Cranking it up to 11

by Dale Manquen

Speaking of reaching for a knob...


At Heider Recording the maintenance folks had a peculiar problem. Wally Heider was a big, strong man. One of the problems was that if things weren't loud enough or he wanted more from a control, he would often turn the knob so hard that it would slip on the shaft or just break the control. I guess when he wanted to turn things up to eleven, nothing was going to stop him.

Needless to say, that didn't do the controls any good! Broken pots, switches and knobs were often the result.

Dale Manquen

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Nov 21, 2019
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by: Anonymous

There are 2 things in life that are second to internal bleeding.
One is sitting in what is considered the "nose bleed" seats.
The other is listening to anything until your "ears" bleed. LOL!
Jeez!
Nov 21, 2019
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by: Anonymous

There are 2 things in life that are second to internal bleeding.
One is sitting in what is considered the "nose bleed" seats.
The other is listening to anything until your "ears" bleed. LOL!
Jeez!
Jan 19, 2013
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by: Chris Juried

Hi Dale,

Thats one heck of a story! What console was in the Studio at that point in time?

Best,

Chris Juried

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