Two REO Mondays in a row? How often does that happen?? That's gotta be like a one in a million (divided by 250,000) occurrence!
The Nickel Mini arrived today
I know I've just visited REOville for the first time less than two weeks ago, and I've only had my Grand for exactly 7 days now but this Nickel Mini is kinda special to me already. It is a testament, to me, of the sincerity of the REO community. Before I bought my first REO I made a few posts in The Lounge thread and mentioned the Nickel REO's I had come across and how stunning I thought they were. I learned they were a limited single run. I am not a unicorn hunter, at all, so I amiably resigned myself to admiring them in photos only.
I got an unexpected pm from a REOnaut a few days ago, advising me there was a Nickel Mini in the classies. I was truly touched that this person thought of me and gave me the heads up that would land one of these beautiful items in my possession one week after settling down in REOville. I'm not sure if I should thank this person in post or not, wouldn't want any feelings getting hurt or anything if there are other folks who were on the hunt for a Nickel :/, but you know who you are and I thank you
So, to the goods
The unit is in fair condition. It is fairly scuffed which is ok with me. It looks used more so than abused. There is a bit of gnarly damage which appears to be an attempt to disassemble it without the proper tools. I wanted to get my hands on it before I decided whether to try and breathe new life into this REO myself or see if the master might be willing to work some of his magic. I feel very capable of servicing this unit but without any experience I don't want to make things any worse than they might be if the learning curve is any steeper than it looks. I am REALLY hoping the threads that the switch housing screw go into aren't damaged. I'll be giving it a good bath but until I hear back from Rob that's as far as I'm going with it.
Aside from the scuffs from use there are a couple nicks just left of the door. Not too bad.
Overall I am absolutely tickled with it. I have no idea what to put on it but have plenty of time to figure it out. I'd like to find some kind of tiny super short bf carto style atty, rebuildable of course. I'll probably just go with some LR cartos in the meantime (suggestions, please!)
Long term I'm thinking I might have to put together some kind of jasl90/pdib inspired microgen.
Anyone have experience with the Diver? Is it worth the price?
I also think the Killer 705 is dead sexy (no interest at all in the clone), would it even work on this mod?
Finish around the connector is pretty gnarly
Fortunately it's not out in plain sight and I hope whatever atty I end up using will cover it.
Quite a letdown to discover.
The Nickel Mini arrived today
I know I've just visited REOville for the first time less than two weeks ago, and I've only had my Grand for exactly 7 days now but this Nickel Mini is kinda special to me already. It is a testament, to me, of the sincerity of the REO community. Before I bought my first REO I made a few posts in The Lounge thread and mentioned the Nickel REO's I had come across and how stunning I thought they were. I learned they were a limited single run. I am not a unicorn hunter, at all, so I amiably resigned myself to admiring them in photos only.
I got an unexpected pm from a REOnaut a few days ago, advising me there was a Nickel Mini in the classies. I was truly touched that this person thought of me and gave me the heads up that would land one of these beautiful items in my possession one week after settling down in REOville. I'm not sure if I should thank this person in post or not, wouldn't want any feelings getting hurt or anything if there are other folks who were on the hunt for a Nickel :/, but you know who you are and I thank you
So, to the goods
The unit is in fair condition. It is fairly scuffed which is ok with me. It looks used more so than abused. There is a bit of gnarly damage which appears to be an attempt to disassemble it without the proper tools. I wanted to get my hands on it before I decided whether to try and breathe new life into this REO myself or see if the master might be willing to work some of his magic. I feel very capable of servicing this unit but without any experience I don't want to make things any worse than they might be if the learning curve is any steeper than it looks. I am REALLY hoping the threads that the switch housing screw go into aren't damaged. I'll be giving it a good bath but until I hear back from Rob that's as far as I'm going with it.
Aside from the scuffs from use there are a couple nicks just left of the door. Not too bad.
Overall I am absolutely tickled with it. I have no idea what to put on it but have plenty of time to figure it out. I'd like to find some kind of tiny super short bf carto style atty, rebuildable of course. I'll probably just go with some LR cartos in the meantime (suggestions, please!)
Long term I'm thinking I might have to put together some kind of jasl90/pdib inspired microgen.
Anyone have experience with the Diver? Is it worth the price?
I also think the Killer 705 is dead sexy (no interest at all in the clone), would it even work on this mod?
Finish around the connector is pretty gnarly
Fortunately it's not out in plain sight and I hope whatever atty I end up using will cover it.
Quite a letdown to discover.
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