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January 26, 2026 - DaviShivering ! I
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January 26, 2026
'' DaviShivering ... ''
Yes ... I.m afraid we're ''ICED UP'' with an ''ICE PROBLEM'' in more ways than one in our country right now ... and I am not enjoying either situation!
There is the unnecessary authoritarian regime caused ''ICE storm'' in Minneapolis and the Mother Nature caused ICE storm we're now enduring here in the southeast. Both can be crippling and demoralizing but I would ALWAYS prefer the Mother Nature version any day so I definitely HURT for our fellow citizens in Minnesota right now much more than I am hurting from our cold! As we go into another year, I continue to be amazed and appalled at the worst situation with American government that I have ever witnessed in my lifetime ... and, I don't see it getting better any time soon ... expecting it to get even worse as the year unfolds. But, enough of that! I promise to try to confine my ''rants'' to my alternate ''editorial site'' that I started last year, DaviSoapBox ... (you can check that out if you are so inclined to keep up with my ''DaviSoundOffs'') and I will keep the focus on DAVISOUND here!
As always, at the first of a new year, I am beginning a new ''DaviSlate'' ( a new monthly web page for the year) with this first edition and last year's posts are now relegated to the NEWS ARCHIVES site area. I invite newcomers to check that one out if you are interested in any of my past updates, perhaps especially my last post of last year relating to the music/entertainment heritage of Newberry, S.C. I mention that since that one has drawn, probably, more email and text comments than any in a long, long time.
As for ''DaviStarting'' the New Year, it looks like it will be more of the ''same old same old'' for awhile anyway. Unfortunately old ''Murphy'' of ''Murphy's Laws'' fame has gotten after me again with multiple issues to deal with on the domestic front ... broken aplliances ... house repairs ... pickup truck that will need to be towed to the shop next week ..etc. etc. Then, as soon as my old bones and the cold weather can reconcile, we still have ''tons'' of junk in that attic at our old residence to go through as our permanent vacating process of that property continues on beyond our, hoped, end of year (2025) ''deadline''. I should also mention that it seems my ''pre-cancer'' skin diagnosis of last summer is no longer ''pre''. It appears that one spot on my forehead has now ''blossomed'' into full-blown squamous cell carcinoma that I will have to have dealt with the first week of February. BUT ... all you patiently waiting clients take heart! I can now get to my recently cleared workbench and the table behind it and I will be putting in as much time as available on the ongoing projects resting there from this point forward, along with the sorting of the storage items that continues simultaneously.
I mentioned a large number of emails and texts above in relation to the content of last month's ''historical'' post. But, the numerous emails didn't stop there. It was one of the most active email periods I have seen here in QUITE some time. I want to thank alll of you who sent positive comments and new inquiries but I also have to address another email ''phenomenon'' that occurred which wound up taking up an enormous amount of my time the past month with assorted replies and research for it. As hard as it was for me to fathom, I had FOUR different inquirors, almost all at one time, contacting me about pieces of our old gear that they had recently purchased on the used markets! I usually get maybe one or two of these a year but four in one month is definitely a new record.
While I am always willing, and glad, to answer a few general questions about any of my old custom pieces that turn up, in each of these cases I had to point out that this IS a ''business'' after all and that, as such, I am a ''professional consultant'' as well. I cannot afford to spend a huge amount of time answering detailed questions, and offering repair or modification suggestions, for free. This isn't fair to me OR my other paying clients! I think I may have offended a couple of these inquirors by simply reminding them that I do offer these services for what is, I feel, a VERY small standard fee ($100.00) which allows me to answer specific questions in detail and even provide written schematics where applicable, WITHIN REASON. I see this as almost a ''token'' charge based on all that is required in such cases but, for some, they seem to think that just because they bought an old DaviSound ''relic from the past'' (ALL of these four happened to be old custom pieces made back in the late seventies and early eighties) from some used gear dealer, I am, somehow, obligated to offer them free support on restoration! I am ALWAYS glad to hear about my old gear turning up and, as I say, I will answer a few general questions about the history of any old piece as I know it. But, as far as detailed correspondence regarding what should be done with it to get it back in operation, or any modifications and updates, that will need to be handled on a standard rate, paid consulting basis with additional fees to be negotiated as required depending on how far the consultation process goes.
I have also had to, regrettably, turn down (actually place on hold if they can wait long enough) a couple of clients this past year who wished to take advantage of the standard refurbish process for our Tool Boxes that is offered and described on our PRICES/TERMS/POLICIES page.
I have had to put this service on hold just as I have had to place a ''freeze'' on any new Tool Box orders until my wife and I can FINALLY get our new location all settled and the old one out of our hands (and out of our ''hair''!) . You just don't know how much I look forward to having all of that dishevelment out of the way when all I will have to focus on are my DaviSound projects!
I guess that about ''DaviSums'' up most of the ''new business'' and the ''kick start'' here for 2026 at this point. I do look forward to hearing from any and all of you, personally, throughout the new year if you care to drop me an email or/and text. As always, I remind you that it may take a day or few to get back to you but I ALWAYS reply to ALL messages (so long as they are not anonymous!). So, if you do not get a reply after awhile, it means I simply did not get the message for some reason (which DOES happen occasionally). In that case, PLEASE reach out again and resend the message ... I ALWAYS welcome and reply to all signed email and texts!
Thank you again for joining me here for another year, which will be DaviSound's 56th year of operation in June! I hope you will ''tune in'' again here next month, ''same station'' for another ''exciting adventure''😉 from the world of DaviSound!
My Best For The New Year,
Hayne
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