....Obviously, I have been made whole.
Thanks to Lesterstrat, Rick Knight and MikeM. And thanks to LTB.
Lesterstrat for his cape and his inquiry about me....Good to hear you are still among the living.
and Rick Knight for reaching out to my email telling me that the former wild child of Wichita was looking for me....
and MikeM, my buddy from a defunct PA Sound website who caused LTB to mention Lost Password....
and LTB made me realize there WAS a way to reset the password. Apparently I missed it several times before I got frustrated and just moved on.
Which caused me to revitalize my search on how to reset the password.
I will try to work Moe's 2 back into my rotation of surfing.
Thanks to all. It really does take a village....and it is painful to admit that I am the village idiot.
PS: I am WAY BEHIND on PA gear. I do not have a good relationship with digital mixers...my problem is I cannot hear the frequencies like I did when I wore a younger man's clothes. So, basics....I am reasonably able to help. Think boxtop powered mixers, simple analog mixers. While I work on a Midas X32 occasionally at my day job...I really do not "get it" like I did the "dumb mixers" that I understand...after all, I grew up in the era when you plugged your mic into the non reverb channel on your Sears and Roebuck Silvertone Twin Twelve....
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Post by mikem on May 13, 2020 12:36:26 GMT -5
Welcome back!
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Post by Rick Knight on May 13, 2020 16:20:28 GMT -5
+1 on both welcome back and "dumb" mixers. Before we moved, I sold all of my power amps and passive speakers, but kept my old A&H WZ3 16:2.
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Post by Lesterstrat on May 26, 2020 21:48:50 GMT -5
I’m so glad to see you’re still around. You were of GREAT help to the rock band I played with in Kansas (MLC). We moved to Florida in 2004, so definitely been awhile.
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Post by Fat Tony on May 27, 2020 17:30:49 GMT -5
2004? Oh, my! I remember a gig in Ralston OK with a mighty fine band and pretty decent BBQ joint in a Quonset hut. Glad I wasn't there when the Harley came in the dance floor....thank goodness us geezers had already left for the drive home. I still have no idea how you found your way from Wichita KS to Ralston OK.
So...you gave up tornadoes for hurricanes. I suppose you made some radical changes in music format? Blue grass? Do Wop?
Or, are you a fiddler in an old-time string band...Your baby plays the guitar and you pick a banjo now?
The things in life that are solid...things that remain the same....stay with us thru life...just like FDP and Moe's Tavern friends...
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Post by Lesterstrat on May 27, 2020 19:53:01 GMT -5
2004? Oh, my! I remember a gig in Ralston OK with a mighty fine band and pretty decent BBQ joint in a Quonset hut. Glad I wasn't there when the Harley came in the dance floor....thank goodness us geezers had already left for the drive home. I still have no idea how you found your way from Wichita KS to Ralston OK. So...you gave up tornadoes for hurricanes. I suppose you made some radical changes in music format? Blue grass? Do Wop? Or, are you a fiddler in an old-time string band...Your baby plays the guitar and you pick a banjo now? The things in life that are solid...things that remain the same....stay with us thru life...just like FDP and Moe's Tavern friends... I played in a power trio and an acoustic duo in Florida. I retired from gigging in 2012. Moved to Arkansas (home state) in 2017. Still retired from gigs. Just noodle around at home now. |
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Post by oldfartbassplayrwalt on May 31, 2020 11:42:24 GMT -5
another shout out for Tony. He sent out a lot of great tech advice for me in the old forum.
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