I lost track of my dear friend Eddie Vaughn about 13 years ago and after several attempts over the years I could never make contact with him. We used to talk for hours weekly for years. I went though some big life changes back in 2006 and we lost touch just when I was going to purchase one of his Carina amps. He worked on other amps for me but this was to be special as it was his personal designed dream. I saw an obituary in 2015 for an Eddie Vaughn in Arkansas where he was from, but I have no way of knowing it was the sane Eddie. It’s been on my mind for some time and I recently was able to acquire an original Carina amp he had built as I always wanted one.
After many years of searching and many near misses this happened. Someone reached out to me with a Carina. I was very happy until it arrived and it was the worst packing job I have ever seem (From the UPS store mind you). The seller wasn't comfortable packing it but UPS was not the answer in this case. After going through it the last few days I have it as presentable as it's going to get. From far away it's okay but up close it's a mess on the sides and front but I am keeping it. It sounds really great so far but will get a good going through soon. That's why I put up with the shipping mishap and will be keeping it even though up close it has seen many many better days, but as it now just has another chapter to the story of me trying to track one down. It will remain here with me with all its character battle scars and all.
After many years of searching and many near misses this happened. Someone reached out to me with a Carina. I was very happy until it arrived and it was the worst packing job I have ever seem (From the UPS store mind you). The seller wasn't comfortable packing it but UPS was not the answer in this case. After going through it the last few days I have it as presentable as it's going to get. From far away it's okay but up close it's a mess on the sides and front but I am keeping it. It sounds really great so far but will get a good going through soon. That's why I put up with the shipping mishap and will be keeping it even though up close it has seen many many better days, but as it now just has another chapter to the story of me trying to track one down. It will remain here with me with all its character battle scars and all.
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