Check my recent posts in 'General Discussion'....Jim Nicholls amplifier caveat....[/QUOTE
JIM NICHOLS IS A VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUAL WHOSE AMPLIFIERS REFLECT HIS ARTISTRY AS AN AMPLIFIER BUILDER.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING CHANGED IN HIS LIFE THAT REMINDS ME OF A "Shakespearian Tragety"
IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE ALONE FOR EVEN A FEW HOURS OUT OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO BUILD ONE OF HIS FINE TUBE AMPLIFIERS. EACH TIME HE ATTEMPTED TO DO THE NECESSARY WORK ON HIS AMPLIFIERS, THE TIME THAT HE COULD SPEND ALONE BECAME SHORTER.
HE TRIED TO RELIEVE THE STRESS THAT HIS WORK SUBJECTED HIM TO BY SEEKING NEW WAYS TO STIMULATE HIMSELF SO HE COULD BUILD HIS AMPLIFIERS. EVENTUALY EVERYTHING FELL APART FOR JIM,
AS IT ALWAYS DOES FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCCUMB TO THIS ILLNESS.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS, BUT WE ALL KNOW THE UGLY STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO MESS THEIR LIVES UP BY MAKING POOR DECISIONS WHEN THEY TRY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITH THE SOLUTION THAT JIM CHOSE.
YOU CAN FEEL SORRY FOR HIM IF YOU WANT TO, BUT DON'T EXPECT TO GET YOUR MONEY BACK OR THE AMP YOU WERE PROMISED ANYTIME SOON. EVERYTHING STORY HE CREATES TO HUMBE HIMSELF TO YOU, IS JUST ANOTER PLOY TO TRY TO GET MORE MONEY TO LIVE WITH AND IT WON'T GET YOU YOUR AMPLIFIER ANY SOONER, OR MAKE JIM FEEL MORALLY OBLIGATED TO RETURN THE MONEY YOU PAID TO HIM.
YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY AND HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL ROB EVERYTHING FROM EVERYONE BECAUSE IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME UNTIL THE AFFLICTED INDIVIDUAL 'HITS ROCK BOTTOM' AND MOST EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE ABOUT A ONCE DECENT HUMAN BEING HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
THIS IS A SAD STORY. A VERY SAD STORY.....
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