hey guys
i think i created that screen name in the 90s when i was signing on to, i believe, ebay for the first time, and it has stuck. i also use on Audiokarma, where i've been for many years. i'm here because i have asked my AK friend jbeckva to help me out with WOPLing my PL400 Mk II, which i've owned for about 15 years.
it was in the hands of a local (Dallas) tech with whom i'd worked a good deal and had referred many friends to as well. he said he could certainly do the WOPL conversion and i believed him because i'd seen him do much good work, reliably and well, before. a strange, reclusive dude to be sure, but....
at some point while he had my amp, or maybe even before, he apparently had a major relapse of some kind, and i'm gonna guess it was meth, because after opening my amp, and maybe getting some stuff done, he stopped working on it, but continued to need money for 'parts' and etc. anyway, i pulled the plug after getting pretty well stung and starting looking around on AK for help, which is how i came to Jay. weirdly, i've not given up on the amp, a testimony my insanity.
i do believe its in good hands now, and i look forward to seeing its progress.
and, i have a long history with Phoenix, having traveled out there many, many times since the 80s when my mom retired there. my brother still practices law there and lives just off N Central near Maryland. i will be seeing him next weekend
thanks for all the welcomes, too!