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Yeah touring concert eng since 80 just a average bad player before that . Built my 1st radio when I was ? 10 , saw The Beatles , bought a guitar and became obsessed with designing speakers in tron school ( tube era with a hint of transistors .)  during classes . My teacher was a bone player in a big band and helped me a lot and was he ever surprised when he found out where all those weird questions done went and took me  !
I could have used that West Marine discount back in 01 when I bought my first solat panel,,,a Siemens 75w for $600 ! argh My fluke is a 23 , so you win LOL!  Likes on the toy shelf ! There are other wire heads on the forum and  I'm sure you'll know when they show up on your thread.

Really nice to meet you. Sounds like we have a lot in common. Same generation for sure. My first concert was Cream, that changed my life for sure. My first guitar was a 66 Fender Strat, I bought with the money I got for painting my parents house. Next was a 100W stack of Marshalls. We were a college frat band, PennState was home base. Played most of the N.E.  Our PA was 4 1218A Altec cabs powered by 2 Crown D-150As the 1218s were a compact version of the voice of theaters with covers that enclosed the front for travel. Boy if I would have kept my guitars I could have retired a wealthy man.
 Love it, A TUBE MAN!  I used to do Amp work part time. Me and a Buddy had a shop called Custom Amp Werks in Pa. Authorized Marshall, Fender, Peavy. Authorized distributer for Groove Tube. I fact I still have a matched quartet of EL-34s new still in the tube, some 12ax7s, 7025s, 12at7s all new from around 1987, I going to ask $1500 for the 34s on Reverb. 
 So do you still work and travel in your van to job sites? That would be really cool, the folks you meet and places to see.