Ron Nossaman wrote: > >> As far as bias notching's effect on tuning, it doesn't slow me down. > > > Me either. Nor do I particularly worry about ceiling fans, > dishwashers, lawn mowers, or false beats anymore. As is repeatedly > pointed out to me when I start talking about what I consider to be > design improvements, we field techs have to work with what we have to > work with when we're there working with it, and make the best of what > we're sitting in front of. I do the same thing. Well of course you do, except when you simply cant deal with a situation. Reality and the pondering of what might be improved upon are two different things, and that second goes way beyond design improvements. We start climbing into that arena the second we start wanting to do simple improvements... rebushing, hammer changes.. jerky pins... > Given the chance to (by my criteria) correct it with a rebuild, > however, I don't see any rational justification for leaving it in there. And thats exactly where the taste of the soup gets too salty for some, and not salty enough for others. Rationalality, numbers and formulars, mathmatical modelings, and the rest just dont fit at least half of what can be loosely called the musical ear. Ok.. for some it does, and for others it doesnt... to some more or less degree. Whats noise for some is sweet music to others... usually to at least as many others. Point being, any definition of what a <<correct>> rebuild is simply must run into that wall, and fall short at that exact moment. Or you could turn the whole concept of rationality a bit sideways and say its rational to build and sell what the greatest number of customers seem to want. Comercialism verses some sense of idealism to begin with, with the latter declaring itself superior in all regards. That kind of thing is bound to be both very interesting... and provocative... big time. No small wonder that tempers flare from time to time. That said... it seems in the case of biased notching (as I guess its called) history has made its judgjement for the most part..... still.. when it comes down to it... if some body really likes the sound that results in... who are we to --criticize-- them for that, or for building them that way ? > > Ron N > Cheers RicB
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