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jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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It would make a nice headbadge...
It is kind of sickening when you consider he was a world class car stereo pioneer before turning to tattoos for a living. Now he is just bored and trying new things. He's made custom tattoo machines for years, he started making knives a couple years ago, now it's jewelry. He's got mad skillz and nobody knows where he got them. :rofl:
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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Sleazattle
It is kind of sickening when you consider he was a world class car stereo pioneer before turning to tattoos for a living. Now he is just bored and trying new things. He's made custom tattoo machines for years, he started making knives a couple years ago, now it's jewelry. He's got mad skillz and nobody knows where he got them. :rofl:

Does this mean he was modeling acoustic dipoles or that he was jamming giant speakers into confined places?
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Portland, OR
Does this mean he was modeling acoustic dipoles or that he was jamming giant speakers into confined places?
His niche was tuned porting, actually. He was the first installer to hit above 125db (concert level in California) with near perfect IASCA scores, then set the record at 152db at IASCA Nationals (1989) and was the reason IASCA changed SPL from a raw score to 100 points for above 90db (Safe Sound Rule) because nobody else could hit above 130. Then even with safe sound, won again in both 100W and 1000W+ (unlimited) classes at IASCA Nationals (1990). He was proving a point with the 100W truck after getting grief for unlimited class (even though it was only about 2500W total compared to guys running 5000+)

The 100W truck used bandpass enclosures with 4 10" subs mounted under the truck ported into the cab behind the seat. His installs were mostly stealth, keep things looking as stock as possible. He did things with speaker placement and tuned porting that were years ahead of anyone. He got bored and became a tattoo artist. Ed Hardy got a piece done by him years ago.

He's a real asshole, too. But he has skillz.
 
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jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
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Portland, OR
Assume 2 225HCCA amplifiers were hustled in there. Or were there other amps which took advantage of load-distribution?
It was 1 PPI 4 channel 100W, and all Nakamichi speakers and head unit. I forget the model number, but they had made it for the application. PPI was used for the 1000W truck as well. The 1000w was the first install of the RCM-1000 fiber optic amp controller. That thing was so bad ass back then.
 

jdcamb

Tool Time!
Feb 17, 2002
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As in, masturbation?
Golf. I beat the course pro. I have been invited to play the Senior tournament at Dutch Hollow during the pro am.... 5 grand prize and preems. I hate golf. But I am very good at it. I wait until I get home to rub one out usually. I do often get the urge, but I can manage pretty good sometimes....
 

jdcamb

Tool Time!
Feb 17, 2002
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Ahh, the old country. So much coolness. The Bohemian and Polish food was/is unrivaled anywhere else in the States.
@jdcamb : you're a foodie, I hope you've been to the neighborhoods around Chicago to eat and drink. It's worth a trip. Shit, I'd meet you there just for a couple days of food touring.
I know chicago very well. Chivago has a special place in my heart.