Harvey K

Thanks, Silver ... and as a longtime radio guy I apologize if our glittering prizes and endless compromises have shattered the illusion of integrity.

Hi, my name is Harvey, and I'm an alcoholic ... oops, wrong thread ... Seriously, I joined this forum about three months ago seeking advice on purchasing a new amp, and feel extremely fortunate to find it! I was born in the rural utopia of Brooklyn, New York where I spent my formative years receiving regular (and well-deserved) beatings from the neighborhood thugs. I survived long enough to escape to a posh Long Island suburb, then wasted four years of my father's hard-earned money partying my way through college. It was there I joined my first band and bought my first keyboard, a 1975 Fender Rhodes Mark II. Upon graduation I embarked upon a duo of dubious careers: radio personality and musician. Radio eventually won out, much to the chagrin of my co-workers at FM99 WNOR in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach, VA area, where I've presided as program director since 1993. Prior to that I was an "air personality" in Albany, Buffalo, and Houston, and also served as Rock Editor for Radio & Records, an industry trade publication. Since my last "real" band broke up in 1981 I've played sporadically. However, because of my radio connections I've had the opportunity of playing in front of many thousands of people. For example, I was part of an annual "all-star" jam session at Houston's Summit arena that included people like Mick Fleetwood and Steve Howe! I also put together a radio station band here which sold out several gigs, performing strictly song parodies. So it's been feast or famine. Just last month I (finally) joined a fulltime band -- my first in 25 years. My current setup is very simple: an Alesis QS7 and a Crate amp (the aforementioned new purchase).

I can personally attest to how wonderful this feature is! A couple of days ago my Alesis QS7 suddenly, inexplicably went out of tune. I typed "QS7 out of tune" into the search engine and, lo and behold, up pops a three-year-old thread with the solution!! Ain't this internet thing grand?