Front load washer? Give it about 5 years and the bearing will be toast.
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top loader…..everything btd at once, lost our AC the weekend of the 4th (of course) and just replaced, not cheap….dryer decided to follow suit so Helene paid for the repair (element) and took the set (Maytag from the 90’s) which we replaced with the Samsung…..to think Samsung was an economy appliance brand when I used to do hifi repair in London in the late 80’s….
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I get it if adhering to the strictest parameters - in that sense I'm a 'completest' dealing with vintage basses... I usually want to restore them to as close to original as possible. But... your bass is an 'uber-modded' bass which goes outside the lines of original-ness. Would Jack Cassidy care if his Alembic-modded hollow-body Guild had an original pg? I think not. Enjoy its re-definition! It is an awesome bass.
That's what we have as well. I really like those. No complaints and would buy again.
Don't say that. We're nearing 5yrs.
Mostly just the more practical four-door version. It's called the Wego.
Better now than at the height of your summer season.
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My sister had one. At least it had wings!
Yeah. KA seems to be the current goto for a lot of people. We ordered ours through Lowe’s on a 10% off deal. And the local subcontractor they have installing in our area is excellent.
Rabbits, Omnis, Yugos, Chevettes, Fiestas, the first Hyundais….all ugly IMO.
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I briefly owned a a Ford Fiesta front wheel drive econobox - speedometer went to 80mph, but it had wings. Also owned a Cabriolet convertible - it was a great car. Never minded the way it looked.
Not mine, but like it- charcoal metallic/black rag-top.
same colour as my '85
Speaking of beautiful cars... recently saw a TR6 on the HWY in a deep, dark teal w/black rag-top like this one in mint condition.
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Love my '90s Kenmore appliances, they're very sturdy, simple, and have easily lasted 3 decades. The fridge hasn't ever needed anything except replacement of the water filter, the washer and dryer no problems ever, no crappy boards to replace!
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I don't remember what our washer and dryer are. Both are front load. LG maybe? I don't remember and haven't thought about it for at least five years. Probably longer than that. The 'fridge is Fisher and Paykel. So is our oven. I think they were made in New Zealand. They look the part and fit our kitchen perfectly. Their functionality is a little less than ideal. The oven is supposed to be self-cleaning, but it burns itself out if we use the self-clean thing. So we don't. The 'fridge has a bottom freezer and then cold air is ducted up to the refrigerator part. The duct ices up and stops it from cooling. Then we have to defrost. It ices up about every four to six months.
@JIO and anyone who wants to offer thoughts.
This is from my '55 Pbass. I always thought it was refinished, and still heavily lean that way. But the neck pocket doesn't confirm one way or the other to me. (But the paint on the edge of the shim still makes be think there was a refin at some point.) I know the neck, or just the headstock seems to have had something done to it as the decal was wrong when I got it '81(?). It's correct now. Anyway, I was looking over pics the other day and am not as sure it was refinished as I was. Still think it likely, just not a 100 convinced as before. Not that it really matters. Since the Ashdown it sounds fantastic and isn't going anywhere.
This is from my '55 Pbass. I always thought it was refinished, and still heavily lean that way. But the neck pocket doesn't confirm one way or the other to me. (But the paint on the edge of the shim still makes be think there was a refin at some point.) I know the neck, or just the headstock seems to have had something done to it as the decal was wrong when I got it '81(?). It's correct now. Anyway, I was looking over pics the other day and am not as sure it was refinished as I was. Still think it likely, just not a 100 convinced as before. Not that it really matters. Since the Ashdown it sounds fantastic and isn't going anywhere.
Weirdest Kenmore I've ever seen. But looks fantastic!Love my '90s Kenmore appliances, they're very sturdy, simple, and have easily lasted 3 decades. The fridge hasn't ever needed anything except replacement of the water filter, the washer and dryer no problems ever, no crappy boards to replace!
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Looks original - very amber'd trans-creme white as most were until the later '50s. Are the pots/electronics original? Haven't seen square pots like that and interesting it has a resistor. Do you have a more descriptive pic of the harness?
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Thanks. Even the paint on the edge of the shim seems OK?
The pots were replaced at some point. Not sure why they chose Bourne pots and a Bill Lawrence Q Filter and what that was to accomplish. I have thought of replacing all of that, but never get around to it. In part because it might not sound as good. Who knows.
