Good morning. So is the 68 one that you need to rebuild or is it playable? I was big on the licorice snus a couple years ago. I'm starting to become rather boring with my routine. It's pretty much thunder berry and general mint. I used to never use the same brand twice in a row but have fallen into a rut. Either that or I've subconsciously selected "my brand(s)". Gutter that's a funny name for the pipe tobacco. I don't know much about it except my dad used to smoke a pipe once in a while.
Hitt,
it's playable but still has issues -it was stored in the rafters of a barn for roughly 25 years and just has all kinds of weird issues due to improper storage.The guy that owned it brought it to me to get it playable when he bought it from the person who had it in storage and the speakers were eaten by rats, the baffle was warped from the humidity,one of the transformers was blown, etc..etc..
It's got really desirable alnico speakers in it (that have since been reconed with period correct cones) with a new transformer and is running without blowing fuses but, it still has a really low output level and the inside is just a trainwreck that's covered in melted wax,rust and either wd-40 or some sort of other greasy "cleaner".
The super reverbs were sort of a flagship amp for fender and since this is gonna be my personal amp, the plan is to get it stable,weed out all the bad components and just try to get it back to what it should be tonally without messing with the cosmetics too much.It's pretty beat but, even with the issues it has it sounds absolutely marvelous - i think once it is working correctly it will be an absolute stunner of an amp.Here's a couple of pictures of it:
On the snus topic - this oden's is clearly in the non-sweetened licorice camp. it reminds me a lot of the panda branded licorice that i've had.The licorice flavor is quite a bit stronger than the offroad (or any other snus i've had) but still has an almost minty burn. it's great stuff.I've been in a rut too - It's been mostly offroad frost with the occasional jak's wintergreen or general white for months now. I got a couple of cans of this oden's and one of their regular strength cinnamon on this order and am trying to not get burnt out on anything
The pipe thing is weird - if you're not inhaling it, it seems as if the cancer rates are right in line with snus but, the studies seem to vary willy nilly between inhalers and non-inhalers.
I think that the benefits i get from the relaxation probably outweigh the negatives as long as it is kept in moderation. I only smoke a bowl every other day or so (or when i need to think) and i think as long as you don't smoke one all day,every day that its' effects are probably negligible.I've always just smoked drug store stuff before but, there's a whole world of good quality, hand blended tobacco out there ( sort of like snuff)That i had no idea about.
at any rate, i've been really enjoying hearth & home's "classic Burley Kake" in a straight bowl,bent tip corncob lately - the corn cob cost me roughly 6 bucks and i think the tobacco is about 6 bucks an ounce or something.It's good stuff.
I restored one of my grandfather's pipes lately and smoke it on special occasions - the whole thing has been sort of cathartic, i guess and the pipe seems to give me even less mouth issues than the snus or e-cig....
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