Oh Mike, oh Mike. Dave and me get along real good, I mean we really do get along. He and I see eye to eye on many things. Never met old Unk, but sure would like to spend a day with him. I think we would have a ball together. I think if I brought old Ruthie along, he would experience a day he would never forget. It might even take three or four weeks before he would get his head screwed on right again. But we would have fun and you can bet on that! Mike, you know, Dave has a way of stating things that get some people all bent out of shape. But as we all know, Dave has a heart of gold and really means well. He has given much help here to many. Dave and me have a somewhat different way of stating ourselves and our thoughts but state them we do. We have completely different ways of presenting our God given gifts and have no reservations in doing so. I like his straightforwardness in his opinions. I admire him for that and love to read his comments. With his open-mindedness I don’t believe he takes to heart and dislikes me when I josh with him and do a little satire even sometimes at his expense. I’m sure Dave would tell me in no uncertain terms if he preferred me to quit. No Mike, Dave and I have no feud going as far as I know. My little ribbing him was intended to point out to you that everything you read is not always necessarily true. Many of the better performers and singers do not use the built in vocalizers in their boards many times but prefer the better quality of the more professional sounding dedicated ones. I believe Uncle Dave go’s that route when he presents himself to the public on his important engagements and uses the on board one in less exacting requirements, such as rest or nursing home type situations. At least that’s what I gather from past posts. Ruthie even says sometimes I get a little mixed up. But you young guys just keep in mind, I’m getting a little old and can be cut a little more slack because of it. How’s that for sneaking out when I get caught? As for you detecting a little causticity in my post, you are right. Not at Dave but the tenor of your post. After stating you had extensively checked it out and found no important fault that would hinder your playing, you challenged someone to find one. It just is hard for me to believe that you did not check out something that would be that important to you. Even harder for me to swallow is that you never remember the many many posts dealing with the vocalizer. The one that tops them all is your faint memory of Scotty’s incessant, never ending saying something about the KN’s terrible Vocal Harmonizer. I didn’t think there was a soul on this or any other forum that did not know the KN’s vocalizer sucked air, including me! Well Mike, the best to you also and I do hope your memory improves. Get a checkup. You might be on the verge of getting that big ‘A’ and that ain’t fun. Well at least not for the people around you.

Grandpa Doug