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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 04:08:07 PM

Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 04:08:07 PM: Man, every so often it'll be late night and I'm drunk and I accidentally see that Musician's Friend catalog on the coffee table. Before I know it, I'll have dialed their 800 number and I've got them on the phone. I always have to go out on the porch or something so the wife doesn't wake up and go "WTF are doing?!" The saga of my search for a powermaster met another dead end yesterday when I got an email from Autozone informing me that my order has been cancelled because their powermasters are out of stock indefinitely.. ....well, a few beers later I decided 'fuck that dumb spoiled car' and started flippin' through the M.F. catalog on a mission to spend that powermaster money on something else. 20 minutes later, $450 was gone. I decided to shop their cheapy shit and get a lot of stuff for little money. The Rogue guitars that they sell, I'm sure, are crap- but for the price, hell I'll give this stuff a shot......I mean, $139 for a 5 string bass?! How can you go wrong with that? So, a 5 string bass, an accoustic/electric dreadnought, a pair of powered Fostex monitors and some righteous headphones (believe me, those headphones are great shit for the price). Take that, you big black piece of Buick turd.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rogue-LX205B-5String-Bass?sku=519231

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rogue-Herringbone-Dreadnought-Cutaway-AcousticElectric-Guitar?sku=519293

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fostex-PM0.4-Powered-Studio-Monitors?sku=600682

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/AKG-M-70-Headphones?sku=240277
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Top Speed on June 22 2006, 04:12:05 PM: Fuck powermaster. Go vacuum, bitch.
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 04:20:34 PM: Quote from: "Top Speed @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:12 pm"
Fuck powermaster.
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Top Speed on June 22 2006, 04:27:15 PM: Well then get a transbrake!!
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 04:30:46 PM: Quote from: "Top Speed @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:27 pm"
Well then get a transbrake!!
That's something I've always wanted to look into, but considered it a 'ricer' thing to do....y'know, putting serious racing equipment on my slow POS.
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Racer X on June 22 2006, 04:54:49 PM: Why not just get a power brake system like all the other cars on the road use? I am going to look into that right after I get the car registered.
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 22 2006, 06:02:18 PM: I've got a Powermaster out of a Caprice wagon if you want to try it?
Do you still have your original brake pedal assy ?
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 06:06:24 PM: Quote from: "Recklessrob @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:02 pm"
I've got a Powermaster out of a Caprice wagon if you want to try it?
Do you still have your original brake pedal assy ?
Still got all the old stuff except the grey switch, lol- where'd that go? :rofl;

You're far more of a mechanic thatn me.....so tell me, is the Caprice thing the same?
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 22 2006, 06:08:49 PM: I'm not 100% sure, but I think it will work even though they look a little different.
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 06:11:22 PM: Quote from: "Recklessrob @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:08 pm"
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it will work even though they look a little different.
My first concern would be variances in pivot points, but if this is off of a similar year Caprice, it should be mounting to the same spot on an almost identical firewall, no?
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Be4u on June 22 2006, 06:42:46 PM: Damn dog, next thing you need to buy is a clone of yourself!!!
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 22 2006, 06:49:22 PM: Quote from: "Be4u @ Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:42 pm"
Damn dog, next thing you need to buy is a clone of yourself!!!
I wish that I knew what the hell you're talking about.
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Be4u on June 22 2006, 07:22:32 PM: So you can play bass and guitar at the same time!
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 23 2006, 12:34:07 AM: The power monster was from a customer's '86 Caprice wagon. I had replaced
it for him about 3 years ago because the old one was blowing the 30 amp fuse.
Unfortunately the rest of the car rusted away around it. So when he said he was going to junk it, I asked if I could grab the PM.
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: 87natty on June 26 2006, 10:22:21 PM: Last drunk purchase was my Canon camera. I had to drink myself shitless to jusitfy it's price.
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 26 2006, 11:37:00 PM: My last drunken purchase was another round. :atbeer: :atbeer: :atbeer: :atbeer: :atbeer: :atbeer:
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: 87natty on June 26 2006, 11:49:50 PM: Rob, you sir are a guru.

:prayer: :atbeer:
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 26 2006, 11:52:27 PM: Quote from: "87natty @ Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:49 pm"
Rob, you sir are a guru.

:prayer:
Title: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: 87natty on June 27 2006, 02:41:39 AM: *hiccup*
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: DCEPTCN on June 27 2006, 03:37:44 PM: I don't drink 'cause it can make you fat and forgetful. What was this thread s'posed to be about?
Title: Re: Drunk impulse purchases
Post by: Recklessrob on June 27 2006, 10:21:50 PM: Quote from: "DCEPTCN @ Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:37 pm"
I don't drink 'cause it can make you fat and forgetful. What was this thread s'posed to be about?

I'm not exactly sure since you started "hogging" it up. :smt071