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Appreciation post: talked to an old tech at a shop in Nashville about my first build
Met a guy named Mike at Carter Vintage on a trip last month, been fixing amps for 40 years. I was showing him my first scratch build, a little 5F1 clone, and he just nodded and said 'you can't tune a hot rod by reading the manual.' Hit different because I'd been obsessing over schematic specs and not actually listening to the amp. Anyone else ever had some old timer drop a truth bomb like that?
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olivere302mo agoMost Upvoted
you can't tune a hot rod by reading the manual" - truth is, just plug it in and play.
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johnfoster2mo ago
That "just plug it in and play" line works fine for modern cars with computers doing all the thinking. But if you're messing with something old school, like a carbureted engine, there's no USB port to plug into. You still gotta get your hands dirty and know the basics to make it run right.
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